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).

Barrera explained, “You just gotta act according to how you preach. And that depends on what you value, what your morals are, and whether you can separate that from art or not."

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,