Controversial filmmaker Cassie Jaye slams The Project over ‘hostile’ interview

THE Red Pill director Cassie Jaye has hit out at The Project in the wake of last week’s controversial interview, which left the panel in stunned silence.

THE Red Pill director Cassie Jaye has slammed The Project in the wake of a controversial interview, which at times left the panel in stunned silence.

Cassie Jaye was on the Channel Ten show recently to discuss her documentary, which explores the men’s rights movement by highlighting suicide rates, sexual assault and custody issues. It’s received a huge amount of backlash in Australia, with many theatres cancelling screenings.

During her promotional tour in Australia, she also appeared on Seven’s Weekend Sunrise.

“I’ve never been treated like I was on Sunrise and also The Project ... a lot of people don’t realise, my interview with The Project was heavily edited down,” she told The Bolt Report’s Andrew Bolt last night.

She added that the full 15 minute interview had been cut to just five.

“My full interview with them was very hostile and aggressive and on the attack, and I definitely felt ambushed. I’ve never been treated in any other press appearances like I have been on Sunrise and The Project.”

‘I’ve never been treated like how I was on Sunrise & The Project’: .@Cassie_Jaye responds to Australia’s coverage of her film ‘The Red Pill’ pic.twitter.com/sTPf1pN5ur

— The Bolt Report (@theboltreport) June 13, 2017

During the segment on Ten last week, Jaye had complained of Australia’s reaction to the documentary.

“We’ve had a lot of success in other countries, so Australia is really the only place we’ve had protests and petitions and banning like this,” she said.

And it was clear she didn’t understand why.

“I’m curious what is different about Australia that makes this topic so polarising, so fearful to people that they actually want to shut it down and silence it ... I’m not sure why there’s so much resistance in Australia,” she said.

The Project host Carrie Bickmore explained that it was largely due to the fact domestic violence is “really on the agenda” here, and pointed to the campaign run by Rosie Batty, whose son Luke was murdered by his own father in 2014.

“And it was his son that passed [away]?” Jaye questioned the hosts.

A confused Aly clarified: “It was her son that was killed by his father.”

“That’s interesting, because it shows that there are male victims of domestic violence,” Jaye replied.

The response left the entire Project panel in a moment of stunned silence, before Aly dived back in.

“Sorry — that’s the lesson you took from that?” he asked incredulously.

“The point I think a lot of people take from that is that the violence was perpetrated by the man in that situation — as it overwhelmingly is — particularly in cases where there’s a fatality.”

But Jaye didn’t budge.

“This is a very touchy subject which can quickly offend people, so I’ll use my words wisely,” she told the hosts.

“It’s something I really thought long and hard about while I was making The Red Pill ... we have to distinguish between victims and perpetrators, or criminals, because a boy who is being abused by a parental figure, that is a boy that deserves care and compassion and resources if he needs to find help.”

We speak to director Cassie Jaye about her film ‘The Red Pill’ and the discussion surrounding it in Australia. #TheProjectTV pic.twitter.com/J2BSqtnjw8

— #TheProjectTV (@theprojecttv) June 8, 2017