Melissa Barrera has reportedly been dropped from her role in the “Scream” franchise following her controversial pro-Palestinian Instagram Story posts.
Actres Melissa Barrera will not be returning to the “Scream” franchise following a series of Instagram Story posts that insisted Israel was committing “genocide” and claimed the media only shows the “Israeli side.”
While Barrera was not yet confirmed for “Scream 7,” the latest in the ongoing slasher film series, Variety reported that sources said she was already dropped from the movie due to her posts following the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.
“Spyglass quietly dropped Melissa Barrera as the star of the next ‘Scream’ film, sources say, due to her social media posts that referred to Israel as a ‘colonized’ land and floated an antisemitic trope that Jews control the media,” Variety reported.
Variety confirmed the news with a statement from Spyglass Media Group, the company that produces the “Scream” movies.
“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,” a Spyglass spokesperson told Variety.
