Hannah Einbinder defended Mark Ruffalo after Paramount accused him of antisemitism. The Hacks star argued that Ruffalo was raising concerns about corporate power, media consolidation, and Hollywood workers.
Hannah Einbinder says artists should be ‘more like’ Mark Ruffalo amid the Paramount dispute
Ruffalo has criticized Paramount’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger and questioned the Ellison family’s connections to Oracle. Einbinder has now joined other Hollywood figures in publicly supporting him amid the dispute.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Skydance accused Ruffalo of invoking antisemitic tropes after he connected Oracle’s military technology and the Israeli military to the Ellison family’s growing media influence. Larry Ellison is Oracle’s co-founder and Paramount CEO David Ellison’s father.
Ruffalo fired back over the weekend, calling the accusation “appalling and fundamentally dishonest.” He argued that criticizing political leaders, military contracts, or executives did not equal criticizing Jewish people.
Einbinder then publicly backed the MCU star on Instagram Stories. She praised Ruffalo for connecting “the Ellisons providing military technology to Israel during a genocide” with their “unprecedented media takeover.”
The Emmy-winning actress also rejected the idea that Ruffalo targeted the Ellisons because they are Jewish. “The idea that he only said these things because the Ellisons are Jewish is LUDICROUS,” she wrote.
Einbinder argued that the criticism focused on powerful executives and their business interests. She called the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger “a dangerous consolidation of power that could ultimately be used against us.”
The actress also addressed concerns from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which criticized Ruffalo’s comments. The organization publicly commended Paramount for calling out what it described as antisemitic rhetoric. Einbinder, however, insisted the discussion centered on technology, politics, and corporate power.
She then shifted attention back to Hollywood’s workforce. Einbinder said the merger could threaten thousands of jobs across the entertainment industry.
“As Mark has been saying for months, opposing this merger is also about fighting for the working class of Hollywood,” she wrote.
She ended her message with a strong endorsement of Ruffalo’s willingness to speak out.
“All of us artists could stand to be more like Mark,” Einbinder wrote, praising those who challenge powerful figures despite possible consequences.
