Sean Lennon has clarified his feedback relating to Snow White star Rachel Zegler.
Lennon, the son of Yoko Ono and late Beatles icon John Lennon, lately took to X/Twitter to say he “agree[d] the vilification” of Zegler had gone “too far”.
Nonetheless, the musician added: “However she additionally acts like a spoiled, ungrateful and disconnected brat. So it’s no shock.” The put up has since been deleted.
This got here after Zegler’s political beliefs put her at odds with Disney, which reportedly employed a “social media guru” to vet her posts through the press tour for the brand new live-action remake of Snow White.
Following final yr’s Presidential election, the actor wrote “Fuck Donald Trump” and “Could Trump supporters … and Trump himself by no means know peace” on-line. The assertion drew criticism from conservative commentators, main Zegler to later apologise. Moreover, there had been divisive reactions to her feedback about Palestine.
Okay this complete press cycle round me replying to somebody’s tweet through which I primarily stated, sure, the vitriol towards Rachel is an excessive amount of BUT she introduced it on herself—it has all gotten very out of hand.
I really feel I need to reply though it seems like giving extra vitality to…
— Seán Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) April 1, 2025
Now, Lennon has take to his X account to make clear what he stated. “OK this complete press cycle round me replying to somebody’s tweet through which I primarily stated, sure, the vitriol towards Rachel is an excessive amount of BUT she introduced it on herself—it has all gotten very out of hand. I really feel I need to reply though it seems like giving extra vitality to tabloid fodder.”
He went on to say that his authentic remark was a “flippant reply to somebody’s tweet” and “I merely stated she introduced it on herself (however with spicier adjectives)”.
Lennon added: “I do remorse utilizing harsh language however I by no means imagined the @DailyMail AND the @nypost would hassle writing articles about it. That is my very own unforgivable naïveté, (idiot me as soon as).”
He continued: “For the file I’ve stated many boastful and ridiculous issues in my youth AND proceed to—-although much less often—in my outdated age. Zegler is younger and I can very a lot relate to being unable to subdue one’s personal verbosity when chatting with the press. I keep in mind an grownup as soon as telling me I suffered from the ‘conceitedness of youth.’ He was proper. (Now I undergo from the conceitedness of outdated age.)
“I believe Zegler is extremely gifted. To sing and act with such ease is one thing I may by no means personally think about. I’ve immense respect for her. BUT the PR she did across the Snow White movie made her appear very boastful and ungrateful and ‘spoiled’ for my part as a life lengthy Disney fan. (I can’t even start to precise the diploma to which Fantasia formed my musical and visible mind; and given the circumstances of my childhood, Bambi was extremely significant in serving to me course of what occurred to my father.)”
Whereas he went on to say he hadn’t seen the complete movie, from the clips he had seen he stated he would agree that Zegler’s expertise is “simple” though he felt Gal Gadot, appeared a bit much less “spectacular” in her function because the Evil Queen.
He continued to critique the film and wrapped up by saying: “I refuse to just accept anybody framing my critique of Zegler’s PR marketing campaign for Snow White as taking sides politically. This isn’t in any respect about politics. It’s about me being a life lengthy Disney fan who admittedly takes their IP method too severely for the age that I’m.”
The film has been review-bombed on IMDB, the place it’s at the moment ranked among the many worst movies ever. The movie obtained a poor response from critics as properly, with a “rotten” 41 per cent rating on evaluate aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Gadot, who’s Israeli, additionally lately shrugged off the backlash to her previous pro-Israel feedback. “When your compass is evident, your conscience is clear,” she stated. “I do know what I’m advocating for, and I do know what I want for the world.”
She served as a part of the Israeli Defence Drive within the ‘00s, and been a vocal supporter of Israel through the Hamas battle and battle in Gaza. She was additionally amongst 700 Hollywood stars who signed an open letter supporting Israel within the days after the preliminary Hamas assault.
