Anthony Bourdain Slams Quentin Tarantino for ‘Complicity’ With Harvey Weinstein

Anthony Bourdain ended a 75-minute Q&A at the Produced By NY conference with a swipe at director Quentin Tarantino in connection with the torrent of allegations of sexual assault leveled against Harvey Weinstein.

Bourdain, the renowned chef and the star and producer of CNN’s “Parts Unknown,” is dating actress-director Asia Argento, who has accused Weinstein of rape. She is one of more than 60 women who have come forward in the past few weeks with allegations of sexual assault and harassment from Weinstein going back more than 30 years.

Bourdain’s reference to Tarantino came as he was discussing his decision to turn down a big-money offer that would have involved merchandising and other ventures because he and his longtime producing partners did not feel comfortable with the person offering the deal.

Despite the fact that “it was a lot of money,” Bourdain and his partners Lydia Tenaglia and Chris Collins decided immediately after the meeting that the deal “would have been a slow-acting poison that would have nibbled away at our souls until we ended up like Quentin Tarantino, looking back at a life of complicity, shame and compromise.”

Bourdain declined to elaborate on his statement after the session. When asked by Variety if his reference to Tarantino was meant in the context of the Weinstein scandal, Bourdain replied: “One might think.”

Tarantino has expressed regret for not taking more assertive steps after hearing troubling stories about Weinstein over the years. Tarantino has made most of his movies through Weinstein’s Miramax and Weinstein Co. banners.

(Pictured: Patrick Radden Keefe, Anthony Bourdain, Lydia Tenaglia)

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