While it’s been damned if you do, now it’s also damned if you don’t.
Being canceled for making comments considered too rogue, insensitive, inflammatory or divisive, specifically on political topics, is something celebrities have been dealing with for decades. But getting criticized for staying silent, that’s a whole new battle stars are having to deal with.
Either way, “it’s a minefield,” as one longtime entertainment PR executive put it to The Hollywood Reporter.
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“It’s always been a challenge, but the thing is, today it’s rapid fire and you have almost no time to gather and decide what to do,” says the exec. “So that’s why you’re experiencing so many non-responses, because they’re like, ‘Well, what do we say?’ And in the meantime, things explode and then it’s almost impossible to respond. It’s like, well, if I respond, I’m just gonna set it on fire further.”
Those non-responses, though, are now as problematic as the responses. Actors can try
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