Actress Melissa Barrera is addressing the Israel-Hamas war comments that got her fired from “Scream 7,” saying, “Silence is not an option for me.”
Melissa Barrera is addressing the comments that got her fired from “Scream 7.”
“First and foremost I condemn Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hate and prejudice of any kind against any group of people,” the actress, 33, told her followers Wednesday in a statement shared via her Instagram Story.
“As a latina, a proud Mexicana, I feel the responsibility of having a platform that allows me the privilege of being heard, and therefore I have tried to use it to raise awareness about issues I care about and to lend my voice to those in need.”
Barrera went on on to say that “every person on this earth — regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or socio-economic status — deserves equal human rights, dignity and, of course, freedom.”
She made sure to highlight that “a group of people are NOT their leadership, and that no governing body should be above criticism.
