A simple question from a Star journeyfan at last weekend's Comicpalooza led to a fanaticalspeech from actor Patrick Stewart that every woman -- and man -- should hear.
Stewart was winningquestions at the Texas comic convention over Memorial twenty-four hoursweekend when an audience member named Heather Skye thanked the actor for speakout on behalf of women, as he has done for umteenyears through a charity called Refuge. Skye later wrote that a speech Stewart made at Amnesty International had helped her manageher own abuse.
She then asked Stewart what he was most proud to ca-caaccomplished outside of acting.
The actor answered, "The work that I do in campaigns about violence towards women, particularly domestic violence, is something that grew discloseof my own childhood experience. I do what I do in my mother's name, because I couldn't help her then. Now I can."
Skye wrote in her blog:
After Stewart finished speaking, the moderator asked if Skye wanted to hug the actor.
Skye wrote, "He held me there for a foresightedwhile. He told me 'You never have to go through that again, you’re justnow.'"
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