Melissa Barrera revealed that she is no longer speaking to her former Scream co-star Neve Campbell.
The 34-year-old actress said she hasn’t spoken to Campbell, 51, since the latter returned to production on Scream 7 despite Barrera’s firing.
Despite his apparent disappointment, Barrera said he “fully respected” his former co-star’s decision to return to the franchise.
“We haven’t really talked,” he said. in a Decider interview, which was published on Friday.
“I think everyone makes their own decisions and what they think is best for them,” he said. “I fully respect what people think they need to do to get ahead in this life.”
Melissa Barrera, 34, revealed that she hasn’t spoken to her Scream co-star Neve Campbell, 51, since she was fired from the franchise; (L) Barrera photographed on October 24, (R) Campbell seen in 2023
This comes after Barrera was fired from the franchise in November 2023 by pro-Palestine publications.
He previously starred in 2022’s Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream 6.
Late last year, production company Spyglass Media fired her for what they said “crossed the line into hate speech.”
In November 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, he shared a post on his Instagram story, in which he said that Gaza was being “treated like a concentration camp.”
In the same post, he asked if “people haven’t learned anything from our stories” and said, “This is genocide.” This is ethnic cleansing.”
The actress, who played Sam Carpenter in the franchise, labeled Israel a “colonized” land and posted content containing an anti-Semitic trope regarding Jewish people controlling the media.
One post said: ‘The Western media only shows the (Israeli) side. Why do they do that? I’ll let you figure it out for yourself.
Spyglass Media then removed her from her role in the upcoming film Scream 7.
“I think everyone makes their decisions and what they think is best for them,” he said of Campbell’s return to star in Scream 7 after his firing; in the photo 2023
Barrera was fired from the franchise in November 2023 for pro-Palestine publications
Another post complained that they had been looking for videos from a Palestinian perspective to share, but couldn’t find any on their feed.
Later, Barrera made another post saying that he “condemns anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.” I condemn hatred and prejudice of any kind against any group of people.’
The production company behind the franchise later issued a statement accusing it of “anti-Semitism or hate speech in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, distortion of the Holocaust, or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.”
Shortly after she was fired, her co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon also left Scream VII.
Ortega left the show, citing a scheduling conflict with his Wednesday series as his reason for leaving.
Over the past year, more politicians and celebrities have echoed similar criticisms and called for a ceasefire as she had done in her controversial position.
When asked if she received an apology or if she was contacted by someone who was involved in the decision to fire her, she said she had received “nothing.”
A few months after Ortega’s departure, Campbell announced that he would be returning to the franchise.
The actress, who did not appear in Scream 6, announced that she would return for the next installment alongside original Scream director Kevin Williamson.
Earlier this year, Barrera said he doesn’t regret what he said.
He previously starred in 2022’s Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream 6; photographed in 2023 Scream VI still
Shortly after she was fired, her co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon also left Scream VII.
A few months after Ortega’s departure, Campbell announced that he would be returning to the franchise; photographed in 2022 I still scream
“It wasn’t easy to be labeled something so horrible (as an anti-Semitic) when I knew that wasn’t the case,” he told the newspaper. Los Angeles Times in April.
“But I was always at peace, because I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong,” he continued.
“I aligned myself with global human rights organizations and with many experts, academics and historians and, most importantly, with indigenous peoples around the world,” he added.
“I think indigenous communities around the world are always on the right side of history, point-blank, period.”
