Woody Allen has reignited outrage after defending his marriage to Soon-Yi Previn and brushing off criticism of his long friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The 89-year-old filmmaker, who married Previn in 1997 after his split from actress Mia Farrow , said the public would have condemned him just as harshly had he left Farrow for an "air stewardess." Article continues below advertisement

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The director's relationship with Previn, now 54, became public in 1992 when Farrow discovered nude photographs of her daughter in Allen's New York apartment.

Previn was 21

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