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Melissa Barrera Incites More Controversy With New Social Media Posts, Sparking Heated Debate at WME
Melissa Barrera is under fire over new social media posts, prompting her reps at WME and Sugar23 to explore dropping the actress as a client.
The “In the Heights” and “ Scream ” star earlier this week posted a link in her Instagram bio that directed her followers to donate money to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to benefit “all the martyrs in Gaza and the West Bank.” The plea was deemed particularly incendiary given that Barrera posted the link one day after the Biden administration and several other countries halted aid to the organization in the wake of explosive allegations that 12 UNRWA staffers directly participated in the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel, including two who took part in kidnappings. At this month’s Sundance Film Festival, Barrera chanted the controversial line “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” during a pro-Palestinian protest on Main Street that drew nearly 100 activists. The list of countries that have followed the U.S. in freezing funds to the organization include Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia, Japan, Austria and Romania.
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