Actress and activist Jane Fonda rushed to defend actor Mark Ruffalo on Thursday after Paramount accused him of invoking antisemitic tropes, calling out Larry Ellison specifically."Larry Ellison, because he doesn’t like Mark Ruffalo’s position on the merger, accuses him of antisemitism when he said nothing that isn’t within his constitutional right to say.It’s a tactic they’re using.
He should be ashamed of himself, Larry Ellison.But there’s a lot of support for Mark.
A lot of people came forward," Fonda said in an interview at Diane von Furstenberg's DVF Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Paramount did not immediately respond to a request for comment.JOHN CUSACK STANDS IN 'SOLIDARITY' WITH MARK RUFFALO AMID PARAMOUNT'S ANTISEMITISM ALLEGATIONJane Fonda speaks onstage during the Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment on June 14, 2026, in New York City.Mark Ruffalo attends 'A New Era For New York With Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani' on Dec.
9, 2025, in New York City.(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for the Committee for the First Amendment/Johnny Nunez/WireImage)Ruffalo was previously accused of invoking "antisemitic tropes" by Paramount after the Marvel star shared a video from August of Safra Catz, an Oracle executive vice chair and Paramount board member, discussing technology Oracle used to assist Israel after the Oct.
7 Hamas terrorist attacks.The actor linked Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, to financing behind the proposed acquisition and suggested the merger would be used to push "oppression."RABBINIC GROUP ACCUSES JEWISH ENTERTAINERS OF 'WHITEWASHING ANTISEMITISM' IN MARK RUFFALO DEFENSE"These ‘really profoundly scary technologies’ will most likely be merged into one of the largest media conglomerates in the world and one day used on you," Ruffalo said."Look how she revels in what we now have come to see as a genocide, which was built on an apartheid system of oppression power...