Letitia Wright Denies Spreading Anti-Vaccine Claims on Black Panther 2 Set

Earlier this month, as a part of a wider report on Hollywood’s reckoning with vaccine mandates and secure filming practices within the covid-19 pandemic, the Hollywood Reporter wrote {that a} supply informed them Marvel’s Black Panther star Letitia Wright continued to unfold anti-vaccine disinformation on the set of its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Over every week later, Wright stepped again onto social media to disclaim the claims.

The October 6 piece alleged that Wright—who had beforehand deleted her Twitter account within the wake of sharing a deeply regarding video from a self-proclaimed prophet in December 2020—had continued to share anti-vaccination beliefs on Marvel Studios’ Atlanta, Georgia set of Wakanda Forever. Wright’s character, Princess Shuri, is about to have a big function within the movie in mild of Chadwick Boseman’s tragic passing final yr, and the report went on so as to add that Wright additionally parted methods together with her U.S.-based public relations staff as a part of her response to the backlash about sharing covid-19 misinformation.

“My intention was not to hurt anyone,” Wright previously tweeted after deleting her hyperlink to the video. “My ONLY intention of posting the video was it raised my concerns with what the vaccine contains and what we are putting in our bodies.” But after her function in THR’s report went considerably viral earlier this month, the actor has now determined to reply. Wright denies the claims that she’s continued to share these views on Wakanda Forever’s set. Taking to her still-active Instagram account—though earlier than yesterday’s publish, its final replace was in November 2020, weeks earlier than she shared the aforementioned video elsewhere—the actor mentioned that the claims by the commerce had been “completely untrue.”

“It saddens me to have to address the reports published by The Hollywood Reporter on October 6th 2021. The report spoke about my conduct on the set of black Panther 2. I honestly assert that this was completely untrue,” Wright’s caption reads partially, accompanying a picture displaying a fraction from the Contemporary English Version Bible’s reading of Isaiah 54:17, “Weapons made to attack you won’t be successful; Words spoken against you won’t hurt at all.”

“Anyone who knows me or has worked with me, knows that I work incredibly hard at my craft & my main focus is always to do work that’s impactful and inspiring,” Wright continued. “That has been & will continue to be my only focus.” Marvel Studios itself has remained silent on each the preliminary response to Wright’s tweet in addition to latest reporting about her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever set conduct (though fellow Marvel co-stars like Don Cheadle did name the actor out on the time, in similarly since-deleted tweets).

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