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Melissa Barrera reveals she hasn’t spoken to former co-star Neve Campbell since Scream’s firing
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Melissa Barrera reveals she hasn’t spoken to former co-star Neve Campbell since Scream’s firing

Melissa Barrera has revealed she is no longer on speaking terms with her former Scream co-star Neve Campbell.

The 34-year-old actress said she hasn’t spoken to Campbell, 51, since the latter returned to production on Scream 7 despite Barrera’s firing.

Despite her apparent disappointment, Barrera said she “fully respected” her former co-star’s decision to return to the franchise.

“We didn’t really talk,” she said One Decisive interview, which was published on Friday.

“I think everyone makes their own choices and what they think is best for them,” she said. “I totally respect what people think they need to do to get on in this life.”

Melissa Barrera reveals she hasn’t spoken to former co-star Neve Campbell since Scream’s firing

The actress said she has not spoken to Campbell since the latter returned to production on Scream 7 despite Barrera's firing; Campbell photographed in September 2023 in Toronto

Melissa Barrera, 34, revealed she hasn’t spoken to Scream co-star Neve Campbell, 51, since she was fired from the franchise; (L) Barrera photographed on October 24, (R) Campbell seen in 2023

This comes after Barrera was fired from the franchise in November 2023 due to pro-Palestinian posts.

She previously starred in 2022’s Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream 6.

Late last year, she was dropped by production company Spyglass Media for what they said had “crossed the line into hate speech”.

In November 2023, amid the Israel-Hamas war, she shared a post on her Instagram Story saying that Gaza was being “treated like a concentration camp”.

In the same post, she asked if “people have learned nothing from our histories” and said: “This is genocide. This is ethnic cleansing.

The actress, who played Sam Carpenter in the franchise, labeled Israel a “colonized” land and posted content containing an anti-Semitic trope about Jews controlling the media.

One post said: “Western media only shows the (Israeli) side. Why I do that, I’ll let you figure out for yourself.

She was then dropped by Spyglass Media from her role in the upcoming film Scream 7.

“I think everyone makes their own choices and what they think is best for them,” she said of Campbell returning to star in Scream 7 after her firing; picture 2023

Barrera was released from the franchise in November 2023 due to pro-Palestinian posts

Barrera was released from the franchise in November 2023 due to pro-Palestinian posts

Another post complained that she searched for videos from the Palestinian perspective to share, but found none in her feed.

Another post complained that she searched for videos from the Palestinian perspective to share, but found none in her feed.

Barrera later published another post saying he

Barrera later published another post saying he “condemn(ed) anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.” I condemn hatred and prejudice of any kind against any group of people.

The production company behind the franchise then issued a statement accusing it of “anti-Semitism or incitement to hatred in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, misrepresentation of the Holocaust or anything that blatantly crosses the line in inflammatory speech to hate”.

Shortly after she was eliminated, her co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon also left Scream VII.

Ortega left the series, citing the scheduling conflict with her Wednesday series as the reason for her departure.

Over the past year, several politicians and celebrities have echoed similar criticisms and called for a ceasefire, as she had done in her controversial post.

When asked if she had received an apology or been contacted by anyone involved in the decision to fire her, she said she had received “nothing”.

A few months after Ortega’s exit, Campbell announced that he would be returning to the franchise.

The actress, who did not appear in Scream 6, has announced that she will return for the next installment alongside original Scream director Kevin Williamson.

Earlier this year, Barrera said he did not regret what he said.

She previously starred in 2022's Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream 6; shot in 2023 Scream VI yet

She previously starred in 2022’s Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream 6; shot in 2023 Scream VI yet

Shortly after she was eliminated, her co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon also left Scream VII.

Shortly after she was eliminated, her co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon also left Scream VII.

A few months after Ortega's exit, Campbell announced that he would be returning to the franchise; photographed in 2022 Scream still

A few months after Ortega’s exit, Campbell announced that he would be returning to the franchise; photographed in 2022 Scream still

“It wasn’t easy to be labeled as something so horrible (as anti-Semitic) when I knew it wasn’t,” she told Los Angeles Times in April.

“But I was always at peace, because I knew I had done nothing wrong,” she continued.

“I was aligned with human rights organizations globally and with so many experts, scholars and historians, and most importantly, indigenous peoples around the world,” she added.

“I find that indigenous communities around the world are always on the right side of history, punctually.”