{"id":1892,"date":"2025-03-27T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:10:02","slug":"melissa-barrera-defends-rachel-zegler-amid-snow-white-controversy-and-slams-media-over-political-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1892","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Barrera defends Rachel Zegler amid Snow White controversy and slams media over political bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Melissa Barrera, who was previously fired from the Scream franchise over her pro-Palestine views, has come forward to defend actress Rachel Zegler amid backlash surrounding Disney&#8217;s upcoming Snow White film. Zegler, who plays the lead in the film, has been vocal about her political stance\u2014particularly her support for Palestine\u2014leading to renewed scrutiny online and in the press.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of Instagram Stories, Barrera reshared a post that criticized Variety for what it described as a \u201chit piece\u201d on Zegler. The article allegedly portrayed the actress as \u201cdifficult and politically radical,\u201d a portrayal the post refuted, saying it made her look \u201ccool as hell and full of integrity.\u201d Barrera\u2019s public support comes from a place of shared experience, as she, too, was the subject of media coverage that led to her dismissal from Scream 7. The post also featured Zegler\u2019s words from an earlier trailer release where she added, \u201cAnd always remember, free Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrera also called out journalist Tatiana Siegel, who has written pieces on both her and Zegler. Barrera\u2019s firing had sparked a ripple effect that led to co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon exiting the Scream franchise. Since then, Barrera has found success in indie horror films like Your Monster and Abigail.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond politics, Snow White has faced multiple creative and cultural criticisms. One major point of contention is Disney\u2019s decision to use CGI for the seven dwarfs instead of casting actors with dwarfism, a move publicly criticized by Peter Dinklage in 2022. Additionally, Zegler\u2019s casting and her critical comments about the original film\u2014calling the love story \u201cweird\u201d and the prince a \u201cstalker\u201d\u2014sparked further outrage online.<\/p>\n<p>Despite ongoing backlash, Snow White continues its theatrical run.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Barrera, who was previously fired from the Scream franchise over her pro-Palestine views, has come forward to defend actress Rachel Zegler amid backlash surrounding Disney&#8217;s upcoming Snow White film. Zegler, who plays the lead in the film, has been vocal about her political stance\u2014particularly her support for Palestine\u2014leading to renewed scrutiny online and in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}