Tippi Hedren: Alfred Hitchcock Assaulted Me After I Refused To Sleep With Him

Tippi Hedren is speaking out about how she says legendary suspense director, Alfred Hitchcock ruined her career and once assaulted her after she refused to sleep with him. The Birds actress told Inside Edition: "It is the worst thing to be the object of someone's obsession if you are not interested. It became unbearable." Hedren was a struggling single mom with her young daughter Melanie Griffith when the Psycho filmmaker plucked her from obscurity to star in The Birds in 1963. #InsideEdition

[debbiethompson]

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SAY SHE FINALLY SPOKE UP. SHE HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT IT FOR YYYEARS! NO ONE CARED.

[spro]

Tippi is so right. It's absolutely horrible to have someone sexually attack you who you have NO interest in. She did the right thing. I've seen the movie "The Girl".

[markkickmark]

I can a be a huge fan of Hitch the director and still accept that he was maybe not a good person in real life. Got to watch out for that worshiping of people just because they were famous.

[AirQuotes]

This lady is a class act and didn't deserve the abuse she suffered

[marye.]

Poor girl, I've seen birds. I thought she was absolutely gorgeous. What a jerk.

[Crrrow]

Tippi sounds like every kindhearted grandma merged into one person. It's beautiful.

[risacat]

She is so beautiful! Back in the day and now. It’s terrible what she went through. She’s a strong woman.

[miina]

That's absolutely defiling & terrible. No woman should have to go through that. She is such a strong lady ❤️I'm glad she's come off a severely traumatising experience stronger & greater than ever!

[AUser]

This really doesn't surprise me.Hitchcock really did seem to have a thing for blondes....Its a shame he was like that because he was so brilliant.She is still absolutely gorgeous after all this time.

[ilovetheseventies]

I am a fan of this lady and she still quite beautiful

[sweetiehogg]

Dear tippi.
Thank you this was this reason i gave up my chance to act. I didnt want to be subjected to this kind of terror. I went as far as i could. Untill i was 18. I started to see the dark side..i had no regrets..thx for speaking up for all actresses..bless you

[denisenoe]

I salute Tippi Hedren for sticking up for herself. That she worked for Hitchcock in no way obligated her to engage in sex with him!
I have read that Hitchcock sent her daughter a "gift" that was a doll made to look like Tippi -- in a little coffin.
Hitchcock also engaged in practical jokes that were actually acts of viciousness. He slipped alcohol in the beverage of a woman who said she didn't want alcohol because she was allergic to it. He also trapped an actress in a phone booth contraption that he filled with smoke.
The worst by far is that he made a "bet" with a humble property man by which he handcuffed the man to a camera and gave him a drink laced with a powerful laxative so the poor violated man spent the whole night befouling himself.

[AnibalDMasso]

I'm mind blown, I never knew Melanie was her daughter!

[amanirose]

Just finished watching The Birds. Perverts all over Hollywood. Shame Shame

[TheeFinalBoi]

What an inappropriate way to end an interview about sexual harassment and assault but it’s not like I should expect tact from inside edition.

[moosejohnson]

The biggest story here is that this lady was NINETY here or very close to it! And looks incredible!!

[CMRinehart]

Dakota is a total brat. The way she talked to her mom at an Oscar red carport with with total disrespect.

[Truegho]

I have always loved Tippi. Absolutely gorgeous woman and highly talented actress.

[samson]

Of course, she starred in the Hitchcock's movie "Marnie" which came out in the "Birds" was made. So, obviously, he didn't destroy her career after the "Birds". So, what gives? Hitchcock isn't here to defend himself.

[mariosjpaulo]

One thing I don´t understand... Tippi always said Hitchcock only made his advances near the end of Marnie... so, how come the voiceover from Inside Edition says Hitchcock relatialed with live birds in The Birds? The Birds was made before Marnie