Angelica Ross Publicly Thanks Emma Roberts For Apology Following Transphobia Allegations
The Angelica Ross-Emma Roberts drama has take a sudden, healing turn.
In the wake of Ross accusing her American Horror Story: 1984 co-star of transphobic behavior on the set of the FX anthology, the Pose vet returned to social media Wednesday afternoon to reveal that Roberts phoned her to apologize.
"Thank you [Emma Roberts] for calling and apologizing, recognizing your behavior was not that of an ally," Ross wrote on X (fka Twitter). "I will leave the line open to follow up on your desire to do better and support social justice causes with your platform."
As we reported, Ross, who is a trans woman, alleged in an Instagram live video that she experienced a toxic, racist and transphobic work environment while on the set of AHS: 1984, seemingly taking direct aim at Roberts. Ross insinuated that Roberts once told the director John J. Gray, "Angelica's being mean," to which he replied, "OK, ladies, that's enough. Let's get back to work." Ross continued, "And she then looks at me and goes, 'Don't you mean lady?'"
Ross alleged that her co-star then covered her mouth and turned away. "I'm standing there looking her deadass in the damn [camera] trying to process [what] the f–k she just said," Ross said. "I'm like, 'If I say something, it's going to be me that's the problem,' and I know this because there was someone who spoke up about what she was doing and they got repercussions from it. Not her! They did." (Watch Ross tell the story in the video here.)
Ross chose to stop speaking to Roberts for the rest of the shoot (aside from filming the rest of their scenes together), adding that the actress had been playing "mind games with everybody on the set."
Ross said she initially "thought things were going great" between the two on set. Roberts, Ross claims, had allegedly pointed out a set of racist t-shirts that a crew member was wearing on set. Phrases on the shirts in question said, "Build That Wall" and "I Don't Kneel," among others, the actress continued. That crew member was allegedly outside Ross' window working on a particular scene that involved Ross and Roberts' characters driving away from the season's killer.
Ross' latest comments came two days after she accused AHS boss Ryan Murphy of leaving her "on read" after he initially contacted her about an AHS season featuring an all-Black cast, which resulted in lost opportunities for her.