Jonah Platt, the son of renowned producer Marc Platt, has taken aim at Snow White actress Rachel Zegler in a fiery social media post, branding her ‘immature’
Jonah Platt, Marc Platt’s eldest son, slammed Snow White actress Rachel Zegler. Marc, a renowned producer behind films like La La Land and Cruella, flew to meet with Rachel over her social media posts defending Palestine and her remarks against Donald Trump returning to power.
Jonah, an actor, writer, and producer, took to social media where he slammed the film star for her stance. Rachel had been working on the film alongside his Marc. Jonah’s post which has since been deleted saw Jonah call Rachel “immature.” Jonah also suggested that she had narcissistic tendencies.
A social media user questioned Jonah, asking: “Your dad flew to NYC to reprimand a young actress? Any words on this? Cuz that’s creepy as hell and uncalled for. People have the right to free speech no? Shame on your father.”
In a fiery rant, Jonah said: “You really want to do this? Yeah, my dad, the producer of the enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20-year-old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicly for.”
Jonah suggested that Rachel’s statements could effect the box office performance. He said: “Free speech does not mean you’re allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions. Tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful. Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.”
Disney reportedly employed a social media guru for Rachel after her Instagram post about Donald Trump’s re-election. The actress in November 2024 after the election results took to her Instagram to express her anger and sorrow that Trump was re-elected. Near the end of her post, she had written “May Trump supporters … never know peace” and signed off with “F— Donald Trump.” The post received backlash from MAGA supporters and conservatives. Rachel apologised for the post in an Instagram Story the following week.
Variety reported on March 25 that the company and Snow White producer Marc Platt hired a social media guru to vet her post before the film’s March 21 debut after her Trump post. There reportedly was a back and forth but Rachel eventually worked with the guru.
The outlet reported that Disney and Marc had an issue with another of Rachel’s social media posts. Rachel, known for her outspoken support for Palestine, had tweeted, “and always remember, free Palestine.”
The 67-year-old film producer reportedly flew to New York where Rachel was preparing for her Broadway production of Romeo + Juliet to talk to her and get her to remove her pro-Palestinian tweet. Rachel did not budge and maintained her stance as well as her tweet.
In an interview Cosmopolitan in October 2024, Rachel spoke about the backlash she received from Snow White leading to people harassing her from her apartment.
“For being brown. For having brown skin. For playing Snow White. There was a lot of harassment from a certain group of people—they were showing up at my apartment and screaming profanities,” the 23-year-old said.
The article did not mentioned if Disney offered Rachel additional security for the vitriolic and racist backlash she received for playing the role as a Latina woman—she is half Colombian—and for calling out the film for being outdated as well as sharing how the film “scared” her as a child.
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