Letitia Wright.Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty for Flannels
Letitia Wrightis taking issue with a recent column that lumped her awards season chances with the “personal baggage” of men with much different controversies surrounding them.
On Monday,The Hollywood Reporterpublished Scott Feinberg’sopinion pieceabout how Wright,Will SmithandBrad Pitt’s “varying degrees of personal controversy” could affect their 2023 Oscar chances.
On herInstagram Story, Wright responded to his article, calling it “incredibly disrespectful.”
“How dare you,” she continued. “You mentioned my name alongside men who have been accused of abuse & sexual misconduct. This is vile behaviour. At this point a personal vendetta towards me. I’ve done nothing wrong but respectfully refused to do interviews with this publication. Stop your nonsense.”
The Emmy-nominated actress said she apologized two years ago and “remained silent on the topic” and saidTHR"lied and said I continued talking about it with my cast & crew on my set. THIS WAS NOT TRUE. ASK MY PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR. … Your agenda towards me is now even more clear. I won’t remain silent. Stop your disgusting behavior."
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In a statement,THR’s editor-in-chief Nekesa Mumbi Moody said, “I sincerely appreciate the feedback and dialogue surrounding this column. While the intent was not to equate Letitia Wright’s situation with others mentioned in the article and we underscored that in the story (which was assigned to Scott), we also understand that some saw this in a different way. We have featured Letitia on our cover andcited her great talent in reviewsand look forward to continuing to chronicle her career.”
In a recent cover story withVariety,Wakanda Foreverproducer Nate Moore denied that Wright ever talked about vaccines on set: “She never talked about her views either way. We read the stories that I would argue were unfair, because I don’t know where they’re coming from. As someone who literally is on set next to the monitor all the time, I feel like I would have heard it.”
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In further Instagram posts this week, Wright continued to take issue with the outlet for “putting my name into this nasty article for what?” She added, “I’m still here, still making impact, still creating projects that touch peoples [sic] hearts and it’s not going to stop. Get a life, like for real.”
“Now please proceed to leave me alone,” she added in another post.
The article also brought up past controversial cases from Hollywood figures like Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson, Casey Affleck, Gary Oldman and Bryan Singer.
source: people.com
