If I didn't know any better, I would say he pissed someone off and they showed up with receipts...lol.
Flash's Hartley Sawyer Fired for Racist, Homophobic and Misogynistic Tweets That Left Showrunner 'Mad as Hell'
By Matt Webb Mitovich / June 8 2020, 11:10 AM PDT
Courtesy of The CW
Hartley Sawyer will not be returning to The Flash as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man, due to numerous racist, homophobic and misogynistic tweets he made prior to joining the CW series.
“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,” reads a statement from The CW, producers Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions, and Flash showrunner Eric Wallace, cited by THR. “Such remarks are antithetical to our values and policies, which strive and evolve to promote a safe, inclusive and productive environment for our workforce.”
Wallace separately made an additional statement via Twitter, saying that Sawyer’s comments “broke my heart and made me mad as hell,” indicative as they are of “the larger problem in our country. Because at present, our country still accepts and protects the continual harassment — unconscious or otherwise — terrorizing and brutalizing of Black and Brown people, which is far too often fatal. That’s why our country is standing up once again and shouting, ‘ENOUGH!’ and taking to the streets to bring about active change.”
https://twitter.com/ewrote/status/1270054340607143937
Though he deactivated his Twitter account some time ago, Hartley’s litany of offensive missives included but were by no means limited to: “all women should be in sex farms” (from May 2011), “If I had a wife I would beat the hell out of her tonight lol” (February 2012), “The only thing stopping me from doing mildly racist tweets is the knowledge that Al Sharpton would never stop complaining about me” (June 2012), “Out at dinner and just exposed myself as a racist, AGAIN” (November 2014), “Jingle bells, batman smells, women shouldn’t vote” (November 2014), and homophobic slurs.
Sawyer, who joined The Flash early in Season 4, offered up an apology via Instagram, saying:
Flash's Hartley Sawyer Fired for Racist, Homophobic and Misogynistic Tweets That Left Showrunner 'Mad as Hell'
By Matt Webb Mitovich / June 8 2020, 11:10 AM PDT
Courtesy of The CW
Hartley Sawyer will not be returning to The Flash as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man, due to numerous racist, homophobic and misogynistic tweets he made prior to joining the CW series.
“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,” reads a statement from The CW, producers Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions, and Flash showrunner Eric Wallace, cited by THR. “Such remarks are antithetical to our values and policies, which strive and evolve to promote a safe, inclusive and productive environment for our workforce.”
Wallace separately made an additional statement via Twitter, saying that Sawyer’s comments “broke my heart and made me mad as hell,” indicative as they are of “the larger problem in our country. Because at present, our country still accepts and protects the continual harassment — unconscious or otherwise — terrorizing and brutalizing of Black and Brown people, which is far too often fatal. That’s why our country is standing up once again and shouting, ‘ENOUGH!’ and taking to the streets to bring about active change.”
https://twitter.com/ewrote/status/1270054340607143937
Though he deactivated his Twitter account some time ago, Hartley’s litany of offensive missives included but were by no means limited to: “all women should be in sex farms” (from May 2011), “If I had a wife I would beat the hell out of her tonight lol” (February 2012), “The only thing stopping me from doing mildly racist tweets is the knowledge that Al Sharpton would never stop complaining about me” (June 2012), “Out at dinner and just exposed myself as a racist, AGAIN” (November 2014), “Jingle bells, batman smells, women shouldn’t vote” (November 2014), and homophobic slurs.
Sawyer, who joined The Flash early in Season 4, offered up an apology via Instagram, saying:
And:
The Flash is due to return in early 2021, opening Season 7 with at least some of the episodes that were left unfilmed when the pandemic shut down production in mid-March. EP Wallace told TVLine he was already prepared to tinker with those episodes over the long hiatus, in part to rewrite crowd scenes that would be problematic to film post-pandemic.
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