Tom Cruise stepped in to stop his agent from being fired over pro-Palestine social media posts

Tom Cruise showed support for his agent Maha Dakhil after she was made to step away from her leadership roles at talent agency CAA because she reposted Instagram Stories in support of Palestine.

Tom Cruise showed support for his agent Maha Dakhil after she was made to step away from her leadership roles at talent agency CAA because she reposted Instagram Stories in support of Palestine. As per a report by Variety, Daha was relieved of her duties as co-chief of the motion pictures department, though she was allowed to remain an agent after her client, Tom Cruise, made it known to CAA that he was backing her.

Maha Dakhil, one of talent agency CAA's top agents, had ignited a firestorm with her Instagram posts last month, including one that said, “What’s more heartbreaking than witnessing genocide? Witnessing the denial that genocide is happening.” She the faced internal backlash and resigned from the agency’s board after she also reposted an image on Instagram that read, in part, “You’re currently learning who supports genocide.” She had added in the caption, “That’s the line for me.”

After backlash from within and also rivals agencies, Maha Dakhil had deleted both images and made a public apology. “I made a mistake with a repost in my Instagram Story, which used hurtful language. Like so many of us, I have been reeling with heartbreak. I pride myself on being on the side of humanity and peace,” Maha had said in a statement to Variety in October.