"What the f**k??" - Perez Hilton fumes after allegedly "racist and anti-feminist" question leaves Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts & Ayo Edebiri shocked

Recently, an interview with Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts, and Ayo Edebiri has been circulating on the internet. The trio sat down to talk to Italian outlet ArtsLife Tv about their upcoming film, After the Hunt, on September 6. During the interview, journalist Federica Polidoro asked a question about the 'Me Too' and 'Black Lives Matter' movements to Garfield and Roberts, excluding Edebiri.

As the interview made rounds on the internet, netizens slammed Polidoro for the alleged racial discrimination. Pop culture commentator Perez Hilton also blogged about the incident on September 8, where he went off on the journalist while sharing his reaction.

"What the f**k??" Hilton wrote.

While talking to the cast of After the Hunt, Polidoro specifically asked the question to Garfield and Roberts, addressing them by their names.

"In your opinion, what we lost during the politically correct era, and when what we have to expect in Hollywood after the Me Too Movement and the Black Lives Matter are done. The two of you, Andrew and Julia," Polidoro asked.

While addressing the same in his blog, Hilton called the exclusion of Ayo Edebiri "horrifying." The other part of the question, where the journalist said that the Me Too and Black Lives Matter movements were "done," also left Hilton in disbelief. The blogger claimed that Polidoro seemed to be "framing" the two movements as a "bad thing."

Hilton highlighted how, following the question, Andrew Garfield turned to face his costars and "uncomfortably laughed." He added that Julia Roberts seemed to be surprised by the question and was "at a loss for words."

"She was flummoxed. They all were! So junket vet Julia leaned forward and asked the journalist to repeat herself — because how could she have said something THAT racist and anti-feminist, right?" Hilton wrote, referring to Roberts' reaction.

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Perez Hilton covered Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts, and Ayo Edebiri's response

Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts, and Ayo Edebiri at the ArtsLife Tv interview with journalist Federica Polidoro (Image via YouTube/ArtsLife Tv)

In his blog, Perez Hilton pointed out that Julia Roberts even asked Federica Polidoro to repeat the question, giving her "a chance to make sure she wasn't just addressing the two white actors about the Black Lives Matter question." However, Polidoro reiterated that she was addressing Roberts and Andrew Garfield only.

To that, Roberts added that the movements were "not done." Ayo Edebiri also addressed the question.

"I know that that's not for me, and I don't know if it's purposeful that it's not for me, but I just am curious. I don't think it's done. I don't think it's done at all," the Opus star added.

Ayo Edebiri continued on to say that hashtags related to these movements might not be used "as much" lately, but she believed that people were working for the cause. She emphasized that the work was far from finished.

Andrew Garfield also chimed in and shared his opinion.

"The movements are still absolutely alive... just maybe not as labeled and covered or witnessed or kind of magnified as much," he added.

Perez Hilton also included the response of the Black Lives Matter page that came after the viral interview in his blog.

"Asking 2 white actors about BLM and #MeToo (both founded by Black women) while deliberately excluding the Black woman sitting right beside them is the definition of petty racism. Shoutout to Ayo Edebiri for shutting it down with power and grace. And for the record, BLM is alive, well, and not going anywhere," Hilton wrote, quoting the statement put out.

Federica Polidoro responded to the criticism around her interview following the backlash. In her September 7 Instagram post, the journalist wrote that people had "unjustly" accused her of racism.

"To those who unjustly accuse me of racism, I would like to clarify that in my work I have interviewed people of every background and ethnicity, and my own family is multi-ethnic, matriarchal, and feminist, with a significant history of immigration," Polidoro's post read.

A screenshot of Federica Polidoro's Instagram post (Image via Instagram/@federica__polidoro)

She added that in her view, "real racists" were the people who saw "racism everywhere." The journalist continued that she would not "tolerate or accept defamatory or violent language" and reserved the right to seek legal protection.

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Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts, and Ayo Edebiri are currently on the press tour of After the Hunt, which is set to release on October 17.