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May 12, 2010 | 12:17 pm

Brett Ratner and I bury the hatchet

Posted by Danielle Berrin

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Brett Ratner and I have a sordid past.

He was my first big Hollywood profile and he left a lasting impression—or depression, depending on how you look at it (see below). Last week, at the Simon Wiesenthal Center gala honoring Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, I decided it was high time we made up. After all, he’s a Hollywood director and I’m a Hollywood journalist and we’re bound to cross paths every now and then, just like a pair of estranged lovers. And wouldn’t it be better if we got along? Besides, we have history.

After I introduced myself to Ratner anew, he grabbed me by the arm, pulled me to his table, and said to Howard and Grazer sitting across from him, “You see this girl? She almost ruined me!”

If you’re curious as to why, read my 2008 profile of the ‘nice Jewish director’:

I’ve been cornered downstairs in the gold lamé disco basement at Brett Ratner’s house and he’s hitting on me.

His insistence suggests he’s accustomed to getting his way with this, and I’m trying not to think about the surroundings—a wealthy bachelor’s lavish playpen, which quite conspicuously insinuates sex.

“Can we go on a date?” Ratner asks, drawing closer. “My mom loves you.”

He doesn’t seem to care that I’m a journalist on assignment or that when he offered to give me a tour of his Benedict Canyon manse, I was thrilled to explore the architecture: a Tudor-style estate designed by Hoover Dam architect Gordon Kaufman.

I push him away and tell him I’m seeing someone, but he insists that shouldn’t matter since I’m not yet married.

“I really want to pursue you,” he says in his soft, almost effeminate voice. “When are we going out? I like you. Are you gonna make me wait? Don’t make me wait.”

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Who cares? You are boring, and bragging. Write about something that matters. Not you.

Comment by Greg on 5/17/10 at 3:09 pm

Ok, so YOU decided to bury the hatchet? Why, because YOU want to kiss his ass some more, like you do ALL the subjects of your Puff pieces? NEXT!

Comment by Laurel on 5/20/10 at 4:52 pm

Laurel,

I hardly think calling Ratner out on his sexual aggression was ‘kissing his ass.’ And just so you know, I agonized over whether or not to put myself in the piece, ultimately deciding that it would be dishonest not to. I’m sorry if you misconstrue that as sycophancy.

Danielle

Comment by danielle on 5/20/10 at 5:40 pm

It’s not the content of the 2008 article that was sycophantic, but rather, the burying-of-the-hatchet that was. After all, what did he do to merit your burying it? Nothing! So you’re basically just excusing him because, why? Because time has passed? Because you work in the same business and may need another favor from him in the future? That’s where the sycophancy plays into this. In that article (which I suffered through in 2008 and therefore did not have to re-read) he proved himself to be nothing short of immature, obnoxious, spoiled and entitled. He disrespected you, maybe because you are an attractive female who was on his turf.

That said, what did he do to deserve your forgiveness? Did he locate you and apologize first? No. Did he become philanthropic and donate to your favorite charity? I doubt it. So what on earth did he do to merit your forgiveness? Nothing. Nothing more than simply continuing to be a successful famous director, whose attention someone in your position needs.

Why can’t you be strong and hold out for him to apologize to YOU? Because you’re a “Hollywood Journalist”? Whose future script you may want him to direct? Aha.

Comment by Laurel on 5/20/10 at 10:34 pm

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