Oscar winner Susan Sarandon took some time out of the pro-Palestine rallies to watch the New York Rangers suffer a 7-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Sarandon, 77, has made headlines in recent weeks for her outspoken views on the conflict between Israel and Palestine in the wake of Hamas' barbaric attack on the Jewish state on October 7.
The Thelma & Louise star flirted with being blacklisted in Hollywood after she spoke up about what Jewish people are like at a meeting on November 17, “to get a taste of what it feels like to be Muslim.”
After being removed from a film over the comments, Sarandon apologized for her “terrible mistake.”
On Tuesday, Sarandon appeared in good spirits as she watched the Rangers with her sons, Miles and Jack Robbins. The trio sang along and cheered as the Rangers scored.
Sarandon, 77, cheers with her sons as the Rangers suffered a 7-3 loss to the Maple Leafs at the Garden on Tuesday night
Sarandon's fandom for the Rangers is well known, as she has even been invited to the announce booth on occasion
Recently, Sarandon apologized for comments about American Jews she made at a pro-Palestinian rally
Sarandon suffered another blow after being dropped by a production company following her anti-Jewish tirade in New York City
Sarandon didn't wear a sweater for the performance and wore a black leather jacket, a red flannel shirt and a beret.
Her son wore an old Rangers jersey, while another wore a team-branded Letterman jacket.
Sarandon's Rangers fandom is infamous. In 2018 she made one widely panned appearance at the announcer's table for a game.
During her tenure on the microphone, Sarandon was accused of talking her way through the game and was criticized for not recognizing the name of the Rangers' star goaltender, Henrik Lundqvist.
Two years earlier, she made a successful plea on Twitter for Harvard graduate Jimmy Vesey to join the team, posting a photo of a sign on Vesey Street that read: “Come on @19Vesey, join at the @NYRangers, we already named a street here after you!'
The same year, Sarandon had a Twitter feud with Will & Grace star Debra Messing.
In the middle of the 2016 presidential elections, Sarandon had written on Twitter that a Donald Trump presidency would be better than that of Hillary Clinton. Messing called this idea 'insane'.
During a job interview with Andy Cohen, Sarandon said the pair saw each other regularly at New York Rangers games, but Messing never said anything to her about their dispute.
“I'm a big Rangers fan and I've been to a few games where she was and she never said anything to me personally,” she said.
Sarandon posted her apology on Instagram on Friday evening
Sarandon's comments at a pro-Palestinian rally on November 17 in New York City sparked widespread outrage, with critics saying they ignored the centuries of prejudice and anti-Semitism the Jewish community has endured.
On Friday, she said she said her comments last month were “a terrible mistake.”
“This wording was a terrible mistake because it implies that Jews were ignorant of persecution until recently, when the opposite is true,” she said.
She said the meeting was intended “to highlight the urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza and call for a ceasefire,” and said she had not planned to speak at the meeting but was invited to address the crowd.
“To convey my concern about the rise in hate crimes, I said that Jewish Americans, as targets of rising anti-Semitic hatred, are “getting a taste of what it's like to be Muslim in this country that is so often subjected to violence .''
Sarandon said her words ignored “centuries of oppression and genocide in Europe,” as well as recent atrocities such as the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue, which killed 11 people in Pittsburgh in October 2018 — the worst attack on the Jewish community in modern American history. .
Sarandon added, “I deeply regret trivializing this reality and hurting people with this comment.
“My intention was to show solidarity in the fight against all forms of intolerance, and I am sorry that I did not do that.”
Since the October 7 Hamas terror attack, which killed 1,200 Israelis, and the reprisals in Gaza, which killed 15,000 Palestinians, Sarandon has attended several rallies in New York.
