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Actress Seyi Omooba | Christian Legal Centre A Christian actress in the U.K. has lost her religious discrimination case in which she alleged that she was wrongfully terminated from a musical production because of faith-informed opinions on homosexuality she had expressed on social media as a teenager.  Seyi Omooba was cast to portray Celie in a 2019 theatre production of "The Color Purple," a leading role that is seen by some as a lesbian character. She was fired from the production after "Hamilton" actor Aaron Lee Lambert publicly released screenshots of a 2014 Facebook post in which she wr...

Seyi Omooba, who was fired from the 2019 West End revival of “The Color Purple” over past homophobic comments, sued the theater and her former agents for around $175,000 on the grounds of religious discrimination and a breach of contract.

Oluwaseyi Omooba made herself 'commercially toxic' after being sacked from The Color Purple for saying being gay isn't 'right'.

Actress Seyi Omooba | Christian Legal Centre A Christian actress in the U.K. who was fired from a theater production over an allegedly homophobic Facebook post had her discrimination case heard before the Central London Employment Tribunal on Monday.  Seyi Omooba filed a lawsuit with the employment tribunal seeking $174,618 (£128,000) against Curve Theatre in Leicester and her former agents for religious discrimination and breach of contract after she was fired from the leading role of Celie in a 2019 stage production of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," according to multiplereports. The ...

Seyi Omooba, who was fired from the 2019 West End revival of The Color Purple when past homophobic remarks resurfaced, had a rule against playing gay roles and didn't understand that the main character was in a same-sex relationship, a U.K. court heard this week. Omooba was initially cast to play the lead role of Celie, who falls in love with another woman, Shug Avery, in the musical play. When anti-LGBTQ+ social media posts and comments she made in 2014 became public, she was fired from the role. “I do not believe homosexuality is right, though the law of this land has made it legal,” s...