Ο Hartley Sawyer απολύθηκε από το ‘The Flash’!

Ο ηθοποιός που υποδύεται τον Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man, απολύθηκε από τη σειρά, λόγω ρατσιστικών, ομοφοβικών και σεξιστικών tweets που είχε κάνει στο παρελθόν μεταξύ του 2012 και του 2014.

 “All women should be in sex farms” (Μάιος 2011)

“If I had a wife I would beat the hell out of her tonight lol” (Φεβρουάριος 2012),

“The only thing stopping me from doing mildly racist tweets is the knowledge that Al Sharpton would never stop complaining about me” (Ιούνιος 2012)

“Out at dinner and just exposed myself as a racist, AGAIN” (Νοέμβριος 2014),

“Jingle bells, batman smells, women shouldn’t vote” (Νοέμβριος 2014)

Ο showrunner της σειράς, Eric Wallace, κοινοποίησε την επίσημη ανακοίνωσή του πάνω στο θέμα, δηλώνοντας “πάρα πολύ θυμωμένος”:

My statement regarding Hartley Sawyer and THE FLASH. pic.twitter.com/hni0MxOWZU

— Eric Wallace (@ewrote) June 8, 2020

Με την σειρά του, ο Hartley απολογήθηκε στο Instagram λέγοντας ότι έχει αλλάξει και αυτά τα tweets δεν αντιπροσωπεύουν σε καμία περίπτωση αυτό που είναι σήμερα.

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My words, irrelevant of being meant with an intent of humor, were hurtful, and unacceptable. I am ashamed I was capable of these really horrible attempts to get attention at that time. I regret them deeply. This was not acceptable behavior. These were words I threw out at the time with no thought or recognition of the harm my words could do, and now have done today. I am incredibly sorry, ashamed and disappointed in myself for my ignorance back then. I want to be very clear: this is not reflective of what I think or who I am now. Years ago, thanks to friends and experiences who helped me to open my eyes, I began my journey into becoming a more responsible adult – in terms of what I say, what I do, and beyond. I've largely kept that journey private, and this is another way that I have let so many down. I still have more work to do. But how I define myself now does not take away the impact of my words, or my responsibility for them. I am very sorry.

A post shared by Hartley Sawyer (@hartleysawyer) on May 30, 2020 at 11:59am PDT

Έπειτα από όλα αυτά, ο Hartley θα ολοκληρώσει το πέρασμά του από την σειρά, με το τέλος της 6ης σεζόν και δε θα επιστρέψει.