CAA’s Maha Dakhil, Agent To Tom Cruise & Steven Spielberg, Apologizes After Calling Israel’s Response To Hamas “Genocide”
deadline.comOne of CAA’s top agents has landed in hot water after a social media post calling Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks “genocide”.
Maha Dakhil, who represents stars including Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Reese Witherspoon, Olivia Wilde and directors such as Steven Spielberg and Steve McQueen, reposted an Instagram story earlier this week, which was widely shared across the industry.
She reposted the story that said “You’re currently learning who supports genocide”. Deadline contacted CAA yesterday to ask if there was a response to the post, but was told there was not.
We heard from numerous film and TV execs over the last 24 hours, who were offended and appalled by her post. Dakhil, who is Co-Head of Motion Pictures at CAA and a board member, subsequently apologized in a statement and in a separate social media post. “I made a mistake with a repost in my Instagram story, which used hurtful language.
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