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.
We have been made aware of social media posts by one of our senior agents this morning. These are not the views of United Agents Ltd. We are conducting a full and thorough investigation into this immediately.
— United Agents (@UnitedAgents) October 24, 2023
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.
Governments, journalists on the left&right, independent inspectors testify to beheading. Nazis & Hamas sympathisers deny. @kittylaing of @UnitedAgents joins the chorus. Apparently we’re “excited to repost” the crime. Jews aren’t excited about their murdered babies Kitty. Disgrace pic.twitter.com/oZ8KnN5vYP
— leekern (@leekern13) October 24, 2023
In another, she re-posted a message spreading the Gaza hospital hoax.
Kitty shares a sneering tweet about an “Israeli” airstrike that governments, independent analysts & news outlets now attribute to Islamic Jihad. This false claim led to synagogues being destroyed & Jews murdered. But @kittylaing of @unitedagents gleefully pushes the incitement pic.twitter.com/mckJULhebI
— leekern (@leekern13) October 24, 2023
In yet another, she shared a message with a photo referring to Israelis as “colonizers.”
@kittylaing gloats over Israel, (still burying murdered children), sharing a triumphalist tweet stating there’s no empathy for Israel. (There is). What is this spite & contempt that Kitty of @UnitedAgents has for a people who lost the most Jews in one day since the Holocaust? pic.twitter.com/iAC0oGQKPr
— leekern (@leekern13) October 24, 2023
Kern called Laing “disgraceful” and a “wicked soul.”
As I say: I’m not intimidated by any agent or agency. No talent needs them to make a living. I’ve got projects on the go. I’ve pushed trolleys for a living before& I’ll do it again before I ever put my career before calling out those who gloat over dead Jews & endanger the living
— leekern (@leekern13) October 24, 2023
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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