"It was quiet for, like, 10 months," the actress told 'The Independent' of work drying up after the firing in November

Scream star Melissa Barrera has talked more about being fired from the hit horror franchise, reflecting on what it was like believing her career was over and why receiving fan sympathy can be a mixed bag.

Melissa Barrera recalls how she felt after being fired from Scream VII over her comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict. In a new interview, the Your Monster star said she had a difficult time during that period and said big acting offers diminished due to the backlash.

Melissa played Sam Carpenter in Scream (2022) and Scream 6 (2023). She was cast to reprise the role in Scream 7 right after the release of part 6. However, in November 2023, she was fired from the project days after her social media posts in support of Palestine described Israel's actions in the Israel-Hamas war as "genocide and ethnic cleansing".

INTERVIEW: Dropped from the horror franchise in 2023 over her social media posts on Israel and Palestine, the actor is slowly getting back to work after ‘10 months of quiet’. She speaks to Adam White about her new musical comedy ‘Your Monster’,

Melissa Barrera is looking back at what she describes the “darkest” year of her life. In an interview with U.K.’s The Independent, the actress reflected on being fired from the Scream franchise over social media posts she’d shared to Instagram Stories after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza.

Melissa Barrera felt like her "life was over" after she was fired from the Scream franchise. The In the Heights actress, who played lead character Sam Carpenter in the fifth and sixth Screams, was let go from the horror franchise in November 2023 over her pro-Palestine social media posts amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

Melissa Barrera was quite infamously fired from the Scream franchise after using her social media to express pro-Palestine sentiments in October 2023 (specifically, labeling Israel’s actions as a genocide).

Melissa Barrera said in an interview with The Independent that “there were times where I felt like my life was over” after she was fired from the “Scream” franchise one year ago due to social media posts about Palestine that Spyglass,