Anna Camp apologizes for Scream 7 repost amid boycotts: 'Meant no harm'
The actress said the repost ādoes not reflect my personal beliefs,ā adding, āIām sorry to anyone who was affected.ā
Anna Camp apologizes for *Scream 7 *repost amid boycotts: āMeant no harmā
The actress said the repost "does not reflect my personal beliefs," adding, "Iām sorry to anyone who was affected.ā
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Anna Camp at the 'Scream 7' premiere. Credit:
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Anna Camp is apologizing for sharing a *Scream 7* post on social media that hit back at the filmās ongoing boycotts in response to the firing of franchise favorite Melissa Barrera.**
The actress, who plays Jessica Bowden in the slasher sequel, reposted an image in support of the film that called out the protests on her Instagram Story over the weekend. Camp later deleted the image and, in a follow-up X post, said that it ādoes not reflect my personal beliefsā on the subject. **
āIt has come to my attention that I reposted someone elseās story that does not reflect my personal beliefs,ā Camp wrote. āI have since deleted the repost because I absolutely meant no harm. Iām sorry to anyone who was affected.ā
The post, which was originally shared by the *SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers* podcast, read: āThe boycott didnāt work. The critics hate didnāt work. The pathetic leaks didnāt work. What worked was audiences coming out and making the film a success.ā **
Campās repost comes after pro-Palestine protesters held a demonstration outside the *Scream 7* premiere in Los Angeles last week in response to Barrera being fired from the franchise in 2023 over social media posts that supported the Palestinian cause and criticized Israel's actions amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The protestĀ āĀ which was organized by Entertainment Labor for Palestine, CODEPINK LA, and Jewish Voice for Peace-Los Angeles āĀ was held to call attention "to the industryās widespread silencing of pro-Palestinian voices and its whitewashing of Israelās ongoing genocide in Gaza."
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Ghostface in 'Scream 7'.
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It is part of a larger *Scream 7* boycott campaign, which is urging theatergoers to not support the film.Ā **
Barrera seemingly addressed the protest on her own Instagram Story at the time, writing, āI see you.ā
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Despite the ongoing boycotts,* Scream 7 *had a killer opening weekend, setting a new franchise record by raking in more than $97 million at the global box office. The film marked the return of several fan favorites to the franchise, including Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Scott Foley, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard.**
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Anna Camp at the 'Scream 7' premiere.
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Speaking with **, Gooding acknowledged that he had to take "my time to grieve" the work he'd done in *Scream 5* and *6* while also "trying to find a way to relate to the work that had been done" in the latest installment.
"[It] meant making sure, certainly privately and also professionally, that the understanding of family and collaboration was still present and intact and respected so that whatever the franchise became afterwards, whether or not I was involved, was hopefully done in a way that⦠The creatives behind it, in this case Kevin and Neve, finding a way to create their collaborative effort after taking so long away from it, getting their recompense, and having the return of their influence on the franchise, hopefully, is just done in a way that you can support *that* and be respectful to *that*," he said at the time.
*Scream 7* is in theaters now.
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