&34;It comes from both sides. It comes from the right and the left,&34; the filmmaker tells Bill Maher. Woody Allen says getting canceled was 'interesting and a

"It comes from both sides. It comes from the right and the left," the filmmaker tells Bill Maher.

Woody Allen says getting canceled was 'interesting and amusing': 'I wasn't hurt'

"It comes from both sides. It comes from the right and the left," the filmmaker tells Bill Maher.

By Mekishana Pierre

September 2, 2025 8:30 p.m. ET

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Woody Allen has been living "comfortably" since being publicly "canceled" by Hollywood.

The 89-year-old filmmaker made an appearance on Monday's episode of Bill Maher's *Club Random*, during which he reflected on what the host likened to a "witch hunt" from "the left."

"You were a victim of overexcesses of the #MeToo movement and wokeness and a lot of inconsistencies," Maher said of the renewed scrutiny of Dylan Farrow's longstanding sexual assault allegation against Allen when she was a child. In 1992, Allen's ex Mia Farrow publicly alleged that he molested their 7-year-old adopted daughter, Dylan. The accusation came some months after Farrow discovered that Allen had entered into a relationship with her 21-year-old daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, whom she welcomed via adoption with ex-husband André Previn.

Dylan reiterated the allegations herself in 2013. In 2021, Farrow, Dylan, and Allen and Farrow's son Ronan Farrow, participated in the documentary *Allen v. Farrow*, in which Dylan told her story publicly and in full for the first time. Allen has consistently denied the allegations against him and has never been charged with a crime (though a Connecticut prosecutor said there was probable cause for a criminal case).

Woody Allen at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

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Despite Maher's fervent defense in his name, Allen reasoned that he was "lucky."

"Because that could be ruinous depending — when everything happened. I was much older, I had done 45 movies already," the *Sweet and Lowdown* director said. "I had made enough money so I could retire for life comfortably."

He added, "I was thinking even, I only want to make a few more movies and then I would like to start to write books and plays. And so it happened to me at a time when it was no problem. If it had happened when I was 25 or 30, you know."

Maher noted that Allen had been "golden" for many years after it was discovered that the director was in a relationship with Previn, who is 35 years younger than him, before it "became the thing" not to work with him.

Allen and Previn married in December 1997 and share two daughters, whom they welcomed via adoption: Bechet, 26, and Manzie, 25.

"I didn't have any real practical problems," Allen admitted. "It amused me because it didn't have any, as a practical thing. It was not hurtful to me."

Despite Maher scoffing, Allen asserted that he suffered no practical slights in his career — which stands to reason as the filmmaker has continued making films ever since. His most recent work was 2023's *Coup de Chance*, a French romantic thriller that marked his 50th feature film and premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.

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"I was in my 80s and I had made so many movies and I, you know, it didn't matter, it didn't hurt me," Allen told Maher.

The filmmaker conceded that he felt "disillusioned" with the justice system while under investigation for the allegations, recalling, "You're shocked because most people don't find themselves in a situation in a courtroom ... and people are perjuring themselves one after the other, and you think, 'Well, isn't this against the law?' But you find out that it isn't exactly what you think — that yes, it's against the law technically, but nobody does anything about it."

Still, Allen said the experience was "very interesting and amusing... in many ways."

He continued, "And only because, as I said, I had done so many movies and had accumulated enough personal financial resources, so that I wasn't hurt by it. But if I was 40 or 50 or 30 or something, it would have been very, very painful."

Woody Allen at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

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The *Annie Hall* director said that because he was never charged, he doesn't feel that he ever truly suffered at the hands of the justice system. While Maher quipped he would be "s----ing my pants" if he had been under investigation, Allen shot back, "Not if you're innocent."

He added, "I don't think much of humans, but I do have great faith in evidence. So, I never for a second had a bad moment because I felt it was kind of amusing to turn on the television set and see people talking about it when I knew what the situation was."

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The continuing controversy has prompted comments from many stars of Allen's films. Some have come to Allen's defense, like Sean Penn ("I'd work with him in a heartbeat"), Scarlett Johansson ("I believe him"),* *Gina Gershon ("He's a genius"), and Diane Keaton ("I continue to believe him"), while other have denounced him, including Greta Gerwig ("I will not work for him again") and Kate Winslet ("It's f---ing disgraceful").

Allen said he has no bitterness toward anyone who has renounced him in the wake of the renewed attention on the controversy.

"These are people that just made a mistake," he said. "They think that they're doing something honorable or helpful, but they're not. They guessed wrong. They made a wrong decision on that. Someday, maybe they'll realize it. Maybe it will be clear to them for whatever reason. Maybe it never will be. But that's all that they've done, is made a mistake."

Watch Allen's appearance on *Club Random With Bill Maher* above.**

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