UTA Drops Susan Sarandon After Comments at Pro-Palestine Rally in New York
variety.comJordan Moreau Susan Sarandon has been dropped by UTA after she made controversial comments at a pro-Palestine rally in New York on Nov.
17, Variety has confirmed. Sarandon said at the rally, “There are a lot of people that are afraid, that are afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence.” She told protesters to have conversations with Jewish Americans, who don’t feel safe amid the rise of antisemitism in the country.
Muslim American journalist Asra Nomani responded to Sarandon’s comments in a lengthy post on X, writing “Please don’t minimize the experience of Jewish Americans by sanitizing the hell that it is for Muslims living in Muslim countries and vilifying America for the life — and freedoms — she offers Muslims like my family.
Go, live like a Muslim woman in a Muslim country. You will come back to America and kiss the land beneath your feet.” Hi there @SusanSarandon, this is my mom, my dad and me on the rail trail in Morgantown, West by God Virginia.
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