Melissa Barrera Slams Scabby Co-Stars After Firing

Melissa Barrera, who was fired from the Scream franchise for speaking out against Israel's assault on Gaza, has seemingly slammed Neve Campbell in a new interview.

The Mexican-born actress, 35, headlined 2022's Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream VI, but was dropped from Scream 7 by production company Spyglass after criticizing the Israeli government’s killing of Palestinian civilians in the months after the Oct 7 terror attacks.

Spyglass accused Barrera of antisemitism, 'incitement of hate', and 'false references to genocide', as a justification for firing her from the film.

Barrera was then replaced by original Scream star Campbell, who was missing from Scream VI after quitting the franchise over a pay dispute.

The sequel, fronted by Campbell and , received scathing reviews from critics but was a huge hit at the box office, grossing over $213 million to become the highest-grossing Scream film to date.

Now Barrera is calling out Spyglass, along with the Scream 7 cast, in a blistering new interview with Variety. 

Barrera agreed with journalist Marlow Stern that the critically-panned sequel 'sucked', before claiming that its high box office gross may have been faked.

'I think they lied about the numbers. I don’t think it made that much money,' she said. 

She also agreed with Stern that some of the returning Scream cast members, who she did not name, were 'scabby' and 'crossing the picket line' for doing the seventh film.

'I think they all are. And they have to live with that. The only way they were able to make that movie after what happened was to nostalgia-bait as much as possible,' she said. 

Along with Campbell and Cox, original Scream star Matthew Lillard also returned for the seventh instalment. 

She also defended herself against Spyglass' allegations of antisemitism.

'Those people still deny that what’s going on is a genocide. So, we’re never going to see eye to eye on that,' she said.

'I mean the people that accused me of being antisemitic, and the people that run Spyglass. And they’re wrong. Just factually wrong.'

And despite more Hollywood stars speaking out against Israel, Barrera said that 'there are still a lot of people in the industry who have a personal grudge against me' due to her comments. 

Daily Mail has contacted Spyglass and Campbell for comment.  

In the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, which saw Hamas terrorists kill approximately 1,200 people partying at an Israeli music festival, Barrera used her Instagram account to speak out against the Israeli government's assault on Gaza.

In November 2023, she re-shared a post accusing Israel of 'genocide and ethnic cleansing', followed by another post from progressive Jewish magazine Jewish Currents that accused Israel of 'a textbook case of genocide'.

Other posts she shared included phrases like 'Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp' and 'Western media only shows the [Israeli] side'.

Spyglass swiftly dropped her from Scream 7 following her posts.

In a statement to Variety at the time, Spyglass said: 'We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.'