Hannah Einbinder Defends Mark Ruffalo Against Antisemitism Accusations

Actress Hannah Einbinder has publicly defended fellow actor Mark Ruffalo against accusations of antisemitism stemming from his criticism of the proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Einbinder, who is Jewish and stars in the HBO series Hacks, issued her support on Monday, August 24, 2026, calling the allegations against Ruffalo "ludicrous."

The controversy began on Friday, August 21, when Ruffalo shared a video on social media featuring Safra Catz, executive vice chair of Oracle and a Paramount board member, discussing technology provided to the Israeli military. In his post, Ruffalo criticized Larry Ellison, Oracle's co-founder and father of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, labeling him a "classic oligarch." Ruffalo alleged the Ellison family was "crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world" and connected Oracle's business to what he described as Israel's "genocide" and "apartheid system of oppression."

Paramount responded swiftly, stating that Ruffalo had invoked "antisemitic tropes" and that applying terms like "genocide" and "apartheid" to a corporate transaction "cheapens the very real suffering those words are meant to describe."...