Leticia Wright (‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’) Opens Up About Her Anti-Vac, Transphobic Reputation

In late 2020, Letitia Wright became the center of a major controversy on Twitter. The actress, who curiously plays a scientific superhero in “Black Panther,” shared a video in which Tommi Arayomi, a prominent Christian pastor at the Light London Church, questioned vaccines. Wright posted a tweet in response to the backlog of negative responses, where she wrote “If you don’t conform to popular opinion, but ask questions and think for yourself…you will be deleted”, accompanied by a laughing emoticon. Shortly thereafter, he apologized and deleted his Twitter account. Even the video that started it all stopped being available on YouTube after a few hours.

Two years later, as soon as ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ was released, the English newspaper The Guardian created a profile of the actress, where the journalist Simon Hattenstone asked her, among many things, about her current position on it. “I feel like that’s something I went through two years ago and have now moved on in a healthy way. And I’ve apologized in a sensible way and deleted my Twitter. I’m just apologizing for any harm I’ve caused anyone.”Wright replied.

Hattenstone tries to extract more information, stating it “People usually interpret sharing something on social networks as support”, asking if your values ​​have been misinterpreted. The actress replies “That’s exactly what my apology was. I was saying ‘This isn’t me, and I apologize.'”. The video, which also contained a transphobic monologue from the parish priest, provoked a flurry of backlash that called Wright a transphobe, homophobe and anti-vaxxer. “These are things that are not me and I apologized and moved on”he repeats nervously according to The Guardian.

The actress’ responses are not far from the tweet she posted apologizing shortly before deleting her account, where she defended: “My intent was not to harm anyone, my ONLY intent in posting the video was to express my concern about what is in the vaccine and what we put into our bodies. Nothing more.”. After the controversy, the actress broke ties with her reps, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

Are you vaccinated?

Though Letitia Wright hasn’t spoken out about the vaccines again, she has denied rumors of her stance against them during the filming of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ although it has been determined that one of the reasons filming could have been delayed because the actress did not have American nationality nor the mandatory vaccine. In the interview, The Guardian asked him what her followers wanted to know so badly: did you finally get vaccinated? Wright avoided the questionrepeating: “I apologized and moved on. Next question. Thanks”.