Sean Penn says spirit of much of #MeToo movement is to 'divide men and women'

"I'd like to think that none of it was influenced by what they call the movement of #MeToo,'' he said. "I think it's influenced by the things that are developing in terms of the empowerment of women who've been acknowledging each other and being acknowledged by men. This is a movement that was largely shouldered by a kind of receptacle of the salacious."

Natalie asked him what he meant by "receptacle of the salacious."

"Well, we don't know what's a fact in many of the cases,'' he said. "Salacious is as soon as you call something a movement that is really a series of many individual accusers, victims, accusations, some of which are unfounded.

"The spirit of much of what has been the #MeToo movement is to divide men and women."

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