Susan Sarandon, ex-NYC prof who pulled machete on Post reporter spotted at Columbia University anti-Israel protest
Actress Susan Sarandon — who was dropped last year from a talent agency over her anti-Jewish rant — and Shellyne Rodriguez, the ex-professor who threatened a Post reporter with a machete, were both spotted at an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University Friday.
The Oscar-winning “Dead Man Walking” star was seen strolling among demonstrators with “Free Palestine” signs while sporting a grin and an odd leather coat jacket decked out with an image of Bart Simpson on its red leather sleeve.
The 77-year-old celebrity has rocked the same quirky get-up at other anti-Israel demonstrations in recent months.
Rodriguez, who was fired from her latest teaching gig at Cooper Union for anti-Israel screeds, was spotted at the protest chatting with young demonstrators while wearing a traditional Arabic head scarf around her neck.
“I am here to support the students who understand that it is very important to have their voices heard,” Sarandon said in her remarks.
“It is important at this point to challenge all systems that are full of hate and bigotry and intolerance and injustice,” the Oscar-winner added.
Follow The Post’s coverage of the pro-terror protests at colleges across the US:
- Tear gas sprayed at UCLA encampment as cops face off with anti-Israel protesters wielding fire extinguishers
- Stanford submits ‘deeply disturbing’ photo of campus anti-Israel protester wearing Hamas headband to FBI
- Iranian college offers free tuition to US students expelled for participating in anti-Israel protests: ‘Our people’
- MAP: US colleges where students have been arrested over anti-Israel protests
In December, Sarandon was dropped from PTO Films project consideration and the United Talent Agency after going on an anti-Jewish rant.
She later apologized.
At a pro-Palestinian rally in New York City on Nov. 17, the star proclaimed that Jews were “getting a taste of what it is like to be Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence” following the global rise of antisemitic attacks due to the Israel-Hamas war.
Antisemitism controversy at Columbia University: Key events
- More than 280 anti-Israel demonstrators were cuffed at Columbia and the City of New York campuses overnight in a “massive” NYPD operation.
- One hundred and nine people were nabbed at the Ivy League campus after cops responded to Columbia’s request to help oust a destructive mob that had illegally taken over the Hamilton Hall academic building late Tuesday, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and police said.
- Hizzoner blamed the on-campus chaos on insurgents who have a “history of escalating situations and trying to create chaos” instead of protesting peacefully.
- Columbia’s embattled president Minouche Shafik, who has faced mounting calls to resign for not cracking down sooner, issued a statement Wednesday saying the on-campus violence had “pushed the university to the brink.”
- Columbia University president Minouche Shafik was accused of “gross negligence” while testifying before Congress. Shafik refused to say if the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is antisemitic.
- More than 100 Columbia professors signed a letter defending students who support the “military action” by Hamas.
Last month, she gave a speech at an anti-Israel protest in Washington Square Park, where she urged the crowd to disrupt “the narrative of the powerful.”
