Melissa Barrera claims Paramount “lied about the numbers” for “Scream 7” and says “I don’t think it made that much money.”
She believes the actors who appeared in “Scream 7” after she was fired crossed a picket line: “They have to live with that. The only way they were able to… pic.twitter.com/PvbDNgZaqt
— Variety (@Variety) May 6, 2026
In case you forgot: Barrera got fired from the Scream franchise over her pro Palestine social media posts
Her answers that is making the headline is that she believes Paramount is lying about the Scream 7 box office (the movie made $214 million world wide)
also:
– she is doing a play on Broadway rn and is very happy with it
– she stands by her pro Palestine posts
– she implies that Jenna Ortega did not drop out from Scream 7 in support of her (but for other reasons?)
– Director Boots Riley reached out to her to show his support and offered her a role in his movie “I Love Boosters”
– she notes that only female actresses are having their careers impacted by their Palestine support, male actors doing the same are doing just fine
– she agress with interviewer Marlow Stern that the actors who returned to Scream 7 are scabs that crossed a picket line
