“Shark Tank” Star, Barbara Corcoran, Explains Her Controversial Tweet About “Hiking Up Her Skirt” to Get Men’s Attention
ABC’s “Shark Tank” businesswoman Barbara Corcoran is defending a controversial tweet she posted about being a successful woman in the business world.
She tweeted, “I find running a #business in a man’s world to be a huge advantage. I wear bright colors, yank up my skirt + get attention.” Some women say Barbara’s tweet sends the wrong message, but Barbara hasn’t backed down.
She said, “I totally believe what I said. And I’m frankly a little bit surprised by getting any reaction to it. I think it’s so obvious that if you’re a woman or a man, it’s nothing to do with what sex you are, you’ve really got to play up what you’ve got.”
She added, “I happen to have great legs. I didn’t have the best face always or the best body, but I have great legs. So if I want to get attention, and I still do it, I wear my skirts really high, I yank up my skirt at the midriff, and I walk into a room and everybody notices me because I’ve got great legs. I think it’s a great gimmick actually, if you are smart enough to get attention. And I don’t think that’s sexual in anyway, but that’s what makes the horse race, right?”
The 67-year-old also said she sometimes uses flirting as a business technique, and asked, “What do men do? They smoke cigars together, they get flashy by pulling in with the Ferrari, they’re wearing the Rolex watch, they’re playing golf with their bosses, they’ve got all the gimmicks going that make them belong to the boy’s club. Women don’t do those things.”
