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A female comedian and two other women were booed and thrown out of an event after confronting tainted Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Comedian Kelly Bachman told the Guardian that she “felt like the air was sucked out of the room” when she called out Weinstein during a set she performed at the event on Wednesday in New York.

Harvey Weinstein Gets Confronted By A Female Comedian Before She Was Thrown Out Of The Event

“I was okay with the fact that there was silence. In a situation like this, I don’t want people to feel comfortable,”

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Bachman, along with fellow comedian Amber Rollo and actor Zoe Stuckless, confronted the Weinstein, who has been accused by more than 80 women of rape, sexual assault and harassment.

In a video, Bachman can be seen slamming Weinstein, saying “I’m a comic, and it’s our job to name the elephant in the room,”

“It’s a Freddy Krueger in the room, if you will. I didn’t realize I needed to bring my own mace and rape whistle to Actors Hour,” she added.