Shout out 7 star Anna Camp apologized for defending the film amid boycott efforts caused by the shooting of the former shooter Shout out star Melissa Barrera.
Camp, 43, shared a post on social media over the weekend promoting the latest installment of the horror franchise. There was also a return to public protests against the film because Barrera, 35, was fired for commenting on the 2023 Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Original post, created by the official account of the “Scream With Ryan C. Showers” podcast and shared by Camp — as captured by PopCrave — read, “The boycott didn’t work, the critics didn’t work, the sad leaks didn’t work. What did work was the audience coming out and making the film a success. #Scream7.”
Camp’s subsequent apology, shared on Sunday, March 1, read, “It has come to my mind that I once again posted someone else’s story that does not reflect my beliefs.
The social media misstep comes after Shout out 7 director, Kevin Williamsonhe recently spoke about the protests that took place at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles. The filmmaker, 60, told Variety Wednesday, February 25, “We live in a world where there are a lot of bad things happening, and I think a lot of people want to be heard and want their voices heard about the bad things that are happening.”
The interview also saw Williamson express mixed feelings about Barrera’s exit from the project after starring in 2022. Shout outThe franchise is rebooting following its 1996 debut, and in 2023 Shout out VI. “My heart goes out to them.
Barrera was excluded Shout out 72023 production after sharing pro-Palestinian support that was interpreted as antisemitic by the film’s production company, Spyglass Media Group. A statement shared by Spyglass with Variety at the time it read, “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism or the incitement of hatred in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust misrepresentation or anything that crosses the line into hate speech.”
Barrera’s previous Instagram posts about the political conflict expressed his views and, at one point, he re-shared a post that accused Israel of “genocide and ethnic cleansing.”
The actress said in an Instagram story after her dismissal, “First of all I condemn Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hatred and prejudice of any kind against any group of people. As a Latina, a proud Mexican, I feel the responsibility to have a platform that allows me the right to be heard, so I have tried to express those issues to speak about all my needs. person in this world – regardless of religion, race, race, gender, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status—you deserve equal human rights, dignity and freedom.”
While Camp, who joins the Shout out franchise to Shout out 7 for the first time, without ever talking publicly about Barrera’s firing, Barrera said in October 2024 that he is the star of the franchise. Neve Campbell he did not speak to her after he left. “I think everyone makes their own choices and what they think is best for them,” Barrera said The decision at that time.
