Emma Roberts Accused of Transphobia by 'American Horror Story' Co-Star
American Horror Story co-star, Angelica Ross.On Tuesday, the day before the anthology series' new Delicate season debuted, footage shared on social media showed Ross, who is transgender, speaking out in an undated Instagram Live about her experiences with Roberts on the show's set.Ross co-starred with franchise regular Roberts in the 2019 season, called American Horror Story: 1984.
Ross, who is not credited as a cast member in the latest season of the FX show, said in the clip that her relationship with Roberts soured when an otherwise playful moment led to an alleged transphobic remark.Newsweek reached out to representatives of Roberts and FX via email for comment."I'm standing in front of Emma, talking to her like this, and she's in front of me, her back against the mirror," the Pose star said in the clip as she recounted her time on the AHS set. "She goes, 'John, Angelica's being mean.'"The "John" in question was not specified, though two episodes of the season they both starred in were directed by John J.
Gray."I know she's not being for real," Ross said. "She's just being whatever. And John is like, 'OK, ladies, that's enough.
Let's get back to work.' And she then looks at me and she goes, 'Don't you mean lady?' And she turns around like this and covers her mouth [with her shirt]."Once Roberts turned away, she apparently couldn't "see I'm looking at her dead a** in the camera, like, 'What the f*** did you just say?' Ross said. "And I'm standing there looking her dead a** in the damn thing, and I'm like, trying to process [what] the f*** she just said.""I'm standing there, she walked away.
