MarSolo Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Elongated Man is no more. Quote EW has confirmed that the actor who played Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man on The CW superhero drama was fired after old tweets containing racist, misogynist, and homophobic content resurfaced in the past few weeks. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break the news. Quote The tweets in question were published before Sawyer joined The Flash in 2017 and are dated from 2012-2014. At the time of publishing, his Twitter account has been deleted; however, there are still screenshots of the tweets floating around the internet. Among them were references to sexual assault ("As a lad, one of my favorite activities was kidnapping homeless women and cutting off their breasts"), racist comments ("The only thing stopping me from doing mildly racist things is the knowledge that Al Sharpton would never stop complaining about me"), and sexist remarks ("Things only women should be in: twilight screenings, gynecologists offices, and Porsches). Yikes. He was the only entertaining part of the show at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 thanks obama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Ralph has already been shown to use his abilities to shapeshift though...so I guess at least they can just recast Ralph instead of having to completely ditch everything Ralph-related? It's even kind of built in already with the "Sue is being framed" cliffhanger we got left on as to why Ralph would permanently present a different appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, MarSolo said: As a lad, one of my favorite activities was kidnapping homeless women and cutting off their breasts Jesus Christ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 38 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Jesus Christ WHOA! I was quoting him! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I'm betting those Tweets were his lame attempts at edgy-humor, which was the style of the time. We should really start an official thread of self destruction by Tweet. I don't know if those Tweets represent a firing offense considering they were before his time on the show, but what do I know? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: I'm betting those Tweets were his lame attempts at edgy-humor, which was the style of the time. We should really start an official thread of self destruction by Tweet. I don't know if those Tweets represent a firing offense considering they were before his time on the show, but what do I know? I’m in the same boat here. The same thing happened with James Gunn before Disney reversed course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I can definitely understand the Show not wanting to deal with the potential headache though so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 4 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: I can definitely understand the Show not wanting to deal with the potential headache though so... Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin/Killer Frost) retweeted these two tweets, and Eric Wallace is the showrunner: Kind of makes you wonder if there's something else going on here that we don't know about yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 And I can't get the Instagram embed since I don't have an account to log into but Grant Gustin shared the same message from Wallace: https://www.instagram.com/grantgust/ So maybe he was also being shitty (not necessarily bigoted) to his castmates and this was an excuse to cut him loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jason said: Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin/Killer Frost) retweeted these two tweets, and Eric Wallace is the showrunner: Kind of makes you wonder if there's something else going on here that we don't know about yet. Like maybe he was a problem on set? I can see that... if he was douchy enough to make those jokes I can only imagine what he must've been like in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 10 hours ago, MarSolo said: Elongated Man is no more. Yikes. He was the only entertaining part of the show at this point. First one sounds like it could use more context. Last two are pretty tame. We're canceling people for observing that chicks like Twilight now? I am kind of conflicted for the wrong reason here. I am glad the guy is gone. I think he was the worst part of the show and they've been struggling to find anything to do with him since the end of season 4. His arc in s6 was so disconnected it felt like it was barely even part of the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Chairslinger said: First one sounds like it could use more context. Last two are pretty tame. We're canceling people for observing that chicks like Twilight now? I am kind of conflicted for the wrong reason here. I am glad the guy is gone. I think he was the worst part of the show and they've been struggling to find anything to do with him since the end of season 4. His arc in s6 was so disconnected it felt like it was barely even part of the show. Tweets in other articles imply that he'd date rape himself so he wouldn't have to masturbate, and another implied he was peeping during auditions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Kal-El814 said: Tweets in other articles imply that he'd date rape himself so he wouldn't have to masturbate, and another implied he was peeping during auditions. So he wasn't just trying to be edgy... he was a full blown creep, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I'm not sure if he has any connections to the Flash but i want to see Static Shock added to the CW/DC universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: So he wasn't just trying to be edgy... he was a full blown creep, huh? Quote In 2014, he wrote, "Enjoyed a secret boob viewing at an audition today." Several tweets refer to assaulting women, and one reads, "Date rape myself so I don't have to masturbate." Link. Seems like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: I'm not sure if he has any connections to the Flash but i want to see Static Shock added to the CW/DC universe. I could see them adding him via Black Lightning possibly... not sure what's going on with The Milestone characters at this point to be honest. 2 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Link. Seems like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 20 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Like maybe he was a problem on set? I can see that... if he was douchy enough to make those jokes I can only imagine what he must've been like in person. People on reddit are pointing out that it's kind of ironic that Sawyer immediately got fired with no chance for redemption, considering Ralph's character arc on the show, where Barry originally didn't want to give Ralph a chance to redeem himself for having been a bad cop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Just now, Jason said: People on reddit are pointing out that it's kind of ironic that Sawyer immediately got fired with no chance for redemption, considering Ralph's character arc on the show, where Barry originally didn't want to give Ralph a chance to redeem himself for having been a bad cop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 When being a mega edgelord goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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