Mark Ruffalo Rejects Paramount’s Claim His Anti-Merger Comments Were “Antisemitic”: “My Views Should Never Be Interpreted as Hostility Toward Jewish People”
The actor and staunch opponent to the David Ellison-led studio's $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. recently took aim at Ellison's father Larry Ellison and his company Oracle's ties to the Israeli military.
Mark Ruffalo has responded to Paramount's claim that his comments opposing the studio's $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. were antisemitic. Ruffalo had criticized the Ellison family, specifically David and Larry Ellison, and their ties to Oracle, which has connections to the Israeli military.
Ruffalo denied the antisemitic accusations, stating that his views "should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people." He expressed that being called antisemitic was "appalling and fundamentally dishonest."
Paramount had accused Ruffalo of using antisemitic tropes after he attacked the Ellison family and Israel in a rant against the planned merger with Warner Brothers, according to Arutz Sheva - Israel National News.
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