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Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon was dropped by her agency after dismissing concerns about antisemitism and using “context” to downplay the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians.

A spokesman for the United Talent Agency said Sarandon, the five-time Oscar nominee, is no longer represented by the agency. Sarandon’s exit from UTA followed comments she’s made about Israel, most recently in an appearance Nov. 17 at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York.

“There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence,” the Rocky Horror star said, according to the New York Post.

The NY Post reported that Sarandon joined the crowd in chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” — a slogan seen by some Jews as antisemitic.

“I stand here in my cruelly given white privilege to say you don’t have to be Palestinian to stand with the Palestinian people,” Sarandon reportedly said on another occasion at a rally. “This is a time for education, because as a previous speaker mentioned, so many people do not understand the context in which this Oct. 7 assaults [sic] happened. They don’t understand the history of what has been happening to the Palestinian people for 75 years.”

As of Wednesday, Sarandon hasn’t publicly commented on the agency’s decision to quit. However, Sarandon was quoted as saying at the rally, “There’s a terrible thing that’s happened where antisemitism has been confused with speaking up against Israel. I am against antisemitism. I am against Islamophobia.”

The Israel-Hamas war has caused rifts throughout Hollywood more broadly. Earlier, when many groups were issuing statements condemning Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the Writers Guild of America ultimately didn’t after failing to come to agreement. Maha Dakhil, a prominent agent with Creative Arts Agency, last month resigned her board seat after sharing a social media post accusing Israel of genocide. Dakhil apologized.

Sarandon has stirred controversy for past comments on political issues. In April 2006, she called for outside interests to monitor U.S. elections. She denied the results of the 2004 election, and she described it as fraudulent enough to warrant international oversight.

“I believe our next election should be monitored by international entities, just like it happened in Haiti and Iraq,” Sarandon told the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo at the time, according to the translator used by NBC News.

“The last one was an embarrassment. Everybody knew there was fraud, but nothing was done about it. In some states there were more votes than people able to vote.”

More recently, Sarandon reportedly referred to Pope Benedict XVI as “this Nazi” in 2011. The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting antisemitism, demanded an apology.

Take a look at Sarandon’s remarks —