Angelica Ross has revealed more about her experience working with Emma Roberts on American Horror Story: 1984, after claiming earlier this week that Roberts made a transphobic comment on set.
In a new interview with The Hollywood ReporterRoss, 42, called Roberts, 32, the “boss” on the set of the FX series.
“She had her trailer outside the sound studio, not where all the other trailers were,” Ross said.
It added that Julia Roberts’ niece “made sure everything went through her.” She literally told them the order we were filming scenes in.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Emma’s reps for comment on Angelica’s claims.
Mouthful: Angelica Ross has revealed more about her experience working with Emma Roberts on American Horror Story: 1984, after claiming earlier this week that Roberts made a transphobic comment on set
Spilling the details: In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ross, 42, referred to Roberts, 32, as the “boss” on the set of the FX series
Ross, a transgender woman, told the entertainment company about Emma, ”She wouldn’t have allowed the makeup team to make her that old.”
‘We were supposed to be a few years older. So I knew from the make-up department what was going on.’
The story continued, “So she comes to the set and I’m like, ‘Oh, you look rested.’ And she says, “John (J. Gray, the director), Angelica is mean!” And he says, “Okay, ladies…” And she says, “Don’t you mean… lady?”
Ross recalled, “She says, ‘I was really just talking about myself.’ I said, ‘Don’t do that. Do not do it.”
It comes after Angelica discussed the exchange on Instagram Live earlier this week, and later took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to say Roberts had reached out to apologize.
She apologized and said, ‘I hate that you left our experience together feeling like that. In retrospect I see what I did and how stupid it was. I am an ally,” Ross told THR.
Ross added, “I was like, ‘No, you’re not.’ You cannot call yourself an ally. It’s an action. You have to be real with me in this conversation. I’m being real with you. be messy.”
Ross added that Emma told her she hoped they could move forward and “work this out.”
Co-stars: The two artists worked together on Ryan Murphy’s hit FX series
Her role: Ross depicted as Donna Chambers in American Horror Story
Ross continued, “And I said, ‘Oh, so you see me? You see me talking about anti-blackness? Are you using your platform to amplify the work that I do? No, you haven’t. So what kind of ally are you?” She said, ‘Well, OK. There’s more to say. I’d like to support the causes that you support.'”
In the THR interview, Angelica also said, “The truth is, I know Emma has big balls. I saw them on set, so I’m not surprised she called me. This girl is never a damsel in distress.”
The Kenosha, Wisconsin native did not initially reveal Emma’s identity when she spoke on Instagram Live, stating that she feared retaliation. But on Wednesday, Ross went to
“I’m leaving the line open to follow through on your desire to do better and support social justice causes with your platform.”