Nate Parker Reportedly Refused Oprah’s Help With Damage Control

[Big Boss]

As Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation opens this weekend, the debate over how he could've better handled the fallout from resurfaced 1999 college rape accusations against him is only heating up. Now, it has come to light that one of the most influential people on the planet tried to advise Parker at the outset of the controversy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oprah Winfrey suggested that Parker do an interview with her best friend Gayle King on CBS to discuss the allegations shortly after they were dug up. (Oprah was one of the first to screen Birth and had praised both the film and Parker on Instagram.) However, Parker was reportedly so "angry" that the charges he'd been acquitted of were being discussed at all that he turned down her help. Since then, Winfrey hasn't uttered another word about Birth or Parker, proving why you never, ever say no to Oprah.

Sources also tell THR that Fox Searchlight, the studio that bought Birth for a record sum, hired a team of PR experts and consultants that included retired NFL player and sexual-violence activist Don McPherson to get Parker "on message," to no avail. “They gave him talking points and he just didn’t execute,” says the source.








Nate Parker Reportedly Refused Oprah’s Help With Damage Control, Becoming the Only Person to Ever Say No to Oprah

 

[MrRDU]

Good for him

 

[Aphrodite]

Why do people treat Oprah like God?

 

[Remote]

Since then, Winfrey hasn't uttered another word about Birth or Parker, proving why you never, ever say no to Oprah.

 

[GSR]

yea dude is a fukkin idiot. shame it had to be someone with exploitable skeletons that made this movie...then again its the only reason he was "allowed" to in the first place.

now "they" just marginalized the entire story of nat turner.

thanks nate parker, you piece of cac loving shyt.

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

I get where dude was coming from. You making a big move and people dig up the worst moment of your life and you just want it to die but it's still there and you don't want to do damage control on it and make it grow bigger. You're planning on your move over powering it and making it fade away.

But Oprah being a OG in the game and knowing it's going to end up getting your movie sidetracked is trying to low key tell you that you need to jump in front of it. Seeing how Oprah only hates two things, black men and rapist. If she's reaching out to help you on that then you should do that.

 

[Max Goonberg]

she was just gon use him for ratings on her thirsty ass network

 

[MrRDU]

yea dude is a fukkin idiot. shame it had to be someone with exploitable skeletons that made this movie...then again its the only reason he was "allowed" to in the first place.

now the just marginalized the entire story of nat turner.

thanks nate parker, you piece of cac loving shyt.

Can you point me the non-marginalized story of Nat Turner that's been previously done ?

 

[Capitol]

He, like any other sane man that stood trial and was found innocent, thought he had nothing to worry about and could defend himself by pointing to the aforementioned trial and his lack of criminal history. He must of forgot that you don't need to be convicted of anything in this country. Poor fool

 

[AlainLocke]

All Nate Parker had to do is drop all the court documents to all media outlets...

Maintain his innocence...don't be all apologetic whatsoever.

 

[Remote]

Yeah because Oprah worked wonderful damage control for Lance Armstrong.

 

[Gravity]

fukk Oprah. She would've had dude apologizing. He's doing the right thing by not giving in to the pressure to grovel and apologize. If only he could leave these white broads alone he'd be all the way up.

 

[IWunD3r]

Good for Nate. As if Oprah's help would of done anything, the outrage is fake... ppl are pretending to be outraged.

The man was found innocent, what the fukk is there to talk about???

Nate is not obligated to accept help from Oprah. Oprah is just mad Nate denied her an opportunity on getting her hands on a hot topic.

 

[DrX]

nate is a true artist, he dont give a fukk about #s and admiration....he want his message out, thats why im going to support the breh and see it at @ 5:00

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

fukk Oprah and the bedwenches and c00ns that love her. Always looking to exploit black male pathology for ratings.

fukk her and anyone that love her.