“Snow White” star Rachel Zegler was slammed as “immature” by Disney producer Marc Platt’s son Jonah Platt in an explosive rant after the film flopped at the box office.
Jonah called out the actress in a since-deleted Instagram comment Wednesday after a critic labeled his father as “creepy as hell” for flying to New York City to chat with Zegler about her political social media posts.
Per the Daily Mail, Jonah clapped back, “Yeah, my dad, the producer of [an] enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20-year-old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie…”
Jonah, 38, claimed that Zegler, 23, “signed a multi-million dollar contract” to star in and promote the live-action musical.
“This is called adult responsibility and accountability,” he continued, adding that the “West Side Story” star’s “actions clearly hurt the film’s box office.”
Responding to the critic’s remark that Zegler was entitled to free speech, Jonah argued that “free speech does not mean you’re allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions.”
Jonah also accused the actress of making the cast and crew collateral damage.
“Tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful,” he said.
“Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.”
According to Box Office Mojo, “Snow White” brought in $88,627,963 worldwide and $44,720,897 domestically on its opening weekend. It reportedly cost $270 million to make.
Reps for Jonah and Zegler weren’t immediately available to Page Six for comment.
Jonah’s fiery response came after Variety reported Tuesday that Marc encouraged Zegler to work with a social media guru after she took aim at President Trump and his supporters following the 2024 presidential election.
At the time, she posted “F–k Donald Trump” and “May Trump supporters … never know peace” online.
Disney execs reportedly worried that her political statements would deter half of their potential audience from seeing the multi-million dollar movie.
The “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” star later apologized for her remarks and agreed to have her posts vetted by the expert leading up to the film’s March 21 release.
According to the outlet, there had already been tension between Zegler and the studio after she shared a pro-Palestinian message while celebrating the “Snow White” teaser trailer’s success in August 2024.
She signed off the viral post, “and always remember, free palestine.”
Zegler’s addendum reportedly forced Disney to beef up security for her co-star Gal Gadot who was allegedly receiving death threats for her support of Israel.
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