Snow White star Rachel Zegler wears her heart on her chest as she steps out in New York sporting a VERY emotional slogan on her sweater – amid furious backlash over her Disney criticisms

Rachel Zegler seemingly broke her silence over the weekend when she stepped out in New York City wearing a telling sweater.

The 22-year-old was at the center of a furious backlash from Disney fans after some comments she made about the original film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Rachel, who landed the role of the Disney princess in an upcoming live action remake, admitted she “hated” the 1937 classic and its “stalker” Prince, as well as the “weird” storyline, in a series of interviews that provoked anger. generated on social media.

The brunette seemed to be sending a very clear message on Sunday as she ran errands in Downtown Manhattan in a gray sweater emblazoned with the words “no tears left to cry.”

Rachel paired the garment with black cycling shorts, matching sunglasses and white sneakers, and wore her hair tied back as she soaked up the sun in the city.

The West Side Story star wore a pair of hoop earrings and a black handbag and carried some brown envelopes as she strolled down the sidewalk.

Last week, several videos surfaced of Rachel speaking negatively about the original Snow White movie in several interviews, leading to many people slamming her — and some even accusing the brunette of “gaslighting” her fans.

In addition to criticizing the “weird” storyline, Rachel teased that in the new film, Snow White “will not be saved by the prince” and “will not dream of true love.”

In a video posted to TikTok earlier this month that has since been viewed more than 10.5 million times, user Angie, who uses @cosywithangie, criticized Rachel for not acknowledging that women have the right to pursue whatever they want .

Angie captioned the post, “Just because a woman values ​​something different doesn’t make her any less valuable. Some women want a career, not a marriage.

“Some women want marriage or a family and not a job. Some women want BOTH. Everything needs to be heard, seen and appreciated.

“Write stories about ALL women and portray ALL of them as valuable and worthy, rather than molding them into one specific image of what you deem worthy. Thank you. #snowwhite #snowwhiteliveaction #snowwhitecontroversy #disney,” she added.

“Write stories about ALL women and portray ALL of them as valuable and worthy, rather than molding them into one specific image of what you deem worthy. Thank you. #snowwhite #snowwhiteliveaction #snowwhitecontroversy #disney,” she added.

Many other people quickly followed in Angie’s footsteps and uploaded their own TikTok videos questioning Rachel’s comments.

Rachel said again at the September 2022 Disney D23 Expo in California, saying, “The original cartoon came out in 1937, and that’s blatantly obvious. There is a lot of attention for her love story with a man who literally stalks her. Foreign! Foreign! So we didn’t do that this time.

“We have a different approach than what I’m sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because we cast a guy in the movie,” Rachel continued, referring to Andrew Burnap.

“All of Andrew’s scenes can be cut, who knows? It’s Hollywood, baby!’ she joked, before admitting in a separate interview that she was “terrified” when she got to ride Snow White at Disney World.

‘I was afraid of the original version. I think I saw him once and then never picked it up again. I’m so serious,” she said in the interview alongside Gal Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen.

“I watched it once, and then I went on the ride at Disney World, which was called Snow White’s Scary Adventures. “Doesn’t sound like something a small child would enjoy. I was terrified of it, never visited Snow White again,” she added.

TikTok user @nuttybutter96 shared snippets of the interview, questioning why Zegler was “so smug,” captioning her post: “If you hate the original so much, why would you want to make the remake?” Make sure it makes sense…”

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a condescending, smug Disney princess in my life,” they admitted in the clip.

Even brand experts spoke out, revealing that Rachel’s comments “could have a huge impact on ticket sales” when the film releases early next year.

The big-budget Disney film is slated to release in March 2024, and now executives are predicted to “hold crisis talks” to severely mitigate damage following the negative backlash to Rachel’s stance.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, branding expert Carla Speight said, “While it’s clear that the original Disney Princess movies have old values, Disney has fallen into the trap of going to the other extreme to deliver strong and charged messages to the public. imposing on viewers, that is empowerment.

There was a time when Disney actors were media-trained and thought carefully about the impact of their words while sticking to the key messages about the movies, but it seems that with this total rewrite of Snow White, portraying her as a “boss girl” has gone to the heads of their stars.

Disney will have to be careful about how they’ve portrayed Snow White and what they do and don’t allow their actors to say about it in the future. They just can’t repeat the same mistakes and allow their actors to be so outspoken in their own personal opinions during promotions.

“It can have a huge impact on ticket sales, especially with the amount of negative backlash so early in the promotion process,” Carla added.