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People saying this isn’t the time to talk about Sean Connery’s history of domestic violence. Two things can simultaneously be true: A brilliant actor died, who also happened to be a self-confessed perpetrator of domestic violence, and an encourager and enabler of it.
It would be a disservice to characterise Sean Connery in any other way. The achievements of a man can be celebrated while the nature of their character is revealed so others can learn from it.
Similarly, Michael Jackson was, though never found guilty in a court of law, a potential perpetrator of child sexual abuse. He also happened to be one of the most talented and prodigious entertainers of all time.
People are complicated. Sean Connery was too. But I won’t pretend that his words about women and his actions towards them, didn’t matter. They did when he was alive. And they still do, now that he’s dead.
