Rachel Zegler's West Side Story co-star turns on her amid woke Snow White controversy
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Rachel Zegler has seemingly lost another supporter as the backlash over the ‘woke’ Snow White live-action reboot grows.

On Tuesday, Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose, 34 — who starred alongside Zegler in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story remake — appeared to take aim at the 23-year-old on Instagram 

DeBose directly quoted Snow White producer Marc Platt’s nepo baby son Jonah, who recently slammed ‘narcissistic’ Zegler in an now-deleted tirade.

Her post, shared on a colorful rose backdrop, read: ‘Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.’

DeBose set her post to the tune of Beyonce’s self-love anthem Cozy, in which the Grammy Award-winner sings about rising up after taking a ‘dagger’ to the back.

She had the comments on her post turned off, which prevented her over 700,000 followers from sounding off on the drama.

Rachel Zegler has seemingly lost another supporter as the backlash over the 'woke' Snow White live-action reboot grows; Zegler seen on March 20

Rachel Zegler has seemingly lost another supporter as the backlash over the ‘woke’ Snow White live-action reboot grows; Zegler seen on March 20

DeBose and Zegler were rumored to have had a falling out towards the latter end of West Side Story’s 2022 awards season campaign.

While it’s unclear what or if any drama occurred between them, Zegler failed to publicly congratulate DeBose, who she’d previously shown fondness for, on her historic Best Supporting Actress win at that year’s Oscars.

She did however re-post a photo of Debose as West Side Story’s Anita, a role originated by Oscar-winner Rita Moreno, to her Instagram Story at the time.

The two actresses reportedly went on to unfollow one another on Instagram the day after the ceremony, which Zelger had been invited to last-minute after the Academy initially snubbed her.

Zegler has been at the center of controversy in recent weeks as her controversial views further fueled outrage over Disney’s ‘woke’ live-action Snow White remake.

The $270million film, which hit theaters on March 21, is on track to become a box office flip after it garnered just $42.2 million domestically on opening weekend.

As of this week, Snow White — who also stars Gal Gadot — has currently taken in $66.9 million at the domestically after two weekends and $142.7 million worldwide.

The live-action rendition of the original 1937 animated classic hasn’t been a hit with critics either, with just a 40% score on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Deadline recently claimed that Disney will likely suffer a loss of $115 million from the film, when all is said and done. 

And producer Marc Platt’s son Jonah shocked fans last week when he unleashed his fury on Zegler, seemingly blaming her for the film flopping.

On Tuesday, Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose , 34 ¿ who starred alongside Zegler in Steven Spielberg's 2021 West Side Story remake ¿ appeared to take aim at the 23-year-old on Instagram; seen together in 2021

On Tuesday, Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose , 34 — who starred alongside Zegler in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story remake — appeared to take aim at the 23-year-old on Instagram; seen together in 2021 

DeBose directly quoted Snow White producer Marc Platt's nepo baby son Jonah, who recently slammed 'narcissistic' Zegler in an now-deleted tirade

DeBose directly quoted Snow White producer Marc Platt’s nepo baby son Jonah, who recently slammed ‘narcissistic’ Zegler in an now-deleted tirade

The 38-year-old, who is Marc’s eldest child, took to Instagram  in a now-deleted post to brand Zegler as ‘immature’ and insinuate she has ‘narcissistic’ tendencies. 

He did so in response to a fan comment, which referenced an article published by Variety that claimed Marc had flown to New York to speak to Zegler about her controversial pro-Palestine social media posts.

The fan comment read: ‘Your dad flew to NYC to reprimand a young actress? Any words on this? Cuz that’s creepy as hell and uncalled for. People have the right to free speech no? Shame on your father.’

Jonah, whose younger brother Ben Platt, 31, is an award-winning actor/singer, shot back with an angry rant which began: ‘You really want to do this?’

‘Yeah, my dad, the producer of the enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20-year-old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicly for.’

The host of the Being Jewish Podcast continued, saying her actions ‘clearly’ hurt the film’s box office.

‘Free speech does not mean you’re allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions,’ he continued.

‘Tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful.’

DeBose and Zegler were rumored to have had a falling out towards the latter end of West Side Story's 2022 awards season campaign; seen in December 2021

DeBose and Zegler were rumored to have had a falling out towards the latter end of West Side Story’s 2022 awards season campaign; seen in December 2021

‘Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged,’ Jonah concluded his explosive rant.

Jonah has since been slammed for his response online by many users who then commented on the heated exchange.

‘”Had to leave his family” is a crazy thing to say about a 67-year-old billionaire with adult children,’ one user wrote.

‘Momma Platt holding 38-year-old Jonah and 31-year-old Ben in her arms: “You’re going to see HER again aren’t you, while I’m here raising our babies,”‘ joked another.

‘Jonah Platt is damn near 40 and popping veins over a girl born in 2001 in Instagram comments…’ said another.

Someone else wrote: ‘Jonah Platt has no idea how films work. Box office has no effect on “blue collar workers” who worked on this film. They were already paid!’

Zegler has sparked backlash with a series of controversial tweets in recent months.

In August, she took to X, formerly known as Twitter, with a post that had initially thanked fans for their support over Snow White.

She wrote: ‘I love you all so much! Thank you for the love and for 120m views on our trailer in just 24 hours! What a whirlwind. I am in the thick of rehearsals for Romeo + Juliet so I’m gonna get outta here. Bye for now.’

Marc Platt's son Jonah shocked fans last week when he unleashed his fury on Zegler, seemingly blaming her for the film flopping

Zegler seen in Snow White (2025)

Marc Platt’s son Jonah shocked fans last week when he unleashed his fury on Zegler, seemingly blaming her for the film flopping

He did so in response to a fan comment, which referenced an article published by Variety that claimed Marc had flown to New York to speak to Zegler about her controversial pro-Palestine social media posts

He did so in response to a fan comment, which referenced an article published by Variety that claimed Marc had flown to New York to speak to Zegler about her controversial pro-Palestine social media posts 

Snow White was also plagued with other controversies outside of Zegler's comments, amid accusations of a 'woke' clean-up job to remove dated cultural references and stereotypes

Snow White was also plagued with other controversies outside of Zegler’s comments, amid accusations of a ‘woke’ clean-up job to remove dated cultural references and stereotypes 

But, just one minute later, she showed her support for Palestine amid the war in Gaza in the same thread, adding: ‘And always remember, free Palestine.’

The Variety article detailed how, in light of this, an executive raised the studio’s concerns about the post with Zegler’s team, and Marc, the film’s producer, flew to New York to speak with the actress, who refused to take the post down.

He also suggested she work with a social media expert after she also posted ‘F**k Donald Trump’ and ‘May Trump supporters… never know peace’ following the 2024 presidential election.

The New York Times recently reported that Platt had to remind her how much was at stake with the movie and her career before asking her to ‘post heedfully.’ 

One insider told Variety: ‘She didn’t understand the repercussions of her actions as far as what that meant for the film, for Gal, for anyone.’

The film was also plagued with other controversies outside of Zegler’s comments, amid accusations of a ‘woke’ clean-up job to remove dated cultural references and stereotypes.

Dwarf actors including Peter Dinklage and Jason Acuna – better known as ‘Wee Man’ in MTV prank series Jackass – criticized the decision not to hire actors with dwarfism to play Doc, Bashful, Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy and Sleepy.

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