Gal Gadot admits her controversial 'Imagine' video was in 'poor taste': 'It wasn't the right thing'

by - August 05, 2024


 Gal Gadot said in a new interview that her controversial "Imagine" video was in "poor taste."

"It wasn't the right timing, and it wasn't the right thing," the "Wonder Woman" star told InStyle.

Gadot also admitted that the video, in which celebrities sang the song together, was "premature."

Gal Gadot said her controversial "Imagine" video was "in poor taste" and "premature" in a new interview with InStyle.

According to Gadot, she'd been watching the pandemic play out in Europe and Israel prior to making the video in March 2020


."I was seeing where everything was headed. But [the video] was premature," Gadot said of her decision to organize a group of stars — including Jimmy Fallon, Natalie Portman, and Will Ferrell — to sing the John Lennon song.

"It wasn't the right timing, and it wasn't the right thing. It was in poor taste," the "Wonder Woman" star told InStyle. "All pure intentions, but sometimes you don't hit the bull's-eye, right?"

Gadot first posted the video just as the pandemic was beginning to take hold in the US.


"Day six in self-quarantine and I got to say that these past few days got me feeling a bit philosophical. This virus has affected the entire world," the actress said in the clip.

She went on to explain that a video of an Italian man playing "Imagine" on the trumpet to his neighbors in lockdown inspired her to make the video. Gadot then began singing the 1971 hit, with stars like Fallon, Maya Rudolph, and Zoe Kravitz each singing a line.


But Gadot's video later sparked backlash from critics, who believed wealthy celebrities should be doing more than singing to help victims of the coronavirus pandemic.


On social media, some people called for the celebrities involved in Gadot's video to instead "open your wallets" or "donate to resources that can actually help people out."




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