Susan Sarandon says she’s blacklisted in Hollywood after saying Jews ‘getting taste’ of what Muslims go through

US actress Susan Sarandon says she’s been blacklisted in Hollywood after she said last November at a pro-Palestinian rally that US Jews fearing for their safety amid a spike in antisemitism “are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”

Hollywood talent agency UTA cut ties with the Oscar-winning actress as a client a few days after a clip from the rally went viral, despite her issuing an apology.

“I was dropped by my agency, my projects were pulled,” she tells the UK’s Sunday Times. “I’ve been used as an example of what not to do if you want to continue to work.”

“There are so many people out of work right now [since] November of last year … who have lost their jobs as custodians, as writers, as painters, as people working in the cafeteria, substitute teachers who have been fired because they tweeted something, or liked a tweet, or asked for a ceasefire,” Sarandon tells the British newspaper.

The actress has been intensely critical of Israel since the war in Gaza erupted last year after Hamas’s brutal October 7 massacre.