Ayo Edebiri Says #MeToo and Black Lives Matter Aren’t Dead After Interviewer Asks Only Her White Co-Stars Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield to Respond: ‘I Don’t Know If That’s Purposeful That’s Not for Me’

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/ayo-edebiri-me-too-black-lives-matter-not-dead-interview-1236511707/

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  1. > “I know that that’s not for me, and I don’t know if it’s purposeful if it’s not for me… [but] I don’t think it’s done,” a visibly-shocked Edebiri interjected. “I don’t think it’s done at all. Hashtags might not be used as much but I do think that there’s work being done by activists, by people every day that’s beautiful, important work. That’s not finished, that’s really, really active for a reason because this world’s really charged. And that work isn’t finished at all.”

    > Garfield supported Edebiri by saying both “movements are still absolutely alive,” with Edebiri adding: “Maybe there’s not mainstream coverage in the way that there might have been, daily headlines in the way that it might have been eight or so years ago, but I don’t think it means that the work is done. That’s what I would say.”

  2. Who was the person asking this really stupid question?

  3. > the interviewer only asked Roberts and Garfield to weigh in on the status of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo in Hollywood.

    I was wondering if this would be an over reaction, but no, that’s pretty fucked. Specifically excluding the black woman from a BLM/me too question? Genuinely, what the fuck?

  5. Yes Andrew!! How involved have you been in the BLM movement in the UK streets… I didn’t see much exposure.. YOUR SLACKING
    This is sarcasm obviously.

    Hahaha wow you guys really don’t like edgy humour do you… Can you not see the silly side of this?…the BLM…a group found to have stolen the funds to buy mansions…in the US… Andrew is British…

  6. Also Julia Roberts slyly saying the obvious to this…”journalist” I can’t tell who you’re pointing the question to because the Sunglasses. So this “journalist” not only avoided getting an opinion from someone who maybe far better suited than the others to answer, but didn’t even have the decency to take thier sunglasses off while conducting the interview. Classy…

  7. Well they asked the nepoperson and connected person. Wasn’t cause was black so much as it was because she wasn’t part of the right groups.

  8. The journalist follows Georgia Meloni, Donald Trump, 3 separate JD Vance accounts and reshares far-right content btw

  9. Obviously done on purpose so this site could get views and hits. Bullshit thing to do but what do expect from some right wing fanatic.

  10. What a stupid question. The interviewer was obviously trying to interject her own “woke bad” mindset into the question. And it’s intentional that she excluded Ayo Edebiri

  11. This interviewer also stated that people were “censoring” her because they criticized the question she asked. She states this criticism “does not fall within the practice of democracy.” So she can ask a dumb question but no one is allowed to criticize her for asking a dumb question. Not sure what that has to do with democracy at all.
    She also adds that “the real racists are those who see racism everywhere.” She has quite the persecution complex.

  12. The title of this post could have been worded better

  13. Getting wrecked by Ayo was punishment enough.

    Let’s not give these idiots the attention they want so transparently.

  14. Celebs need better management to audit the people doing interviews. There are so few actual journalists anymore. I would be pissed at the company the interviewer works for and my management for setting it up

  15. Racists who never admit to being racist, even while be racist.

    A tale as old as time.

  16. This journalist did this on purpose, anyone with two eyes can see that. She’s disgusting, and her lame ass apology (if you can even call it that lol) was so shallow.

  18. I work in IT and I hear that type of shit on a daily basis.

  19. I would advise people to watch the clip. Andrew and Julia handled it perfectly tbh. They immediately clocked what the reporter was trying to do and weren’t falling into the trap. it’s almost hard to believe that reporter couldn’t read the room because the looks of “wtf did you just say” were so obvious, they even tried to give her an off ramp but she double down on her ignorance. It was just blatantly hateful and they collectively shut that shit down.

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