Not long after her confrontation with veteran actor Alec Baldwin, the provocative anti-Israel activist who goes by the name "Crackhead Barney" has found a new target: the acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino, who lives in Tel Aviv and is married to an Israeli. The incident between the two occurred at a New York restaurant over the weekend and was uploaded online, during which Barney referred to Tarantino as a "Zionist piece of sh*t."
Why are you a Zionist Piece of shit Quentin Tarantino @quentquarantino pic.twitter.com/i95fFJxNUb
— Crackhead Barney & Friends (@CHBAF) June 14, 2024
In the video, the controversial activist, clad in a partially removed bra, is seen approaching the director and yelling at him, "Why are you going to Israel?" At this point, Tarantino attempted to calmly exit the restaurant, accompanied by his driver, as Barney and other protesters shouted in his direction. Some individuals, however, appeared to have arrived in support of the director, even requesting his autograph. In the edited video she later posted, Barney included a photograph of Tarantino visiting an Israel Defense Forces base after October 7.
As she harassed him down the stairs on his way to his vehicle, with her chest exposed and screaming "Free Palestine," Barney attempted to provoke Tarantino into uttering the offensive word toward African Americans, which has been frequently used in his films. Moreover, numerous other young individuals in her vicinity shouted the word "toes" at the director, referencing the recurring imagery of exposed feet in his movies. "We got really close to him," Barney summarized in the video she uploaded.
Recalling the incident from about two months ago, Barney had harassed actor Alec Baldwin at a New York cafe. "Alec, please, just say it once, and I'll leave you alone. I'll leave you alone, I swear. Just say it once," she pressed him. Initially, Baldwin tried to ignore her remarks and requested that a cafe employee call the police, to no avail.
Alec Baldwin gets harassed in public and punches the camera. pic.twitter.com/XfeMIYZALo
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) April 22, 2024
She persisted, saying, "F**k Israel, f**k Zionists, please say it." Additionally, she taunted the 66-year-old actor, referencing the grave incident on the set of the film RUST, during which Baldwin fired a prop gun loaded with a live round, unbeknownst to him, resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. "Why did you kill that woman? You killed that woman and didn't serve any jail time," she said. After repeatedly urging him to say "Free Palestine," he knocked her cell phone out of her hand. The video was uploaded to the social media platform X and quickly amassed hundreds of thousands of views.
