{"id":365118,"date":"2026-04-05T16:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:57:13","slug":"guess-having-a-penis-in-hollywood-really-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365118\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGuess having a penis in Hollywood really counts\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kate Beckinsale<\/a> has claimed that she lost her agent over social media support for Gaza, and was ignored by Mark Ruffalo<\/a> when she reached out to him about it.<\/p>\n

Beckinsale took to Instagram on Friday (April 3) and alleged that she was dropped by her talent agent after simply liking a social media post about a ceasefire in Gaza. The comments, which have now been deleted but have since been widely circulated on social media, were left under a post by Ruffalo promoting his new film \u2018Palestine 36\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cGosh, it must be so nice not to be fired by your Agent for liking a post about a ceasefire and not supporting the murdering of children,\u201d Beckinsale wrote (via Entertainment Weekly<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess having a penis in Hollywood really counts for a lot because you\u2019ve not been fired by the same Agent that I had, and she sent me a gift the week before so we didn\u2019t have any beef,\u201d she alleged, going on to reference the Screen Actors Guild strike that lasted from July to November 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I liked a post about a ceasefire and I\u2019ve got fired on the same day as Susan Sarandon was fired, two days after the end of the strike after nine months of none of us being able to work at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate Beckinsale drags Mark Ruffalo on social media for being a vocal pro-Palestinian activist and facing no professional consequences, while she & Susan Sarandon both were fired by their agents:<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess having a penis in Hollywood really counts for a lot because you’ve not been\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/pq7GoEJEuQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pop Tingz (@PopTingz) April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The Underworld actor said the timing made everything worse, given that at the time, her mother, Judy Loe, had been given six weeks to live, and her stepfather had just suffered a catastrophic stroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was fired in two sentences after 12 years of friendship with my Agent,\u201d she wrote, adding that her agent \u201cdefinitely knew what I was dealing with, alone\u201d.<\/p>\n

She also revealed she had previously tried to address the situation privately with Ruffalo. \u201cDMd you about this months ago but you ignored me,\u201d she told him directly. However, she went on to clarify that she wasn\u2019t blaming Ruffalo personally, and supports his activism.<\/p>\n

\u201cI applaud your voice and your activism but the price you pay for having a vagina while even remotely liking a post that was as un political as it could possibly be,\u201d she said, but\u00a0pointed to his silence on the issue as an example of \u201cmale privilege, even in the good guys\u201d.<\/p>\n

NME has reached out to representatives of Ruffalo for comment.<\/p>\n