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Susan Sarandon says she was blacklisted in Hollywood after anti-Semitic comments

Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon He admitted that his career had suffered since he made controversial remarks about Jews at a pro-Palestinian rally last year.

“My agency left me, my projects were canceled,” Sarandon told the British newspaper. Times. “I was used as an example of what not to do if you want to continue working.”

Sarandon was fell quickly from UTA, Hollywood’s leading talent agency, after making anti-Semitic comments at a rally protesting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Manhattan last November.

“There are a lot of people right now who are getting a taste of what it feels like to be Muslim in this country that is scared, intimidated, and often subjected to violence for being Jewish,” Sarandon said in November. he said. 17, 2023.

SUSAN SARANDON JOINED AN ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MONTHS AFTER BEING QUITTED BY THE TALENT AGENCY

Actress Susan Sarandon speaks at the pro-Palestinian rally in Union Square in New York City

Actress Susan Sarandon has apologized for anti-Semitic comments she made at a pro-Palestinian rally in Union Square in November 2023. (Stephen Yang of Fox News Digital)

Sarandon apologized a few weeks later he said the choice of words was “a terrible mistake”.

“To express my concern about the increase in hate crimes, I said that Jewish Americans who are the targets of increased anti-Semitic hatred are ‘getting a taste of what it is like to be a Muslim in this country that is often subjected to violence,'” he began his social media post.

“This expression is a terrible mistake,” he continued, “this implies that until recently the Jews were strangers to persecution, when in fact it was quite the opposite. “As we all know, from centuries of oppression and genocide in Europe to the Tree of Life shootings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jews have long been familiar with discrimination and religious violence that continue to this day.”

“I deeply regret that I minimized this truth and hurt people with this comment. My intention was to show solidarity in the fight against all forms of bigotry, and I am sorry that I could not do so.”

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Close-up of Susan Sarandon sitting on stage

A UTA spokesperson confirmed that actress Susan Sarandon was removed from the agency following her comments. (Kike Rincon/Europa Press via Getty Images)

The far-left actor drew the ire of other Hollywood liberals. refuse to confirm Hillary Clinton said she wasn’t sure if she would ever work in a major Hollywood production again due to the repercussions of her activism during the 2016 election.

“I don’t know,” he told The Times when asked if he was considering taking on offers for big-budget films in the future.

Sarandon is currently working on “The Gutter,” a low-budget bowling comedy. He told The Times he did not believe he would ever receive “any offer from Hollywood” again.

Susan Sarandon's visit to Congress

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon speaks to reporters with demonstrators from Code Pink for Peace as they rally outside the Capitol Hill offices of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., on Feb. 15 to support Palestinians and demand a ceasefire in Gaza. 2024 in Washington DC ((Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)’)

“There are a lot of people out of work right now (since November of last year)… who lost their jobs as custodians, as writers, as painters, as people working in the cafeteria, like substitute teachers who got fired for tweeting things, like a tweet or a ceasefire,” Sarandon added.

Despite the negative impact of his words, the actor continued to speak at rallies protesting the Israel-Hamas war on Capitol Hill and at Columbia University.

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Fox News’ Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.