Ruffalo Defends Anti-Merger Remarks, Denies Antisemitism Charge

Mark Ruffalo rejected Paramount’s claim that his anti-merger comments—linking Oracle to Israel’s military ties and criticizing the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal—were antisemitic, insisting his views target policies and corporate actions, not Jewish people. Paramount called the remarks antisemitic; Ruffalo countered that the merger’s implications—including control of CNN and HBO and potential editorial influence—deserve scrutiny, especially given Oracle’s tech and government contracts and ongoing national-security considerations for a roughly $111 billion deal.