“Cruel Intentions” star Selma Blair has parted ways with several members of her team amid controversy surrounding an anti-Islamic comment she made on social media.
In addition to parting ways with Creative Artists Agency, Blair ended her associations with her publicity team at Narrative PR and legal representatives at Gang, Tire, Ramer, Brown & Passman, the daily mail reported. She is still with the management company Wishlab Inc., but has changed managers.
While neither the actress nor her former representatives issued public statements about the changes or what motivated them, the Hollywood Reporter said: “It is understood that [Blair] “I made the decision to clean the house.”
Blair's former representatives at CAA, Narrative PR and Wishlab did not immediately respond Friday to The Times' requests for comment. Representatives for Gang, Tire, Ramer, Brown & Passman were not available for comment.
The “The Sweetest Thing” and “Heathers” star’s moves come less than a month after she came under fire for an Instagram comment referring to U.S. House Representatives Rashida Tlaib ( D-Mich.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.). ) as “thugs who support terrorism.”
Blair left the controversial comment on a post by Abraham Hamra, a Syrian Jewish refugee who criticized Tlaib and Bush for being the only opponents of a congressional measure banning anyone who participated in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on September 7. October immigrate to Israel. the United States
Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, defended her vote, saying the measure was “redundant to already existing federal law.”
“It's just another GOP messaging bill used to incite anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim hate that makes communities like ours unsafe,” he said.
In her video post, Hamra called Tlaib a “hateful anti-Semite” and said, “Jews have been victims of Arabs, not the other way around.”
Blair, who is Jewish, responded with her since-deleted comment: “Thank you very much. Deport all these thugs who support terrorism. Islam has destroyed the Muslim countries and then they come here and destroy the minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they find their destiny.”
Days later, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the country's largest Muslim civil rights organization, condemned Blair's statement and called on movie studios and talent agencies to “stop punishing artists who express their support.” to Palestinian human rights while ignoring hateful comments from artists who support the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
“Based on the hateful and ignorant comments Ms. Blair made, we doubt she ever had meaningful interactions with her Muslim colleagues in Hollywood or other members of the American Muslim community,” CAIR Deputy National Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said. in the statement of February 10. “We encourage Ms. Blair to apologize for her and also invite her to engage in dialogue with our community.”
On February 13, Blair apologized and wrote: “In my comment, I wrongly and inadvertently confused Muslims with radical Islamists and fundamentalists, a terrible mistake in my words, which resulted in hurting countless people which was never my intention, and which I deeply regret this.”
She also acknowledged her Muslim friends, whom she credited with educating her and showing her how to move forward.
“We cannot allow ignorance and anger to become [sic] our fall. I humbly raise my hand and offer to break the chain,” she said. “I will do it better.”
This week, The Times reported that the city of Ojai joined more than 50 American cities that passed resolutions calling for a ceasefire or advocating more broadly for peace, according to a Reuters analysis of municipal data.
Additionally, Thursday's Israeli attack on Palestinians receiving aid in Rafah It raised the death toll in Gaza to more than 30,000territory health officials said.
