Javier Bardem took a moment on the 2025 Emmys red carpet to call on “Israel to stop this genocide” in Palestine.
While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the 77th Emmy Awards ceremony, the actor didn’t want to talk about Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story but rather the ongoing active warfare between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“At the end of August, the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars who studied thoroughly the concept of genocide, called what is going on in Gaza today a genocide. And that’s why we ask for the commercial and diplomatic blockade and the sanctions on Israel to stop this genocide. Free Palestine.”
When Zuri Hall later asked during the E! preshow what it’s like for him to be able to utilize his voice at the Emmys for what’s important to him, the actor added, “It means more and more people are gathering together for Film Workers for Palestine. It’s a great union. We don’t target people by their identity. That’s absolutely wrong.
“We target film companies and institutions that are complicit and are whitewashing or justifying this genocide and its apartheid regime, that’s what we’re targeting. Not to those who stand in solidarity with oppressed people,” Bardem added.
Earlier this month, Film Workers for Palestine announced a new pledge to boycott working with Israeli film institutions and companies that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.” More than 1,300 filmmakers, actors, creatives and other industry professionals signed the pledge.
Bardem is nominated for best supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. He portrayed Jose Menendez in the show, alongside Cooper Koch’s Erik Menendez, Nicholas Alexander Chavez’s Lyle Menendez and Chloë Sevigny’s Kitty Menendez.
The 77th Emmy Awards, hosted by Nate Bargatze, aired live from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 14. Check out all the red carpet arrivals and 2025 Emmy winners.
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