Real Housewives star Barbara Kavovit demolishing Harvey Weinstein's NYC office
"This is so personal, emotional, and passionate for me because I feel the pain of those women," Kavovit said, posing for photos of herself holding a hammer while standing over posters of Weinstein-distributed movies. She later elaborated on her choice to demolish the property before rebuilding. "Demolition is crucial for starting over, and we are taking this down to the bones," she said. "When I walk in here, I can feel the emotional ghosts.
Of the 50 workers Kavovit brought on for the job, she said 20 percent are female — a hiring practice that was as important to her as a plan that involved cutting costs down by $50,000 and construction time down by two weeks. "I've had a lot of Harveys in my life," she added. "I'm part of an industry that has been 98 percent male and very unwelcoming to women. I've met a lot of adversity, a lot of door slamming, and a lot of propositioning. I've been fighting for 25 years to stake my claim. I had to go out with people I had no interest in. I repeatedly had to sit across from men I wouldn't give the time of day to in order to get work.
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