Harvey Weinstein says he has been largely cut off from his old friends and colleagues since his imprisonment

Harvey Weinstein says he has been largely cut off from his old friends and colleagues since his imprisonment.

The disgraced former film producer, 73, who was convicted of sex crimes in California and whose earlier New York convictions were overturned in 2024 before a subsequent conviction in 2025, made the comments in an interview from Rikers Island with The Hollywood Reporter.

Weinstein is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence at the notoriously tough jail in New York, and spoke from custody about how his relationships have changed since the allegations against him became public in 2017.

He also discussed his relationship with his former wife Georgina Chapman, 49, and his lack of contact with several prominent figures from the film industry.

Weinstein said: “I wish Jeffrey Katzenberg would take my call. I wish Ted Sarandos would, Bradley Cooper. I miss these people not just as business – there was more to it than that.”

He said: “But I’m cancel-itis. Toxic. You take my phone call and you get canceled.”

Weinstein also admitted: “I get it. I don’t expect anyone to destroy their careers for me.”

The former Hollywood executive added he now avoids contacting many people because he believes speaking to him could damage their reputations.

Weinstein said: “I’m scared to call people because I don’t want them canceled for talking to me.”