Wide sections of society continue to suffer from numerous instances of discrimination, prejudice and hate speech from people who do not sympathize with their cultural and ethnic characteristics. For this reason, we present you with a list of actors who are most criticized for anti-Semitic statements.
Among the most serious cases are actors who do not realize the scale of their actions as public figures, so their careers are followed around the world.
We bring you a list of some of the actors who have been criticized for their anti-Semitic actions.
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Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson is one of the most criticized actors, not only for his anti-Semitic remarks, but also for his annoying misogynist remarks about his former partner Oksana Grigorieva, whom he grotesquely criticized for the way he dresses.
But this is not the only scandal he has starred in, as various voices in Hollywood claim that he is afraid of the Jews and that he insulted them several times. He even showed his anti-Semitism to the LAPD when he was once arrested for drunk driving and mentioned that “Jews are to blame for all the wars in the world.”
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Nick Canon
Nick Cannon, a 42-year-old American actor and rapper, is another celebrity sanctioned for his anti-Semitic remarks. So much so that in 2020 the company ViacomCBS ended his employment relationship with Nick Cannon because of the hate speech he aired on his podcast, Cannon Class.
On this occasion, Cannon mentioned that “blacks were real Jews and that the Jews had usurped their identity.” He subsequently admitted his mistake and vowed to learn by interacting with Jewish leaders.
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Kanye West
Kanye West, better known as a rapper, has appeared as an actor in productions such as Kardashian, cleveland or News masters He was one of the most criticized for his anti-Semitic remarks.
It was through his Twitter account that E, as he calls himself, posted the following message: “Today I am a little sleepy, but when I wake up, I will make death with 3 in the JEWISH PEOPLES.”
Later, he sent the following message: “I can say anti-Semitic things and Adidas can’t let me down,” which caused the sports brand to end their employment relationship and provoked a similar reaction from other brands with which he had a contract.
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Jamie Fox
The 55-year-old American actor and comedian is the latest to join a list of actors who have come under fire for making anti-Semitic comments after a post blaming Jews for the death of Jesus Christ.
“They killed this guy named Jesus… What do you think they’re going to do to you?” he wrote, so after a while he decided to delete the specified comment and publish the text of the apology to the Jewish community.
“I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended. The words I used offended me and I am sorry. It was never my intention,” he explained.
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Whoopi Goldberg
The 67-year-old American actress, winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991, was suspended from her role as host in 2022 for controversial statements about the Holocaust.
During the TV show ViewGoldberg left several controversial phrases, such as that “the Holocaust was not about race” or that the Nazi genocide against the Jews was between “two groups of white people.”