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