Melissa Barrera Talks 'Scream' Firing, Says She Had a "Big Awakening" | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

Hollywood Journal

Melissa Barrera says she had a "big awakening" after being fired from the 'Scream' franchise. Spyglass Media fired the actress from the rebooted franchise after she posted to social media about the Israel-Gaza conflict, which they deemed were antisemitic posts. Speaking to the Associated Press at the Sundance Film Festival, the 'Your Monster' star said that after the ordeal, she's had time to reflect on how her support of Palestinians and calls for a ceasefire in the region has helped her realize more about herself.

Transcript

00:00Melissa Barrera says she's had a big awakening after being fired from the Scream franchise.

00:05Spyglass Media fired the actress from the Scream reboot after she posted to social media about the

00:11Israel-Gaza conflict, posts which they deemed were anti-Semitic. Speaking to the Associated Press at

00:16the Sundance Film Festival, the Your Monster star said that after the ordeal, she's had time to

00:21reflect on how her support of Palestinians and calls for a ceasefire in the region has helped

00:26her realize more about herself. Honestly, I think I finally am becoming who I'm supposed to be in

00:31life, and the last few months have been a big awakening of that. Barrera published multiple

00:36social media posts around the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, which described elements of

00:40Israel's response to Hamas and Gaza as genocide and ethnic cleansing. In November, it was announced

00:46that Barrera had been let go from the franchise. Spyglass said in a statement that it had zero

00:50tolerance for anti-Semitism or the insight of hate, including false references to genocide,

00:56ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion, and hate speech. In her own statement, the In the Heights

01:01actress said that she not only condemned anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, but prejudice against any group.

01:08Every person on this earth, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,

01:14or socioeconomic status, deserves equal human rights, dignity, and, of course, freedom. The future of

01:20how Scream 7 will unfold remains unclear, as co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon

01:26have both departed the franchise as well. For more on this story, hit to THR.com. And for the

01:32latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

Melissa Barrera Talks 'Scream' Firing, Says She Had a "Big Awakening" | THR News Video

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended