Washington, Aug. 22 -- Paramount has criticised actor Mark Ruffalo over his latest opposition to the proposed merger involving Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing him of invoking antisemitic tropes in what the company described as a business dispute.

A spokesperson for the David Ellison-run enterprise said the company was "troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute," as quoted by Variety.

"Words like 'genocide' and 'apartheid,' applied to a corporate transaction, aren't just wrong- they're a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe," the spokesperson said, adding, "This doesn't deserve a response in kind- and to be clear, we don't t...