Alyssa Milano's #MeToo Message To Her Daughter

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Alyssa Milano recorded this emotional message to her young daughter at the dawn of the #MeToo movement a year ago.

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00:00I mean I think my my biggest hope for you is that you never have to say

00:06Me too

00:20Dear elizabella, hello

00:22It's your mommy and I wanted to

00:26Make you a little video because i'm sitting in my trailer in atlanta and I miss you so much

00:31um

00:33And I wanted to just do this for you

00:37Uh today is uh, january 18th 2018

00:42And donald trump is uh our president

00:47Crazy and more importantly than that

00:51uh women everywhere

00:54Are

00:57Sharing their stories of sexual harassment and assault

01:02and they're saying

01:04phrases like

01:06Me too

01:07and time's up

01:10and

01:11I don't expect you to understand this obviously right now because you're

01:17A baby, but when you get older and you watch this video

01:22I wanted you to know that

01:26One night when I was lying in bed with you

01:29I looked down at you

01:31and your sweet beautiful face

01:34and

01:36I got really scared

01:40I got scared for you

01:43And I uh

01:46Hold on I um

01:51I sent out a tweet

01:54Asking for women to stand in solidarity

01:59um

02:01And

02:02a lot of people replied

02:05so in a way I wanted to make this video for you because

02:10In a way all of this is because of you

02:21So

02:31It's it's an important time it feels important

02:40So I wanted to thank you really

02:44And also, you know

02:46Let you know that

02:48I want you to grow up

02:51from a strong little girl

02:53into a

02:56A strong woman that

03:00Knows really knows her worth

03:06And that

03:09Is valued for her brain and her

03:15Beautiful big heart and her sweet sweet soul

03:19And her talents

03:22And not for her body and I want you to know that also i'm working very hard

03:29A lot of women are working very hard to make sure that silence is not the norm for your generation

03:36And that you

03:41Will never

03:44God forbid if you do have to ever say me too. I want you to know that you will be heard

03:51And that you should speak your truth

03:55And that mom is always here for you to listen I told you

04:03And just know

04:05That I love you

04:10I love you very much

04:14And i'll keep fighting

04:18That's all

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