Jenna Ortega has broken her silence and revealed the real reason she exited the “Scream” franchise.

The actor dropped out of “Scream 7” in November, a day after her co-star Melissa Barrera was fired from the horror movie franchise due to comments she made on social media about the Israel-Hamas conflict. At the time, it was widely reported that Ortega’s decision was due to scheduling clashes with the filming of the second season of her popular Netflix show, “Wednesday.” 

However, in a new interview with The Cut, Ortega shared that her exit had “nothing to do with pay or scheduling.”

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