Actress Maria Bello addressed the crowd marching in opposition of Donald Trump, with a strong speech during the women’s rally at the Sundance Film Fest here Saturday morning.
Her speech began with: “Hello, all you p—s!” and concluded with an invocation of “p—y power.”
The actress known for TV’s “Goliath” and films like “Abduction” told the crowd that she had been so despondent since Trump’s election that, “I just got out of bed for the first time in 74 days.” But she said she had been “roused from my deep depression” by Meryl Streep’s speech at the Golden Globe awards and by the call for the entertainment industry to rally.
“When they denigrating entire religions and sexes and races and beliefs and trying to tell us who we are allowed to become,” Bello said, “punch them back by speaking truth to power.” The crowd roared for each of Bello’s admonitions.
The actress concluded by saying that women’s power was deep and resilient, the source of life. “So when they try to punch you by grabbing your pussy, punch them back harder with your pussy power,” Bello declared.
Her final call to action: “Light a match, witches!”