Rising actress Dasha Nekrasova has been dropped by her talent agency following an interview with far-right commentator Nick Fuentes.
The 34-year-old, known for her role as Comfrey Pellits, a member of the PR team for Kendall Roy on the acclaimed series “Succession,” has also been removed from the forthcoming film “Ironclast.” This decision comes as a result of the same controversy, according to reports from Deadline.
Nekrasova, who boasts an Instagram following of 140,000, had recently been set to star in the psychological thriller. However, her involvement ended before the contract was finalized, as her conversation with Fuentes stirred significant attention in Hollywood.
The New York City socialite interviewed Fuentes, a divisive figure on the political right, on her podcast “Red Scare,” which she co-hosts with Anna Khachiyan. The interview took place in October.
The episode, titled “Fuentanyl OD – Nick Fuentes x Red Scare (Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan),” spans over two and a half hours. Due to what they stated as ‘technical issues,’ the podcast features images of the trio over the audio.
During the podcast, the participants engage in discussions about ‘international Jewery’ multiple times, promoting stereotypes about Jewish people, as well as Italians and Asians.
They also made comments about the Holocaust and immigrants from developing countries.
But this was not the first time Nekrasova – who also starred in A24’s Materialists, and has credits in Mr. Robot, Dickinson, The Serpent and The Scary of Sixty-First – made controversial statements.
Dasha Nekrasova has been fired from her talent agency after conducting an interview with far-right commentator Nick Fuentes
The 34 year old (left) starred on Succession, and had previous credits in A24’s Materialists, Mr. Robot, Dickinson, The Serpent and The Scary of Sixty-First
Back in 2023, she was quoted in a New Yorker story claiming: ‘Francis is not the real Pope, we all know it…
‘You’re not gonna get rid of the Freemasons, you’re not gonna get rid of the Jews. They infiltrated the Church a long time ago.’
Fuentes, too, is infamous for his views on race and gender.
The 27-year-old political commentator is widely considered the founder of the ‘Groypers’ – a movement of young right-wing activists with an America First ideology who take issue with mainstream conservatism and advocate more extreme actions.
He routinely promotes anti-Israel rhetoric and has made anti-Semitic statements in the past — including comparing the Holocaust to baking cookies.
Most recently, Fuentes made waves when he was interviewed by former Fox News star Tucker Carlson.
Carlson, throughout the interview, disagreed with Fuentes on a variety of issues, ranging from identity politics to intrapersonal relationships between men and women.
The pair, however, did agree on their hatred for conservatives they considered to be ‘Christian Zionists,’ such as Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz.
In October, Nekrasova had Nick Fuentes – a controversial figure on the right – on her podcast Red Scare. He also appeared recently on Tucker Carlson’s show
Earlier in the interview, Fuentes shared his backstory with Carlson and explained how he became radicalized as a young college student supporting Trump in 2016.
Fuentes claimed that conservative radio host Mark Levin, a self-described Zionist, influenced his early views on race. He recalls that during high school, Levin was the first conservative commentator who made him think differently about the topic.
‘I listened to him every day… in high school. I was a fan. I loved his show. And I actually liked how he was kind of obnoxious and mean to his callers,’ Fuentes told Carlson.
‘I’ll never forget one show. He goes live and he says, ‘America’s becoming a majority non-white country. Does anybody think that’s a good idea?’ And I was thinking to myself, yeah, that actually doesn’t sound so good.’
Many conservatives hit out at Carlson for the interview, noting that the late Charlie Kirk was a self-described Christian Zionist.
‘Tucker is literally calling Charlie a Heretic whom he despised who also had a mind virus,’ wrote Brandon Tatum on X.
‘Charlie Kirk was a Christian Zionist. This is disgusting. Not to mention he is saying this while interviewing Nick Fuentes, a clear Trump hater and antisemite.’
A close personal friend to Kirk, Josh Hammer, also jumped in the online conversation to bash Carlson for sitting down with Fuentes.
‘The great Charlie Kirk is rolling in his grave right now,’ Hammer told his followers. ‘Simply despicable.’
But Carlson dismissed the outcry by shifting the focus to a Republican lawmaker who celebrated bombing Palestinian babies.
Tucker Carlson dismissed the outcry of interviewing Fuentes by shifting the focus to Florida Representative Randy Fine in an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show
The former Fox News host was speaking as a guest on conservative media star Megyn Kelly’s national tour in White Plains, New York on Wednesday when he pointed to comments made by Florida Representative Randy Fine.
After Hamas committed a terrorist attack in Jerusalem in November 2023, Fine wrote: ‘Guess the ceasefire is over and Hamas wants more Palestinian babes to die! #bombsaway.’
In February, Fine also wrote on X that ‘Palestinian’ is just another word for demon’ and in May, he told his followers, ‘So much for ‘innocent Palestinian civilians’ #bombsaway.’
Carlson pointed to these comments as evidence that Fine has said ‘much worse’ things than Fuentes.
‘We have a member, a sitting member of Congress. I spoke to the Speaker of the House about this today,’ he told Kelly.
‘We have a sitting member of Congress from Florida, Randy Fine, who was literally texted or put on Twitter: ‘We should kill them [Palestinians] all, every single one.’ Someone texted a picture of, literally… a dead baby, and he laughs at it.
‘And it’s like this guy’s a lawmaker is appropriating money to a military committing genocide, and that’s cool? It’s not cool,’ Carlson continued. ‘Let’s just be honest, that is much worse than anything Nick Fuentes has said, period.’
Daily Mail has reached out to Gersh and an attorney for Nekrasova for comment.
