Harvey Weinstein laments lack of birthday celebration at Rikers, predicts how long he’ll live
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Harvey Weinstein is sour that he won’t get a party for his 73rd birthday at Rikers Island next week, and made the grim prediction that he won’t live to see another year.
The convicted sex offender and former movie mogul reportedly called reporters Thursday to whine about jail and not having any birthday plans.
“I turn 73 next Wednesday, and I’m in a place where I don’t think I’ll get to 74,” Weinstein reportedly told the Daily Mail in an unsolicited phone call.
“There’s never any celebration at Rikers Island,” he said, adding that the prison is “inhumane” and “needs to be torn down.”
“It’s absolutely horrifying,” he added, saying he speaks also for the “other people who don’t have a voice” there.
He plans to talk to friends on the phone to mark his 73rd.
The call came a day after he was seen in Manhattan criminal court rocking a gap-toothed smile, the result of his teeth likely rotting while behind bars.
He addressed the chatter over his teeth on the call, too.
“People say, ‘Why did you smile yesterday?’ The reason I smiled was because Rikers Island, they don’t treat your teeth, they just pull your teeth.”
Weinstein has complained about his dental issues since 2022, when he allegedly had a medical “emergency” related to rotten molars while in lockup.
Weinstein has been hospitalized in the last year for a variety of ailments including emergency heart surgery, diabetes, spinal stenosis and a recent cancer diagnosis.
Weinstein remains locked up on a 16-year prison sentence for a 2022 Los Angeles rape conviction and is awaiting a retrial in New York after his 2020 rape and sexual assault conviction was overturned in April based on “unfair” testimony.
He begged a Manhattan judge in January to move up his trial, which is scheduled for next month, saying he “can’t hold on anymore.”
Another charge against Weinstein was added in September based on allegations from an additional accuser.
Judge Curtis Farber ruled Wednesday that Weinstein’s lawyers cannot mention his tossed conviction or his health problems during the retrial.
The ex-Miramax honcho, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 80 women, said he might testify on his own behalf at his new trial, according to the Daily Mail.
He is expected to be transferred back to California after the New York trial.
Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all charges, which sparked the #MeToo movement.
