Overview

• In an ArtsLife TV interview for After the Hunt, Federica Polidoro asked about #MeToo and Black Lives Matter only to Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield, explicitly excluding Ayo Edebiri.
• Edebiri interjected to affirm the movements are not finished, noting ongoing activist work even if hashtags and headline coverage have waned.
• Roberts challenged the premise on camera and Garfield agreed that both movements remain active.
• The clip drew widespread praise for Edebiri and criticism of the interviewer, with some social posts describing the exclusion as “petty racism.”
• Polidoro posted an Instagram statement denying racist intent, condemning online abuse, and reserving legal remedies, as the divisive Venice title heads to open the New York Film Festival before an Oct. 10 theatrical release.