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Bassem Youssef is addressing the Superman Legacy controversy after he suggested he was dropped from the DC movie for supporting Palestine.
In a video, the 49-year-old actor and comedian said he wanted “to address the Superman fiasco once and for all because the internet twists facts, words, and basically everything else.”
“First of all, I’m a huge fan of James Gunn, nothing but love and respect for this guy,” he began.
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He then talked about a day in June 2023, one day before the actors strike, when he got an audition for the new Superman movie. Less than an hour after submitting his audition, he got a call from his agent about doing a Zoom with the director.
“I have a great call with James. He tells me he likes to interview actors to make sure that everybody has good chemistry on set. Everybody in the business knows that this is a great day. You do an audition, in one hour you get the call. It’s an amazing thing. Me and my agents celebrate; the universe is smiling for us,” he said.
“And then months go by. On October 7, I go on Piers Morgan’s show [and] I do two interviews. And then after the interview, right after the strike ends, we get a call from the studio who said, ‘Bassem is no longer with us because the script has been changed.’”
“Now, you see where I can see from my point of view, the timing was bad, even if there was a script change, this looks very bad because a lot of people lost roles because of their political stance,” he said.
Bassem clarified he had not talked about being cut from the superhero movie and “was sad for three days” but had put the issue behind him.
In interviews with BBC, he was asked if he had lost any opportunities for his political stance, and he told the
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trimmed from the WeightWatchers board of directors after admitting she uses a weight-loss drug, will tackle the controversial topic of prescription weight-loss injectables like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy in an upcoming ABC primetime special.“An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” will air on March 18, featuring the billionaire, medical experts and patients discussing “the radical impact” of prescription weight-loss drugs in front of a live studio audience.“It is a very personal topic for me and for the hundreds of millions of people impacted around the globe who have for years struggled with weight and obesity,” Winfrey, who is also an executive producer on the project, said in a statement. “This special will bring together medical experts, leaders in the space and people in the day-to-day struggle to talk about health equity and obesity with the intention to ultimately release the shame, judgment and stigma surrounding weight,” she concluded.
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