Mexican actress Melissa Barrera is making a comeback in the entertainment industry after being fired from the American horror movie Scream 7 three years ago for supporting the pro-Palestinian movement, according to a new interview published by Variety magazine.
After Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, Barrera began posting messages in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
She took to Instagram, calling for peace and criticising the Israeli government for killing innocent Palestinian civilians, and compared Gaza to a concentration camp. Barrera also posted fundraising links to Palestinian human rights organisations and shared articles by Holocaust scholars accusing Israel of committing genocide.
Hollywood bigwigs took offense to Barrera’s pro-Palestinian messages, labeling them as antisemitic, and she was fired from her lead role in Scream 7 and let go from her talent agency, WME.
The production company behind the Scream films, Spyglass Media Group, issued a statement to Variety Magazine shortly after Barrera’s firing.
“Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech,” it said.
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Barrera told Variety that she is still struggling to this day to try and comprehend what happened to her.
“I mean the people that accused me of being antisemitic, and the people that run Spyglass. And they’re wrong. Just factually wrong,” she said.
