Yahoo News Julianna Margulies “Horrified” That Podcast Comments Offended Black, LGBTQ Communities
Julianna Margulies has spoken out following comments she made about Black and LGBTQ supporters of Palestine, saying they were being “brainwashed to hate Jews.”
The Morning Show star has released a statement that reads, “I am horrified by the fact that statements I made on a recent podcast offended the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities, communities I truly love and respect. I want to be 100% clear: Racism, homophobia, sexism, or any prejudice against anyone’s personal beliefs or identity are abhorrent to me, full stop.”
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She continued, “Throughout my career I have worked tirelessly to combat hate of all kind, end antisemitism, speak out against terrorist groups like Hamas, and forge a united front against discrimination. I did not intend for my words to sow further division, for which I am sincerely apologetic.”
Margulies’ apology comes a day after controversial comments she made on a Nov. 21 podcast resurfaced on social media Thursday. In her interview on The Back Room With Andy Ostroy, the actress said, in her opinion, Black and LGBTQ people were not supporting Israel when it retaliated against Palestinian terrorist group Hamas after the Oct. 7 attacks.
“I’m the first person to march [for] Black Lives Matter,” she said. “When LGBTQ people are being attacked, I run. I made a commercial for same-sex marriages with my husband in 2012. Like, I am the first person to jump up when something is wrong, as I think most Jews are, because we have been persecuted from the beginning of time, not just World War II.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, the Good Wife actress slammed Hollywood for not supporting Israel.
“Can you imagine the WGA not putting out a statement after George Floyd?” she said. “And yet when it was the Jews — by the way, all of our great material on television is pretty much from the Jews — like the fact they stayed silent until they were pressured.”
She also noted that she felt TikTok should be banned because she believes the anti-Israel sentiment among young people is due to the video platform, calling them “crazy people.”
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