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Julianna Margulies has launched an apology after her current feedback on a podcast stoked controversy.
In feedback she made on an episode of the “Back Room with Andy Ostroy” podcast final month, the actress voiced criticism of sure marginalized communities for what she perceived to be their lack of assist for Jews, amongst different issues. The dialog between Margulies and Ostroy – who’re each Jewish – was prompted by the Israel-Hamas battle and the rise in antisemitism they’ve seen on this nation because the battle started.
In a press release emailed to CNN on Friday through a consultant, Margulies mentioned she is “horrified” that her feedback “offended the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities, communities I really love and respect.”
“I need to be 100% clear: Racism, homophobia, sexism, or any prejudice in opposition to anybody’s private beliefs or identification are abhorrent to me, full cease,” she continued. “All through my profession I’ve labored tirelessly to fight hate of all variety, finish antisemitism, converse out in opposition to terrorist teams like Hamas, and forge a united entrance in opposition to discrimination. I didn’t intend for my phrases to sow additional division, for which I’m sincerely apologetic.”
Susan Sarandon additionally issued an apology on Friday, pertaining to a remark she made final month at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York Metropolis.
Video taken by the New York Post from a November 17 rally confirmed Sarandon saying to the gang, “There are lots of people which are afraid, which are afraid of being Jewish presently, and are getting a style of the way it feels to be Muslim in this nation.”
Writing in a social media post this week, Sarandon mentioned the “phrasing” she selected “was a horrible mistake, because it implies that till just lately Jews have been strangers to persecution, when the other is true.” She additionally mentioned she deeply regrets “diminishing this actuality and hurting individuals” along with her remark.
“It was my intent to point out solidarity within the battle in opposition to bigotry of all types, and I’m sorry I failed to take action.”
