Rachel Zegler is below hearth for her “f–okay Trump” remarks.
As with the remainder of America, movie star responses to the 2024 election outcomes have assorted.
Many have responded with grief and well-reasoned fears. Others have responded with misogynistic memes.
Rachel Zegler vented her anger — not solely over Trump’s victory and America’s defeat, however over the voters who’re returning him to workplace. After backlash, together with one pundit really calling HER a “pig,” she has apologized.
What did Rachel Zegler say about Donald Trump?
Rachel Zegler, star of West Facet Story and the upcoming Disney remake of Snow White, took to her Instagram within the wake of the 2024 election outcomes.
Like many, many, many individuals, she was pissed off by the outcomes and the looming uncertainty of what’s to return.
“I discover myself speechless within the midst of this,” she started. She expressed her heartbreak and disappointment on the “sheer quantity of people that confirmed up for this man who threatens our democracy.”
Rachel affirmed; “I’m right here with you. To cry, to yell, to hug. To wax poetic on how the left continues to fail us in forging a brand new path ahead.”
Like hundreds of thousands of People, Rachel went on to lament the “deep, deep illness on this nation” that enables folks like Trump to conquer fundamental decency.
She additionally expressed a hope that “Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself by no means know peace.” She additionally concluded one in all her Story posts with a succinct: “F–okay Donald Trump.”
Zegler additionally properly urged folks to discontinue utilizing Twitter. Trump hype-man Elon Musk bought the platform and has made it monumentally worse, inflicting an exodus of hundreds of thousands of customers. Critics disagree on how a lot of Twitter’s decline is the results of malice vs incompetence with regards to its infamous proprietor.
Why is Rachel Zegler getting backlash?
Within the wake of her remarks, some readers didn’t discover Rachel Zegler’s tackle Trump to be relatable. As an alternative, they handed round screenshots on social media, as in the event that they had been proof of wrongdoing.
“@rachelzegler is an untalented, hateful piece of human particles,” declared one Twitter denizen.
One other tweet complained: “I by no means thought that we’d attain some extent the place a literal Disney princess would purposefully use phrases like ‘f–okay’ in a public assertion, however right here we’re.”
Whereas it’s true that many individuals who discover the usage of “f–okay” to be scandalous are aged, that doesn’t imply that this Twitter consumer was. Political motivations can take advantage of peculiar conduct — akin to Rachel Zegler’s sentiments in direction of Trump — appear “outrageous.” All of us do it.
The weird backlash was not restricted to random people who find themselves nonetheless posting to Twitter prefer it’s 2014. Rightwing provocateur Megyn Kelly went as far as to name Rachel “a pig.” Elegant as all the time, Megyn.
Then, somewhat rapidly, Rachel opted to backpedal and apologize for the tone of her Trump commentary.
“Hatred and anger have precipitated us to maneuver additional and additional away from peace and understanding, and I’m sorry I contributed to the damaging discourse,” she penned in a brand new Instagram Story.
“This week has been emotional for thus many people,” she acknowledged. “However I firmly imagine that everybody has the suitable to their opinion, even when it differs from my very own.”
Rachel concluded her much-less-relatable-than-her-earlier-posts apology with: “I’m dedicated to contributing positively in direction of a greater tomorrow.” That final half, not less than, makes plenty of sense.
Did Disney pressure her to apologize?
There aren’t any indications that Disney strong-armed any apologies. Nonetheless, Rachel is the lead in Disney’s upcoming stay motion remake (they hold making these for some cause) of Snow White.
It’s potential that Disney requested her to stroll again her feedback after threats of a boycott from individuals who clearly have a skewed moral sense. (Talking of such folks, her co-star is Gal Gadot, so … this movie was already going to be controversial.)
However had been Rachel’s Trump feedback crossing the road? In all probability not. That one line about Trump voters by no means figuring out peace might have gone a bit too far, nonetheless.
In spite of everything, certainly we need to create a world the place everybody — even these in our nation which have as soon as once more set us off target — can thrive and know peace.
Bear in mind, after they go low, we go excessive.
