Another high-ranking Hollywood talent agent is in hot water over social media posts sympathetic to Hamas, including sharing a post that called murdered Israeli babies “fake.”
United Agents, a British talent agency, confirmed that it is investigating the matter.
The furor concerns an agent named Kitty Laing, who is United’s head of comedy and represents numerous stand-up comedians, according to the agency’s site.
Her online activity was brought to light by Borat co-screenwriter Lee Kern, who posted a lengthy thread Tuesday morning in which he included screenshots of the posts in question.
In one instance, Laing appears to have retweeted a post that uses the term “fake beheaded babies” to refer to the Israeli babies who were reportedly decapitated by Hamas terrorists.
In another, she re-posted a message spreading the Gaza hospital hoax.
In yet another, she shared a message with a photo referring to Israelis as “colonizers.”
Kern called Laing “disgraceful” and a “wicked soul.”
Laing’s highest-profile client is Katherine Ryan, who has starred in two Netflix comedy specials and a sitcom, The Duchess.
The controversy comes after top CAA movie agent Maha Dahkil — who represents Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Steven Spielberg, and others — was called out after she condemned Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks as “genocide.”
Dahkil has resigned from some of her positions within CAA but as of Tuesday was still employed by the agency.
As of this writing, Laing’s X/Twitter account has been deactivated.
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