Hannah Einbinder has come out strongly in defense of Mark Ruffalo as the actor faces an accusation of “antisemitism” from Paramount Skydance over his opposition to the studio’s deal for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
Paramount accused Ruffalo of antisemitism after the actor drew links between Larry Ellison’s tech giant Oracle and the Israeli military. Larry Ellison is the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison and provided much of the funding that allowed David Ellison’s Skydance to merge with Paramount Global in 2025 and is also heavily involved in the financing of Paramount’s merger with WBD.
Over the weekend, Ruffalo fired back at Paramount, saying that the studio accusing him of antisemitism is “appalling and fundamentally dishonest.” “Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people,” Ruffalo said in a viral X post that has now been viewed by 30 million users, retweeted over 163,000 times and liked over 861,000 times.
On Monday, Einbinder, the Emmy-winning Hacks actress, became one of the highest-profile Hollywood stars to publicly defend Ruffalo. The actress, a longtime supporter of Palestinian rights and a fierce critic of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, posted a lengthy message of support for Ruffalo on her Instagram Stories. In the message, Einbinder firstly thanked Ruffalo for drawing “a connection between the Ellisons providing military technology to Israel during a genocide and their unprecedented media takeover,” going on to say that the Paramount-WBD merger is “a dangerous consolidation of power that could ultimately be used against us.”
