After his expletive-laden rant in response to a studio executive's callous comment on the strike, the 'Hellboy' star clarifies in a new video that he doesn't 'wish anybody any harm.'
- Jul 15, 2023
AceShowbiz - Ron Perlman has returned to Instagram to clarify his scathing comments on a Hollywood executive who made a callous comment on the weeks-long WGA strike. After he appeared to threaten the unnamed studio exec who said that they intentionally drag out negotiations until union members face financial hardships and lose their homes, the actor said that he doesn't "wish anybody any harm."
"Hi, everybody. It's Ron again," the 73-year-old began his video posted on Friday, July 14. Admitting that he was "quite heated" on the topic, he added, "So I want to make something very clear right now. I don't wish anybody any harm."
"I hope the a**hole who made that comment also doesn't wish anybody harm. But when you start going around talking, 'We're not going to even bargain with these f**king d**kheads until they start bleeding, and their families start bleeding,' " he continued, before noting that "it's the symptom of the soulessness of corporate America."
Ron confessed to being "pissed off" by the exec's comment as he clearly takes pride in the beauty and dignity of filmmaking, while lamenting that the industry is run by people who only care about "money." He urged, "But maintain a degree of humanity in all of this. It can't all be about your f**king Porsche and your f**king stock prices. There's got to be dignity."
"I want to be very clear. I never mentioned one name, and I don't want anybody to get hurt," he stressed. "But stop with the bulls**t, okay. Cause what you're doing is f**king killing what is beautiful in this country by putting price on everything." He ended his message with, "I send you nothing but love. Peace out."
In a previous video which has since been deleted, Ron lashed out against an unnamed studio exec. "One thing, before I get off this... the motherf**ker who said we're gonna keep this thing going until people start losing their houses and their apartments... Listen to me, motherf**ker, there's a lot of ways to lose your house," he said. "Some of it is financial, some of it is karma, and some of it is just figuring out who the f**k said that - and we know who said that - and where he f**king lives."
"There's a lot of ways to lose your house. You wish that on people, you wish that families starve, while you're making $27 f**king million a year for creating nothing? Be careful, motherf**ker. Be really careful, 'cause that's the kind of s**t that stirs s**t up," he continued.
His rant was in response to an unnamed studio executive who suggested, in an interview with Deadline on Tuesday, that Hollywood studios' endgame "is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses." The exec added, "I think we're in for a long strike, and they're going to let it bleed out."
