{"id":259250,"date":"2026-08-24T06:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/john-cusack-shows-support-for-mark-ruffalo-after-addressing-antisemitic-claims-from-paramount\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T06:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:05:25","slug":"john-cusack-shows-support-for-mark-ruffalo-after-addressing-antisemitic-claims-from-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/john-cusack-shows-support-for-mark-ruffalo-after-addressing-antisemitic-claims-from-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cusack Shows Support for Mark Ruffalo After Addressing Antisemitic Claims From Paramount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/john-cusack\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">John Cusack<\/strong><\/a> is standing by <a href=\"\/tags\/mark-ruffalo\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Mark Ruffalo<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s side. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 60-year-old <em>Say Anything<\/em> actor took to his Twitter\/X account on Saturday (August 22) to show support for the <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em> actor after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/mark-ruffalo-fires-back-at-paramount-over-antisemitism-claims-appalling-fundamentally-dishonest\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/mark-ruffalo-fires-back-at-paramount-over-antisemitism-claims-appalling-fundamentally-dishonest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit back at claims from Paramount that he was antisemitic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John<\/strong> reposted <strong>Mark<\/strong>&#8216;s statement in response to Paramount and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johncusack\/status\/2091345852912603460\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johncusack\/status\/2091345852912603460\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;Solidarity &#8211; well said.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/paul-walter-hauser.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/paul-walter-hauser-788x1182.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Walter Hauser poses at the Frankenstein premiere\" class=\"wp-image-2269411\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-paul-walter-hauser-also-shows-support-for-mark-ruffalo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Walter Hauser also shows support for Mark Ruffalo<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/paul-walter-hauser\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Paul Walter Hauser<\/strong><\/a> took to his Instagram account on Sunday (August 23), showing his support for <strong>Mark<\/strong> as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;MARK RUFFALO If you think that Mark Ruffalo is antisemitic, you are an actual moron,&#8221; he wrote in a screenshot posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcZwKWRtmrI\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcZwKWRtmrI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">account<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the caption, <strong>Paul<\/strong> shared a red heart emoji, followed by &#8220;Mark. Focus on an actual harmful person, not the guy who everyone in Hollywood knows is hyper-intelligent, empathetic and talented. Find a new target, dude.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-why-are-mark-ruffalo-and-paramount-feuding\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why are Mark Ruffalo and Paramount feuding?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously,<strong> Mark<\/strong> called out the <strong>Ellison<\/strong> family over the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, comparing <strong>Larry Ellison<\/strong>, Oracle\u2019s former CEO and a billionaire with a controlling stake in Paramount that is being managed by his son,\u00a0<strong>David Ellison<\/strong>, to a \u201cclassic Oligarch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for Paramount then responded to <strong>Mark<\/strong>&#8216;s message saying the company is \u201ctroubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like \u2018genocide\u2019 and \u2018apartheid,\u2019 applied to a corporate transaction, aren\u2019t just wrong \u2014 they\u2019re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn\u2019t deserve a response in kind \u2014 and to be clear, we don\u2019t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone,\u201d per <em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/paramount-responds-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-israel-1236840552\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/paramount-responds-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-israel-1236840552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you missed it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/mark-ruffalo-fires-back-at-paramount-over-antisemitism-claims-appalling-fundamentally-dishonest\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/mark-ruffalo-fires-back-at-paramount-over-antisemitism-claims-appalling-fundamentally-dishonest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see <strong>Mark<\/strong>&#8216;s reaction to Paramount<\/a> calling him antisemitic. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/24\/john-cusack-shows-support-for-mark-ruffalo-after-addressing-antisemitic-claims-from-paramount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Cusack Shows Support for Mark Ruffalo After Addressing Antisemitic Claims From Paramount<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/24\/john-cusack-shows-support-for-mark-ruffalo-after-addressing-antisemitic-claims-from-paramount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty John Cusack is standing by Mark Ruffalo&#8216;s side. The 60-year-old Say Anything actor took to his Twitter\/X account on Saturday (August 22) to show support for the Spider-Man: Brand New Day actor after he hit back at claims from Paramount that he was antisemitic. John reposted Mark&#8216;s statement in response to Paramount and wrote, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}