Paramount hits back at actor Mark Ruffalo over unhinged, 'antisemitic' rant against Warner Bros merger
Paramount has issued a formal statement criticizing actor Mark Ruffalo for his social media comments regarding a proposed Warner Bros merger. The company accused Ruffalo of using antisemitic tropes and inflammatory language to describe a corporate business transaction.
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This highlights the growing tension between corporate entities and high-profile celebrities who use their platforms to influence public perception of business mergers.
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Add The New York Post on Google Paramount clapped back at Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo and accused him of invoking “antisemitic tropes” in an unhinged rant where he raged against the company’s proposed Warner Bros merger.
The media giant swiftly issued a lengthy statement on Friday after the Hulk-portrayer spouted off on social media, criticizing the intended $110 billion merger as “crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world.”
“We are, as always, troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe,” the company said in a statement, reported by CNN’s Brian Stelter .
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