Spider-Man Star Shameik Moore Breaks Silence on Viral Clips Praising ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Spider-Verse’ Star Hailee Steinfeld After Engagement News

Shameik Moore, the voice of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, appeared upset after his co-star Hailee Steinfeld announced her engagement to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. While social media celebrated the couple, Moore faced backlash for his poorly timed and specific post on X.

After his tweet about Hailee Steinfeld’s engagement went viral and got criticized, Shameik Moore tried to backpedal, saying he hadn’t heard the news: “Had no idea Hailee is engaged! That’s amazing, I’m here reflecting on my 2024 goals that are rolling over into 2025. Gods timing.“

He deleted a tweet where he congratulated her and talked about his goals but kept another tweet up, commenting on what people choose to focus on. Later, he shared a video of his song as a way to shift attention from the backlash.

As the backlash grew, Moore tried to calm things down by saying fans had been twisting his words and messing with his name for years.

The backlash was mostly based on speculation, with fans believing Moore might have feelings for Steinfeld and was upset he never acted on them.

At FAN EXPO San Francisco 2024, Moore addressed his past compliments to Hailee Steinfeld from the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse press tour, which resurfaced after the accusations. He stressed his sincere appreciation for working with her.

A lot of times we don’t get to do it with cast mates, right? Because I might be in New York, Jake [Johnson] might be in Chicago… and we do the voice work from wherever we are.

The second movie Hailee and I worked more. And during interviews, I would speak about how much – I’m reading with Kemp Powers. I’m reading with Chris [Miller] or Phil Lord. So I’m always talking to older men every time either in person or whatever the lines are. [Laughs] And so, I spoke about how fun it was or how much easier it was working with my co-star. And then these video clips got put together.

Moore also spoke about the online backlash, saying, It’s been a tough weekend, my brother. The internet’s been killing me, I’m sorry.

Although clearly tired from the backlash, Moore also talked about the upcoming Spider-Verse movie. He mentioned how much he likes Tom Hardy as Venom and expressed interest in seeing more live-action characters, including Venom, in future Spider-Verse films, possibly in Spider-Verse 3.

Screen Rant: Speaking of different universes, we got to see Donald Glover’s Prowler and Mrs. Chen from Venom in their live-action form in Beyond The Spider-Verse . Is there anybody else you’d like to see appear in the next Spider-Man film in their physical live-action form?

Shameik Moore: Someone else in their physical live action form? I like Tom [Hardy] as Venom.

Screen Rant: Maybe it won’t be his last dance. Maybe we can keep going back for Spider-Verse 3.

Shameik Moore: Totally.

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