Melissa Barrera says she is “at peace” with ‘Scream 7’ firing
nme.comScream 7 for posting pro-Palestine messages on social media last year.In November 2023, Melissa Barerra – who plays Sam Carpenter in 2022’s Scream and sequel Scream VI – was dropped from the upcoming seventh instalment after writing an Instagram post in support of Palestine earlier this week.In a post on her Instagram Stories, the Mexican-born actor wrote: “I too come from a colonized country.
Palestine WILL be free. They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.” In another post, she added: “Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp.
Cornering everyone together, with no where to go, no electricity no water. People have learnt nothing from our histories. And just like our histories, people are still silently watching it all happen.
THIS IS GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING.”Barrera recently spoke to Rolling Stone to promote her new film Your Monster while at Sundance, and also spoke of her firing from the Scream gig.
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