Rachel Zegler says there are “worse things than losing fame” after backlash over her Snow White casting and pro-Palestinian advocacy.
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After years of controversy and criticism for her role in Snow White
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actress Rachel Zegler is speaking out and standing firm on the very issues that fueled much of the backlash
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It was this post from August 2024 that added to a string of controversies surrounding actress Rachel Zegler
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The backlash began when Zegler was first cast as Snow White. Critics argued the actress, who is of Polish and Colombian descent
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didn't align with the original fairy tale description of the character having skin as
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white as snow. After the film's disappointing box office performance, Zegler faced even more
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criticism, this time from Jonah Platt, who is Jewish and son of the film's producer
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In a now-deleted Instagram comment, Platt accused Zegler of making the film about politics
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saying, quote, tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for
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her own immature desires, at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue-collar workers who
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depend on that movie to be successful. But in a new interview with ID Magazine published Monday
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Zegler stood by her support for Palestine, saying fame isn't everything. She said
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My compassion has no boundaries is really what it is and my support for one cause does not denounce any others That always been at the core of who I am as a person It the way I was raised Similarly online educator Ms Rachel recently experienced a bit of backlash
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for being so open on her platforms about her support for children in Gaza
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Over 14,000 precious children have been unaligned in Gaza. An advocacy group even called on the Justice Department to investigate
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whether her recent posts about Gaza could amount to paid propaganda. With a similar mindset as Zegler, Ms. Rachel said in an interview with WBUR at the beginning of June
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she'll continue to advocate for children in Gaza, even if it means risking her career
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Critics argue she's ignored the children in Israel, who similarly may be experiencing hardship
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Zegler also opened up about how the backlash impacted her mentally, sharing that the anxiety she experienced led her to seek medical help
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Her psychiatrist eventually prescribed her medication, telling her the situation she was in wasn't normal
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While some critics continue to paint Zegler as a victim, she says she refuses to embrace that label
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calling the victim mindset a choice and one she's not making. In April, The Hollywood Reporter said Disney pumped the brakes on its live-action remake of Tangled
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a move some blamed on the fallout from Snow White. With Stray Arrow News, I'm Kennedy Felton
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