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Snow White star Rachel Zegler apologises for angry Trump post


West Side Story actor soon to take on iconic Disney role backs down after re-election response led to backlash

The 23-year-old, currently starring in Broadway’s re-imagined Romeo + Juliet, had posted a lengthy response to the re-election of Trump and the “four years of hatred” he would bring about in America. After backlash within conservative corners of the internet, with rightwing pundit Megyn Kelly calling her “a pig”, Zegler released a new statement, writing that she wanted to “sincerely apologise” for what had been said. Cardi B said she was “really sad” over the result, while John Cusack wrote that “voting in a convicted felon rapist and Nazi is a sign of deep nihilism”.

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