Letitia Wright has come under fire for reportedly voicing anti-vaccine sentiments on the set of 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'
Wright later took down the tweet, and the video was removed for"violating YouTube's terms of service."for posting the video, Wright responded with a tweet saying,"if you don't conform to popular opinions. but ask questions and think for yourself....you get cancelled" followed by a crying laughing emoji.
Eventually after removing her tweet, the next day Wright issued a public statement explaining her reasons for sharing the video. She wrote:"my intention was not to hurt anyone, 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. Nothing else."
At the time, fellow Marvel star Don Cheadle, who plays James Rhodes in the franchise, waded in on the debate. He commented on the video she shared saying"jesus... just scrolled through. hot garbage. every time i stopped and listened, he and everything he said sounded crazy and fkkkd up." Cheadle stopped short of criticising Wright though, saying"i would never defend anybody posting this. but i still won't throw her away over it. the rest i'll take off twitter. had no idea.
On December 5, the day after she posted the video and received backlash, Wright deleted her Twitter andThe Hollywood ReporterLetitia Wright, pictured here in October 2020, deleted her social media accounts last year after receiving backlash for her supposed anti-vaccine stance.
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