Ruffalo's Post Drew a Sharp Rebuke From Paramount, Which Said His Comments Crossed a Line Into Antisemitic Territory

Hannah Einbinder, star of the HBO series "Hacks, has publicly defended Mark Ruffalo after Paramount accused him of invoking "antisemitic tropes" in his criticism of the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. The dispute began Friday when Ruffalo shared a clip on Instagram of Paramount board member Safra Catz discussing "really profoundly scary technologies developed by Oracle, the tech company she leads as CEO.

Ruffalo's post drew a sharp rebuke from Paramount, which said his comments crossed a line into antisemitic territory. Einbinder, who is Jewish, pushed back on that characterization, arguing that criticism of corporate power should not be conflated with antisemitism.