Ayo Edebiri Reacts in Shock as Interviewer Calls #MeToo and Black Lives Matter “Dead”
Ayo Edebiri received praise on social media for speaking up during a tricky interview while promoting her new movie, “After the Hunt,” at the Venice Film Festival.
The Bear Emmy winner appeared with co-stars Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield for a discussion with ArtsLife TV, but the interviewer only asked Roberts and Garfield about the state of #MeToo and Black Lives Matter in Hollywood.
The interviewer asked Garfield and Roberts what they expected for Hollywood now that the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements are “done.”
Roberts looked confused and said, “Can you repeat that? And with your sunglasses on, I can’t tell which of us you’re talking to.” When the question was repeated, the interviewer asked if something was lost with the “politically correct era.”
Edebiri, who wasn’t asked directly, jumped in. “I know that that’s not for me, and I don’t know if it’s purposeful if it’s not for me… [but] I don’t think it’s done,” she said. “I don’t think it’s done at all. Hashtags might not be used as much but I do think that there’s work being done by activists, by people every day that’s beautiful, important work. That’s not finished, that’s really, really active for a reason because this world’s really charged. And that work isn’t finished at all.”
Ayo Edebiri eloquently talks about the political state of the hashtag “Me Too” & the Black Lives Matter movement after being deliberately excluded from the question by an interviewer for their ‘After the Hunt’ press tour.
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Garfield supported her, saying the movements are still alive. Edebiri added, “Maybe there’s not mainstream coverage in the way that there might have been, daily headlines in the way that it might have been eight or so years ago, but I don’t think it means that the work is done. That’s what I would say.”
Edebiri’s confident response has been widely shared online, with fans applauding her for addressing the ongoing importance of these social movements.
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