Neglect Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, we’ve obtained Snow White and the tradition wars. After Rachel Zegler blasted president-elect Donald Trump on social media—then apologized—right-wing pundit Megyn Kelly has demanded that Disney change the ingenue because the star of Disney’s forthcoming live-action remake of Snow White.
Within the wake of the election, Zegler, who’s at the moment starring as Juliet in Sam Gold’s revival of Romeo and Juliet on Broadway, expressed her disappointment that Trump was returning to workplace. “It’s terrifying the quantity of people that stand behind what this man preaches,” Zegler wrote in her Instagram stories. “It’s a silly subscription to a false sense of safety, of masculinity, of intelligence, of patriotism, and of humanity. there isn’t any assist, no counsel, in any of them. I might go on. I received’t. I really feel unhappy. You most likely do, too. Fuck this.”
The 23-year-old’s lamentations in regards to the state of the nation caught the eye of former Fox and NBC information host Megyn Kelly, who referred to as out Zegler on the Ruthless podcast. “There’s one thing improper with this particular person,” Kelly mentioned on the podcast. “Whats up, Disney, you’re going to must redo your movie once more, as a result of this girl is a pig, and also you fired Gina Carano for a lot lower than this nonsense.” Carano was fired from Disney’s Star Wars sequence The Mandalorian after evaluating criticism of political conservatives to the Holocaust on social media. Carano is now suing Disney in an Elon Musk–financed lawsuit for discrimination and wrongful termination.
“You’re going to place out a Disney movie with Snow White, a beloved American character, with a lady who hates greater than half the nation, the half that simply elected Donald Trump?” Kelly continued. “That is an unbelievable pivot level proper now.”
Zegler finally issued an apology on Instagram for what she mentioned about Trump. “I wish to sincerely apologize for the election put up I shared on my Instagram final week,” she wrote in a since deleted story. “I let my feelings get the perfect of me. Hatred and anger have brought about us to maneuver additional and additional away from peace and understanding, and I’m sorry I contributed to the unfavourable discourse.”
Snow White has already been the goal of conservative ire for being “politically right,” partly for casting Zegler, a Latina girl, within the lead position. “Individuals are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, the place it’s like, yeah, it’s—as a result of it wanted that,” Zegler instructed Self-importance Honest final 12 months. “It’s an 85-year-old cartoon, and our model is a refreshing story a couple of younger girl who has a perform past ‘Sometime My Prince Will Come.’”
It’s unclear whether or not Kelly heard Zegler’s apology earlier than recording her Ruthless podcast—each the apology and the podcast have been launched on the identical day. However, the previous NBC information anchor was clear relating to her stance on the star. “I’m sorry, Disney, she has to go proper now,” mentioned Kelly. “We’ll see which means the woke Disney decides to go.” In fact, Snow White has already wrapped manufacturing, and Disney is unlikely to spend tens of millions of {dollars} reshooting a whole film forward of the movie’s already delayed launch date on March 21, 2025—however Kelly can preserve dreaming. Maybe Zegler has discovered the real-life evil queen to her Snow White.
