John Cusack stands in 'solidarity' with Mark Ruffalo amid Paramount's antisemitism allegation

Actor John Cusack threw his support behind fellow Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo over the weekend as Ruffalo pushed back against Paramount's accusations that his criticism of tech giant Oracle invoked "antisemitic tropes." "Solidarity — well said." Cusack wrote on X in response to Ruffalo’s lengthy defense of his remarks, which centered on Oracle’s ties to the Israeli military and the company’s leadership.

The controversy erupted after Ruffalo criticized Oracle executive vice chair Safra Catz, who also sits on Paramount’s board, and reposted a video of her discussing "really profoundly scary technologies" Oracle used to assist the Israeli military following the Oct.

7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks.

CNN STAFFERS BRACE FOR PARAMOUNT CEO'S POTENTIAL PLAN TO LAUNCH EDITORIAL BOARD TO OVERSEE NETWORK Ruffalo tied his criticism of Oracle to the Ellison family's proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

Discovery, pointing to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and his son, Paramount CEO David Ellison .

The actor argued that the deal, which would put CNN, HBO and Warner Bros. under the same family's control, raises concerns about editorial independence, jobs and more.

"These 'really profoundly scary technologies' will most likely be merged into one of the largest media conglomerates in the world and one day used on you.

Look how she revels in what we now have come to see as a genocide, which was built on an apartheid system of oppression powered by Oracle," the Marvel actor wrote in an Instagram story.

HASAN PIKER STANDS BY 'INTENTIONALLY PROVOCATIVE' CLAIMS THAT HAMAS IS 'A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER' THAN ISRAEL Paramount subsequently issued a statement saying it was "troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked" in what it characterized as a business dispute.

"Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong.

They’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe," a company spokesperson added.

Ruffalo fired back Saturday, telling Fox News Digital the accusation that he is antisemitic was "appalling and fundamentally dishonest." He maintained that criticism of the Israeli government, military technology contracts or the executives behind them should not be equated with criticism of Jewish people.

"Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary," he said.