Angelica Ross has claimed that Emma Roberts called her to apologize for making an alleged transphobic comment to her on the set of American Horror Story: 1984 in 2019.
Ross, 42, a trans actress who played Donna Chambers alongside 32-year-old Roberts as Brooke Thompson in the series, had accused Julia Roberts’ niece of making an offensive comment towards her during an appearance on Instagram Live on Tuesday.
Ross, who claimed earlier this week that AHS creator Ryan Murphy ghosted her after accepting her pitch for an all-black female season of the show, said of the alleged incident, “I stand in front of Emma and talk to her like that,” and she stands in front of me, with her back to the mirror. She says, “John, Angelica is mean.”‘
Pose star Ross didn’t specify which John she was referring to – however, two episodes of AHS: 1984 were directed by John J. Gray.
Ross continued, “I know she’s not serious.” She’s just whatever. And John says, “Okay, ladies, that’s enough. Let’s get back to work.’ And then she looks at me and says, ‘Don’t you mean my lady?’ And she turns around like this and covers her mouth [with her shirt].
Claim: Angelica Ross has claimed that Emma Roberts called her to apologize for making an alleged transphobic comment to her on the set of American Horror Story: 1984 in 2019 (pictured as Donna Chambers in the series alongside Roberts as Brooke Thompson)
Alleged abuse: Ross, 42, a trans actress who played Donna Chambers alongside 32-year-old Roberts as Brooke Thompson in the series, had accused Julia Roberts’ niece of making an offensive comment to her during an appearance on Instagram Live on Tuesday to have
Ross seemed to suggest that Roberts had allegedly implied that she was not a woman.
Ross claimed on Twitter on Wednesday that Roberts had contacted her and said: “Thank you @RobertsEmma for the call and apology. I recognized that your behavior was not that of an ally. “I will leave the line open to honor your desire to do better and use your platform to support social justice causes.”
Elsewhere in her shocked Instagram video on Tuesday, after making the alleged remark, Ross said Emma turned away so she “couldn’t see me dead in the camera looking at her like, ‘What the fuck’ did you just say? “…I’m trying to process it [what] The hell she just said.
“I’m standing there, she’s gone, my blood is boiling.” Because I think if I say something, I’m the problem. And I know this because there was someone who spoke about what she did and it had consequences for him. Not them – they did it.
Ross, who also starred in 2021’s American Horror Story: Double Feature, in which Roberts did not appear, said she stopped speaking to the actress after the alleged incident and accused her of “playing mind games with everyone on set.” play”.
She said: “When I saw that I just thought, ‘I’m done.’ I didn’t speak to that bastard for the whole time after that. So we had scenes together and I never spoke to her. She told me she could feel the energy coming from me.
“She was like, ‘Are you OK? You didn’t talk.” I say, “Mmmhmm.”
Because damn it, don’t play me. “You played mind games with everyone on set and everyone was waiting for the moment you would catch me.”
contacted representatives for Emma Roberts and FX for comment.
Tweet: Ross claimed on Twitter on Wednesday that Roberts had contacted her and said: “Thank you @RobertsEmma for the call and apology. I recognized that your behavior was not that of an ally.”
Fury: Ross, who also starred in 2021’s American Horror Story: Double Feature, in which Roberts did not appear, said she stopped speaking to the actress after the alleged incident and accused her of “talking to everyone on set Playing mind games”
Ross took to Twitter on Monday to reveal how she pitched an all-black female season of FX’s “American Horror Story,” only to be ghosted by creator Ryan Murphy.
Ross shared an email Murphy sent her in July 2022.
The email revealed that he accepted her suggestion for an all-black female season of American Horror Story … although Ross reveals that he “ghosted” her afterward.
She also shared an email she sent Murphy in February 2022 about the potential season, which, as she said in a TikTok video, was “left on read.”
Murphy herself has not yet publicly responded to Ross’ allegations, although it’s worth noting that she and Murphy have not worked together since 2021.
has reached out to Ryan’s rep for comment.
The first tweet about the incident included a quote from Zakiya Dalila Harris’ book “The Other Black Girl.”
“As Nella thought about why she distrusted Needles and Pins, she also thought about what Jesse had said about white people going out of their way to represent “diversity.” With increased awareness of cultural sensitivity comes great responsibility. “If we’re not careful, ‘diversity’ could become an item that people check off a list and nothing more – a superficial, shadowy thing with only one dimension,” the quote reads.
