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Former “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman served 11 days of a 14-year prison sentence in 2019 for her role in the infamous college admissions scandal dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues.” Now, Huffman is speaking out to play the victim, claiming she's still feeling the repercussions of the scandal years later.
Hoffman speaks
“I get into the room with her. I did this. It's black and white,” Hoffman, 61, told The Guardian. “How am I doing is kind of a loaded question. As long as my children are okay and my husband is okay, I feel okay.
Fox News reported that Huffman went to prison for about two weeks after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. This came after she bribed a college prep expert with $15,000 to change her daughter's SAT scores to get her into college. In addition to the prison sentence, Huffman was ordered to pay $30,000 in fines and complete 250 hours of community service.
Five years later, Huffman believes her Hollywood career has been affected by the scandal.
“I did a pilot for ABC recently and it didn't get picked up. It was tough,” she said. “It's like your old life died and you died with it.”
She added: “I am in no way trying to whitewash what I did, but some people were kind and compassionate.” “The others didn't.”
Huffman went on to say that she feels “grateful” for her daughters Georgia, 21, and Sophia, 23, whom she shares with husband William H. Messi 27 years ago. Fargo Fame.
“I'm lucky enough to have family, love and possibilities, so I had a place to settle down,” she admitted.
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Huffman reveals the reason for her involvement in the scandal
Huffman previously spoke about why she chose to get involved in the scandal in the first place in December.
“People assume I went into this looking for a way to cheat the system and make proverbial criminal deals in back alleys, but that was not the case,” she said at the time. “I worked with a highly recommended college counselor named Rick Singer. I worked with him for a year and trusted him implicitly; he recommended programs and teachers, and he was the expert.
“A year later, he started saying, 'Your daughter's not going to get into any of the colleges you want.'” “And so I believed him,” she continued. “As he slowly began to present the criminal scheme, it seemed — and I know this seemed crazy at the time — that this It was my only option to give my daughter a future. I know hindsight is 20/20, but I felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn't do it. So I did it.”
It should be noted that Hoffman's daughter, as the daughter of two wealthy Oscar-nominated Hollywood stars, certainly has a better chance at a “future” than the vast majority of young people in this country, especially in Joe Biden's America.
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Hoffman's next turn
Hoffman is now trying to put that behind her, as she is currently preparing to play Paige, the mother of a transgender child, in London's Park Theater revival of Taylor Mack's “Hir,” which runs from February 15 to March 16. She fondly described Paige as a woman who recently pledged allegiance to the “LGBTTSQQIAA” community, which she pronounces as “Luggabuttsqueeah.”
“Page has the enthusiasm of a new convert,” Hoffman said of Paige. “She's fanatical, but in a good way. She's been contained for so long and now she's free. If she thinks of something, it comes straight out of her mouth.”
Do you think Huffman should be forgiven, or is it fair for her to continue to be targeted by cancel culture? Let us know in the comments section.
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