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A satirical meme has resurfaced online making the false claim that American actors Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg and Sylvester Stallone have resigned from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to create a new union.
Posts have shared, opens new tab photos of the actors alongside the caption: “Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, and Sylvester Stallone have all resigned from The Screen Actors Guild to create a new ‘no-woke’ union focused on traditional American values.”
Comments in response include: “This is good news,” “Great men in today’s corrupt world!!!!!” and “Good to hear. God Bless them in this endeavor.”
Reuters has previously addressed similar posts stemming from an article on a satirical website, opens new tab claiming that Washington, Stallone and actor Clint Eastwood were creating a new actors’ union in response to “woke” values in Hollywood.
Washington’s representative Alan Nierob said in a May 6 email that the story about the actor leaving SAG to create a new union is untrue.
Comments in response include: “This is good news,” “Great men in today’s corrupt world!!!!!” and “Good to hear. God Bless them in this endeavor.”
Reuters has previously addressed similar posts stemming from an article on a satirical website, opens new tab claiming that Washington, Stallone and actor Clint Eastwood were creating a new actors’ union in response to “woke” values in Hollywood.
Washington’s representative Alan Nierob said in a May 6 email that the story about the actor leaving SAG to create a new union is untrue.
Representatives for Stallone and Wahlberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment.