Disney's Snow White star Rachel Zegler breaks silence on her vitriolic comments about Trump voters

Rachel Zegler has apologized for insulting Americans who voted for Donald Trump arsenic Disney faces mounting calls to occurrence the Snow White star. 

The 23-year-old said she hoped 'Trump voters and Trump himself ne'er cognize peace' after helium won the predetermination last week.

Her comments sparked a question of fury from his supporters, who vowed to boycott the live-action Snow White remake due to beryllium released successful March 2025.

Hours aft her comments went viral, Zegler returned to Instagram to publically apologize, admitting: 'I fto my emotions get the champion of me.

'Hatred and choler person caused america to determination further and further distant from bid and understanding, and I americium atrocious I contributed to the antagonistic discourse.'

Megyn Kelly was among her astir vocal critics, urging Disney to 'redo your movie again.'

'This pistillate is simply a pig and you fired Gina Garano for acold little than this nonsense.'

Gina Carano played Cara Dune successful the archetypal 2 seasons of the deed Star Wars bid Mandalorian. She was fired successful 2021 aft she compared the attraction of Jews successful Nazi Germany to conservatives successful modern America successful a societal media post. She launched a wrongful termination suit against Disney.

Carano went connected to repost immoderate of the disapproval to her ain X account, but did not straight code the situation. 

Zegler said successful her apology that 'this week has been affectional for truthful galore of us.'

'I firmly judge that everyone has the close to their opinion, adjacent erstwhile it differs from my own. I americium committed to contributing positively toward a amended tomorrow.' 

Following Donald Trump's resounding predetermination win past week, she shared a bid of devastated messages with her 2.3million followers.

'I find myself speechless successful the midst of this,' she said. 'May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself ne'er cognize peace.

'Another 4 years of hatred, leaning america towards a satellite I bash not privation to unrecorded in. Leaning america towards a satellite that volition beryllium hard to rise my girl in.'

Zegler said she 'shouldn't beryllium shocked' by the result of the predetermination - which saw Trump locomotion distant with some the fashionable ballot and the electoral assemblage ballot aft winning each plaything state.

She described Kamala Harris' loss arsenic 'one that should not person been... and it surely should not person been by truthful galore votes.' 

'There is simply a heavy sickness successful this country... shown successful the sheer magnitude of radical who showed up for this antheral who threatens our democracy.  

'It is terrifying the fig of radical who basal down what this antheral preaches.'

Zegler described the enactment for Trump arsenic a 'foolish subscription to a mendacious consciousness of security, masculinity, intelligence, patriotism and humanity.'

She past took purpose astatine billionaire Elon Musk, who became 1 of Trump's astir outspoken - and generous - donors passim his campain.

'Get disconnected of Elon's app,' she told her followers. 'I don't usage that app for a reason. He helped get that antheral elected and you're giving him business.'

Her comments person present gone viral connected X, arsenic offended Trump voters vow to boycott the movie.

'Not taking my kids to spot this trash aft the connection you enactment out. Disney you request to bash thing astir this,' 1 professional said.

'I anticipation you get nary bid erstwhile this movie BOMBS astatine the container bureau and streaming.'

Others said she indispensable suffer her occupation oregon person the task shelved wholly successful the aftermath of her statements.

'Rachel Zegler is unhinged and a liability,' 1 professional wrote. 'They should permanently shelve Snow White and region themselves from her. Her engagement with the institution alienates millions of radical and poisons the marque overall.'

The Hunger Games histrion antecedently criticized David Hand's 1937 archetypal animated film arsenic 'extremely dated erstwhile it comes to the ideas of women being successful roles of powerfulness and what a pistillate is acceptable for successful the world.'

'The archetypal cartoon came retired successful 1937, and precise evidently so,' Rachel scoffed to Extra TV successful 2022.

'There's a large absorption connected her emotion communicative with a feline who virtually stalks her. Weird. So we didn't bash that this time.'

That aforesaid year, Zegler told Variety that her mentation of Snow White would beryllium dreaming astir becoming a 'fearless leader' alternatively than 'dreaming astir existent love.'