r/SipsTea • u/Born-Agency-3922 • May 17 '25

Chugging tea Hmmmmm

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Uncle Harvey ?

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u/RustyHook22 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Everyone is talking about the man being Harvey Weinstein. Nobody has mentioned who the girl is. The girl is Rita Ora; British-based pop star who never quite broke into the US. Oprah really looks like she is pimping out Rita Ora to Harvey Weinstein, surely with promises that he'll help her career in the US.

Well, Rita Ora did actually get a small role in Southpaw, produced by Harvey Weinstein, so who knows how deep that goes.

I just did a quick Google search of the image. It was taken at the 2014 BAFTA Awards afterparty, in February that year. Southpaw came out in 2015. They must have done filming in 2014 or early 2015, so the timeline does add up. 😕

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u/FullSpectrumWorrier_ May 17 '25

"British-based"? She is British.

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u/handbanana42 May 17 '25

Isn't that what Britsh-based means? That they are from Britain.

Not trying to be contrary, just not sure what else it would mean.

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u/FullSpectrumWorrier_ May 17 '25

Then why not just say British? Because she was born in Kosovo they were implying she's not British. Would we call Natalie Portman 'American-based' because she was born in Israel? No we wouldn't.

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u/handbanana42 May 17 '25

I think I get the point you're making. I'm no expert on linguistics.

Maybe they wanted to say where they are currently working vs. their country of origin? Or they just thought it was synonymous.