Melissa Barrera recalls how she felt after being fired from Scream VII over her comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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".

A year ago, news broke that Melissa Barrera had been fired from Scream 7. She was let go for comments she made regarding Palestine and what was happening in Gaza. After that, the entire plan for the upcoming horror movie changed,

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,

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 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.

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Many horror enthusiasts will know Melissa Barrera from her turn as Sam Carpenter in Scream 5 and 6, where she led a new era of the series as Billy Loomis’s haunted daughter. Yet, after posting on social media about the conflict in Palestine, the 34-year-old was dropped from the cast of follow-up Scream 7 in November 2023.

Isabel May is in talks to join the seventh instalment of the Scream franchise.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress, best known for her roles in the Yellowstone prequels 1883 and

"There were times where I felt like my life was over," she says of that difficult period. Melissa Barrera reveals substantial job offers were slashed following her contentious exit from the Scream franchise.