AMERICAN actor, Hartley Sawyer who cast as Ralph Dibny a.k.a. Elongated Man on The Flash, popular TV series, has been fired from the show.
He was fired over a collection of racist and misogynistic tweets he posted prior to joining the show.
The tweets in question date mainly between 2012 and 2014, including this one that read; “The only thing keeping me from doing mildly racist tweets is the knowledge that Al Sharpton would never stop complaining about me.”
In another tweet from 2012, Sawyer wrote that “as a lad, one of my favorite activities was kidnapping homeless women and cutting off their breasts.”
Confirming Sawyer’s disengagement from the show, The Flash producers, Warner Bros Television and Berlanti Productions, released a press statement.
The statement read; “Hartley Sawyer will not be returning for Season 7 of The Flash. In regards to Mr. Sawyer’s posts on social media, we do not tolerate derogatory remarks that target any race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation. Such remarks are antithetical to our values and polices, which strive and evolve to promote a safe, inclusive and productive environment for our workforce.”
Meanwhile, the actor had issued an apology, saying that he was “incredibly sorry, ashamed and disappointed in myself for my ignorance back then.”
Sawyer joined The Flash in 2017, but do you think he was fairly sacked?
