Sydney
(ANI):
Australian
actress
Portia
de
Rossi
has
been
accused
of
sexism
after
she
refused
to
be
interviewed
by
a
male.
De
Rossi,
37,
was
accused
of
hypocrisy
after
Sunrise
host
David
Koch
revealed
she
refused
to
be
interviewed
by
him
because
he
is
a
man.
She
appeared
on
the
top-rating
Channel
Seven
morning
program
to
publicise
her
new
memoir,
'Unbearable
Lightness:
A
Story
of
Loss
and
Gain',
but
would
speak
only
to
Koch's
female
co-hosts.
A
Seven
spokeswoman
confirmed
de
Rossi's
no-men
policy,
saying
Sunrise
producers
were
told
her
stance
was
"not
just
for
Australia,
it's
for
around
the
world".
Koch
on
the
other
hand
took
to
Twitter
to
vent
his
frustration,
accusing
the
star
of
double
standards.
"Portia
de
Rossi
would
only
be
interviewed
by
a
woman.
Am
I
weird
in
thinking
that's
strange.
Be
outrage
if
a
man
made
that
a
condition," the
Sydney
Morning
Herald
quoted
Koch
as
writing.
"Portia
has
campaigned,
quite
rightly,
for
gay
rights
and
equality.
Then
insists
on
only
being
interviewed
by
women.
Hypocritical?
U
tell
me?" he
stated.