Actress Selma Blair took to her Twitter account this weekend to stand up for former Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. Selma, who was one of the many women who accused director James Toback of sexual harassment last fall, shared a petition to reinstate him on Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Disney fired him last week over old tweets in which he made inappropriate jokes, including some about pedophilia. Click through the gallery to see what the Legally Blonde star had to say.
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Selma
tweeted a link to a
Change.org petition called “Marvel: RE-HIRE JAMES GUNN.” She wrote, “Because if people are punished despite changing, then what does that teach people about owning mistakes and evolving? This man is one of the good ones.”
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On Friday July 20, Disney fired the director when conservative tweeters found the tweets from 2009, which have been deleted. Several of the tweets include jokes involving children and sexual misconduct, including pedophilia.
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“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him,” Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said in a statement.
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Several years before the first Guardians of the Galaxy, he apologized for remarks in his blog that were called homophobic and sexist. He apologized again on Friday. He said they don’t reflect the person he is now, but “I take full responsibility,”
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He also said, “Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today.”
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Other celebrities also came to his defense.
Dave Bautista, who plays Drax in the space drama,
thanked Selma for her support as he argued with people on his Twitter account.
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Do you think Selma was correct to defend James Gunn? Let us know in the comments!
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Selma
tweeted a link to a
Change.org petition called “Marvel: RE-HIRE JAMES GUNN.” She wrote, “Because if people are punished despite changing, then what does that teach people about owning mistakes and evolving? This man is one of the good ones.”
On Friday July 20, Disney fired the director when conservative tweeters found the tweets from 2009, which have been deleted. Several of the tweets include jokes involving children and sexual misconduct, including pedophilia.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him,” Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said in a statement.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Several years before the first Guardians of the Galaxy, he apologized for remarks in his blog that were called homophobic and sexist. He apologized again on Friday. He said they don’t reflect the person he is now, but “I take full responsibility,”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
He also said, “Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today.”
Other celebrities also came to his defense.
Dave Bautista, who plays Drax in the space drama,
thanked Selma for her support as he argued with people on his Twitter account.
Fellow
GOTG cast members
Zoe Saldana and
Karen Gillian sent tweets proclaiming their love for their movie family.
Chris Pratt, who plays Star Lord in the hit films, tweeted a bible verse.
Do you think Selma was correct to defend James Gunn? Let us know in the comments!
