'Green Book' Screenwriter's Resurfaced Anti-Muslim Tweet Sparks Backlash
A “Green Book” screenwriter has deleted his Twitter account after facing backlash for a resurfaced 2015 tweet that echoed an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory touted by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Nick Vallelonga, who along with writers Peter Farrelly and Brian Currie won a Golden Globe on Sunday for best original screenplay, tweeted in November 2015 that Trump was “100% correct” when he said that “Muslims in Jersey City” had been seen on television cheering the 9/11 attacks. Vallelonga was referring to an assertion made by Trump that “people over in New Jersey … a heavy Arab population” had celebrated the fall of the twin towers. There is no evidence that this ever happened.
On Wednesday, “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz lambasted Vallelonga’s tweet as “disgusting” and pointed out that actor Mahershala Ali, who stars in “Green Book,” is Muslim.
Vallelonga’s manager confirmed to BuzzFeed that the 2015 tweet was authentic. The screenwriter has since deactivated his Twitter account.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/green-book-screenwriters-resurfaced-anti-muslim-tweet-sparks-backlash/ar-BBS3tIY?li=BBnb7Kz
= new reply since forum marked as read
