The actor confronted backlash this week after posting a digitally altered picture of a Holocaust sufferer in a focus camp.

Michael Rapaport confronted backlash this week after posting a digitally altered picture of a Holocaust sufferer in a focus camp, prompting him to situation a public apology and make clear his intentions on Thursday (July 10).

The actor addressed the controversy on Twitter (X) after sharing what he believed was an genuine photograph of a focus camp prisoner. Rapaport, who has regularly used his platform to spotlight Holocaust historical past, admitted the actual submit drew extra consideration than any of his earlier efforts.

“The Holocaust is a stain on humanity,” he wrote. “Today there’s a historic rise in antisemitism that has not been seen for the reason that 1930’s globally. I’ve shared a whole lot of tales and pictures about focus camps on my social medias as a result of we should always remember the atrocities dedicated. None of these posts received the eye that this one did.

“I apologize to any Jewish people that I have offended me by posting an image that I believed to be real. It could have been real but in this artificial world we live in, it turned out not to be. October 7th, 2023 changed me and millions of other people for better or worse. I’m not going to stop speaking out for the Jewish people and you’re welcome to run any stories you want about it. What I did and do is for all the right reasons.”

The picture, which depicted an individual taking part in a violin at Auschwitz, was later revealed to be generated by synthetic intelligence.

The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum in Poland criticized Rapaport for circulating the deceptive picture, calling consideration to the hazards of spreading inaccurate representations of historic atrocities. The museum didn’t maintain again in its response, stating the picture was “a fake photo generated by artificial intelligence.”

Beyond his appearing and social media presence, Rapaport—a longtime Hip-Hop fanatic—directed the 2011 documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, which chronicled the rise and inside struggles of the legendary Hip-Hop group.

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