Hartley Sawyer has been fired from The Flash after a number of his old racist, misogynistic, and otherwise offensive tweets have resurfaced.
The CW has announced that the actor, who played Ralph Dibny on the Arrowverse series, will not return for Season 7. Showrunner Eric Wallace addressed the firing in a statement on Twitter, writing that the tweets "broke my heart and made me mad as hell."Sawyer's firing comes in the midst of global protests against systemic racism and police brutality following the death of George Floyd on May 25 at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Wallace wrote that the tweets are "indicative of the larger problem in our country. Because at present, our country still accepts and protects the continual.
Read more on tvguide.com