Edebiri pushes back on MeToo/BLM question at Venice Film Festival

Ayo Edebiri pushed back after being singled out of a question about the future of the MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements during a press interview at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, drawing praise on social media and igniting a debate over the phrasing and targeting of journalists' questions. The exchange occurred while Edebiri, Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield were promoting Luca Guadagnino's film After the Hunt, which premiered at the festival and grapples with themes related to MeToo.

During an ArtsLife TV interview, a reporter asked Roberts and Garfield what Hollywood should expect once the MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements are finished and whether anything was lost in a so called politically correct era. The reporter clarified that the question was intended for Roberts and Garfield only, prompting Roberts to ask for the question to be repeated and to remark, "With your sunglasses on, I can't tell which of us you're talking to." Edebiri, visibly surprised at being excluded, interjected that the topic was not just for her costars. "I know that that's not for me, and I don't know if it's purposeful if it's not me," she said. "I don't think it's done at all....