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As Sean Baker’s sex worker dramedy, , rides off into the sunset carrying this year’s Palme d’Or, tongues are still wagging about another workplace drama — the one involving that female security guard. Social media posts showing the same female security official rushing , Dominican actress Massiel Taveras and South Korean actress and pop star Yoona up the steps and inside the Palais at separate events are still going viral online, raising new questions about the protocols at the world’s most famous film festival red carpet. Many online noted that all of the people being rushed through the carpet were women of color, leading some to make claims of discrimination, though there were also videos of the security guard dragging a Ukrainian model who was trying to pose for pictures at the top of the steps into the theater.

After her viral confrontation, during which the singer and actress can be seen in a tense exchange with the security guard, Rowland told The Associated Press, “The woman knows what happened. I know what happened. I have a boundary, and I stand by those boundaries, and that is it.



” She continued: “There were other women who attended that carpet, who did not look quite like me. And they didn’t get scolded or pushed off or told to get off. And I stood my ground, and she felt like she had to stand hers.

But I stood my ground.” has reached out to the festival comment but has yet to hear back. also connected with several well-placed festival insiders,.

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