The notorious celebrity troll known as ‘Crackhead Barney’ accosted Quentin Tarantino at a swanky New York City restaurant on Saturday.
In a video uploaded to Barney’s Instagram, the brash and controversial social media personality approaches the legendary film director, who appears to be enjoying a quiet meal by himself at Che Li restaurant on St. Marks Place.
‘Quentin Tarantino,’ Barney shouts. ‘Why are you a Zionist piece of s***!’
Tarantino sets down his fork and shakes his head as the incorrigible celeb harasser screams: ‘Going to Israel?’
The video then shows Tarantino trying to leave the restaurant and walk down the stairs while Barney stands in front of him and says: ‘Tarantino say n*****!’
Tarantino, whose films such as Django Unchained and Pulp Fiction feature use of the word, tries to maintain his calm and navigate an unruly crowd.
Throngs of people who appear to be protestors surround the director and chant ‘Toes! Toes! Toes!’ apparently in reference to Tarantino’s penchant for showcasing female feet in his movies.
‘Watch out, guys. Watch out, guys,’ the Jackie Brown director says to the crowd as he makes his way toward his car.
Barney remains near Tarantino and continues her relentless hounding, yelling: ‘Free Palestine! Free Palestine! Free Palestine!’
Eventually, the filmmaker makes it into his vehicle, at which point Barney and some of her peers place their feet on the car’s door and windows, continuing their ‘toes’ chant.
The video ends with a man running down the street after the car and yelling the director’s name.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker is married to Israeli musician Daniella Pick, who is the daughter of famous Israeli pop artist, Svika Pick.
Tarantino now lives primarily in Tel Aviv with Pick and their two children.
The Once upon a Time… in Hollywood director has frequently spoke of his love for the country and Jerusalem’s Hebrew University even conferred an honorary doctorate on him.
A week following Hamas’ brutal attack on October 7, which left around 1,200 Israelis dead, Tarantino paid a visit to a military base in southern Israel, where he met with IDF soldiers and boosted morale.
After Barney called Tarantino a ‘Zionist piece of s****,’ her video flashed a picture of director at the Israeli military base.
Tarantino is not the first celebrity to be targeted by Barney, nor the first to be subjected to her antics.
In April, Barney uploaded a video of herself harassing Alec Baldwin at a NYC coffee shop, demanding that that he say ‘Free Palestine’ until the exasperated actor smacked her phone away.
‘Free Palestine, Alec, just one time and I’ll leave you alone. I’ll leave you alone, I swear, just say free Palestine one time,’ she shouted, calling him a ‘white devil’.
A coffee shop employee tried to ask her to stop quibbling with Baldwin, as the actor walked towards the door and asked her to leave.
‘Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and got no jail time,’ the protester said referencing the fatal Rust set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Baldwin’s criminal trial for the shooting is set to begin on July 10, after a grand jury indicted him for involuntary manslaughter in January.
As Baldwin left the coffee shop, she followed him outside grabbing his arm as they walked through the door at the same time.
Dressed in outrageous garb, the troll has been ambushing people on the street and at public events since 2020.
She has popped up everywhere from Trump rallies to Israel or Palestine protests, abortion marches, and last week tormented Andrew Giuliani outside the Trump trial.
Her persona comes from early skits in 2021 when she accosted random tourists in NYC while wearing a Barney the Dinosaur costume from the children’s TV show.
However, the costume arrived from Amazon with one of its eyes missing, prompting people to call her ‘crackhead Barney’ in her videos, and it stuck.
After Barney’s dust-up with Baldwin, she appeared in an interview with Piers Morgan, during which she claimed that the actor had ‘maimed’ her.
Barney began the interview by telling the former CNN host: ‘I’ve been waiting for you, Piers f***ing Morgan!
The provocateur wore a blonde wig, a neck brace, sunglasses with bright red lipstick and white paint all over her face. Her top was pulled up revealing a practically bare chest, for the piece.
Her arm was in a sling and was using a crutch with her other arm. She went on to reveal to Morgan that she was wearing a diaper just for him.
The troll proceed to claim to the anchor that she was the victim of harassment in her squabble with Baldwin.
‘What did I do to Alec Baldwin? Piers, do you see the damage that Alec did to me? Do you see the damage? Look at my arms! Look at my arms, Piers! Look at my neck! I was maimed by a white man on Monday!’
When Morgan asserted that she was not maimed, Barney responded by calling him ‘another white devil.’
Morgan answered by telling her there was no need to shout. ‘We can have a civil conversation,’ he said.
Barney refused that offer. ‘Pier f***ing Morgan… What’s wrong with saying “Free Palestine?@’ Piers, can you say: “Free, free Palestine” for me?’
Eventually, Morgan did say, ‘I absolutely believe Palestine should be free,’ but then pivoted the conversation back to the Baldwin incident.
‘This is the third white man to beat me this week,’ Barney said, alleging that her ‘white boyfriend’ also got physical with her.
Morgan went on to accuse her of making mockery out of Israel’s war in Gaza prompting Barney to fake cry and utter: ‘I’m always serious… I’m a victim, I’m a victim, Piers.’
‘Look, Piers, you’re trying to spin this into some bulls**t. I know exactly what you’re doing, Piers, and your tactics,’ she went on.
Then, Barney went into full rant-mode, insulting Morgan for being British, for being a proponent of the royal family and accusing him of setting her up on the show.
Finally, Morgan cuts her off telling his audience that the interaction was ‘one of the most pathetic things I’ve had to endure.’