When Gina Carano clicked on a social media post comparing Republicans who lived in the current American political climate with Jews during the Holocaust, she never expected a reaction that would lead to her resignation from the “Mandalorian”.
Or else she says.
Carano, 38, was released from her lead role as Cara Dune in the popular Disney + series last week after the hashtag #FireGinaCarano became popular around the world. That alone, she said, took her by surprise before it was finally abandoned by Lucasfilm, which produces the “Star Wars” franchise.
“I was in total shock and confusion when certain people said I was anti-Semitic,” said Carano in a written message to former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. “So, when I went to get it out, I realized that the image was not the same as people were referencing. I was honestly confused: should I remove it or leave it in the air? I still don’t know the answer to that question, because taking it down will only make the crowd attack you more. “
Carano deleted the post, which contained a black and white photo of an apparently beaten woman fleeing attackers on the streets, along with a written message without quotes, accompanied by a sad face emoji:
Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers, but by their neghbors … even by children.
Carano also offered the following words in quotation marks:
“As the story is edited, most people today do not realize that, to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily arrest thousands of Jews, the government first caused its own neighbors to hate them simply because they were Jews. How is this different from hating someone for their political opinions? “
In a message to Weiss, Carano explained his intention.
“The image for me was a statement that people need to come together and get up, stop being so manipulated by the powers that they believe they know what is best for you and play with our lives,” said Carano. “My heart has always had supreme respect and love for the Jewish community.”
Carano, who became known for spreading unfounded conspiracy theories last year, opened the curtain by revealing that executives at “The Mandalorian” wanted her to “use her exact words for an apology for the use of pronouns” after she updated briefly his biography of Twitter to read “beep / bop / boop” as a way of mocking people’s personal preferences. In the end, Carano said he found out she was fired from the show like everyone else – on social media.
Since then, she has signed on for a role as producer and protagonist in a new film project supported by conservative website The Daily Wire.
Carano, a female MMA pioneer before starting her acting career, fought for the last time in August 2009, when she lost to Cris Cyborg for the inaugural Strikeforce women’s featherweight title in what was the first major MMA event starring a fight female. The defeat by TKO remains Carano’s only professional loss.