The tweet included an image from Murphy’s July 3, 2020 email that read, “Remember your idea of a HORROR season with black women?” Well, I’ll do it. I’m not sure of the story yet, but we’ll be opening a writers’ room in the fall. Besides you, who are the four women I should choose? I think you, Keke Palmer, Gabby [Sidibe] … not sure about the fourth?’
Pitch: Ross took to Twitter on Monday to reveal how she pitched an all-black female season of FX’s “American Horror Story,” only to allegedly be ghosted by creator Ryan Murphy
Email: The tweet included an image from Murphy’s July 3, 2020 email that read, “Remember your idea of a HORROR season with black women?” Well, I’ll do it. I’m not sure of the story yet, but we’ll be opening a writers’ room in the fall. Besides you, who are the four women I should choose? I think you, Keke Palmer, Gabby [Sidibe] … not sure about the fourth?’
Left on Reading: She also shared a video from her TikTok that revealed another email she sent in February 2022 that was never answered and “Left on Reading”
The image also featured Ross’ response in which she suggested a number of other actresses including Debbi Morgan, Lynn Whitfield, Alfre Woodard, Angela Bassett, Adina Porter, Amiyah Scott, Gabrielle Union, Viola Davis, Lupita Nyong’o, Kerry Washington and Halle Berry.
She also sent a video from her TikTok that revealed another email she sent in February 2022, which was never replied to and was left on read.
Ross explained in another tweet: “After receiving no response. After sending flowers and receiving no response, I sent one final email in February 2022 (due to COVID, Season 10 took about a year to film) while I was still contractually frontline on the series. However, Marvel had called twice now. I haven’t heard from him since,” he added the hashtag #SAGAFTRAstrike.
The email said: “Good morning, I need to clean up and organize and think about what the focus of season 11 might be and then I thought maybe I could ask you if I was on the producer side too “I think I could add a lot to the overall plot if we’re still looking for a black lead cast.”
She added: “A white director cried on set and said he didn’t think he was coming back next season because there had been a ‘change in direction.’ I just smiled because I knew what it was, but I trust some people weren’t thrilled because they knew I was pushing for black directors and writers… ACCORDING TO MY EMAIL.”
After The Wrap reported on her tweets, she clarified in another tweet, “It’s not JUST that the idea has changed.” Things change all the time. The thing is, I’ve been calling the business affairs department for months trying to get clarification on whether they would exercise my contract option or whether I would be okay with telling Marvel that I was responsible for what they were calling me for. is available. I auditioned for Marvel for THREE YEARS. It’s that I KEPT in first position the whole time.’
She also quoted New York photographer Steven T, who retweeted, saying: “I also think that’s something like professional courtesy, even if plans and stories changed, he might be mature enough to respond to that in an E.” email instead of just leaving you on “Read” and never replying,” adding, “AT LEAST YOU DAMN IT.”
Produce: Ross explained in another tweet, “After receiving no response.” After sending flowers and receiving no response, I sent one final email in February 2022 (due to COVID it took about a year to season 10 was filmed) while I was still contractually at the top of the series. However, Marvel had called twice now. I haven’t heard from him since,” he added the hashtag #SAGAFTRAstrike
Idea: After The Wrap reported on her tweets, she clarified in another tweet: “It’s not JUST that the idea has changed.” Things change all the time. The thing is, I’ve been calling the business affairs department for months trying to get clarification on whether they would exercise my contract option or whether I would be okay with telling Marvel that I was responsible for what they were calling me for. is available. I auditioned for Marvel for THREE YEARS. It’s that I KEPT in first position the whole time.
Please ask: Ross added in another tweet, “Please ask someone about me.” When I get to the point of publicly presenting receipts, you can bet that I’ll ultimately have no more shit to give. And I haven’t even finished pulling out the receipts yet.
Ross added in another tweet: “Please ask someone for me.” When I get to the point of publicly presenting receipts, you can bet that I’ll ultimately have no more shit to give. And I haven’t even finished pulling out the receipts yet.’
She added in a recent tweet on the subject: “I will also tell you about the transphobic comments my co-star said to my face and the racism I complained about on set which she called called “freedom of expression”. “We’re on strike so you know I have time this week.”
Ross also shared a GIF from the 1990 classic “Pretty Woman” in which Julia Roberts tells a salesperson, “Big mistake…big…huge.”
Although she didn’t elaborate on what the GIF meant, many suspected that Ross inferred that Roberts may have been the co-star who made the “transphobic comments” or racism she complained about, even though she Roberts never confirmed this.