The Rachel Zegler pile-on seemed to reach new heights after her West Side Story co-star Ariana DeBose quoted a shady comment about the Snow White star on her Instagram Stories. Less than a week after Snow White producer Marc Platt’s son Jonah called Zegler a “narcissist” in an Instagram rant blaming her “personal politics,” namely, supporting Palestine, for hampering the film’s performance, DeBose reposted a graphic that centered the most incendiary quote from his comments: “Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.” Platt deleted his rant soon after it was posted, but not before it inspired the graphic DeBose posted to her Stories. Fans interpreted the post as her taking sides against Zegler, prompting her to delete the post. She clarified later, “I post quotes all the time and thought this one was meaningful,” she wrote to Instagram. “Will fully cop to the fact I did not do any research on where this quote came from, nor did I know of the connection until it was pointed out to me. I have no intention of inserting myself into a news cycle.” She added, “Next time I’ll be sure to clarify its origins first.”
