<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joss Whedon is speaking out, and according to him, the allegations against him are partly due to a language barrier. The “Justice League” director came to his own defense as part of a New York Magazine </span><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html#_ga=2.167349374.1503855504.1642441132-832842528.1642441132"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and firmly placed the blame on others.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whedon, who also created the cult classic series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” said in the interview that people used “every weaponizable word of the modern era to make it seem like I was an abusive monster.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think I’m one of the nicer showrunners that’s ever been,” he claimed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 57-year-old director specifically addressed allegations made by “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot, who is of Israeli descent. Gadot said in May that Whedon “kind of threatened my career and said if I did something, he would make my career miserable.” This abuse of power allegedly took place during the lengthy reshoot phase of the DC movie.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was shocked by the way that he spoke to me,” Gadot told </span><a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a37927840/gal-gadot-women-in-hollywood-2021/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elle</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> magazine. “You’re dizzy because you can’t believe this was just said to you. And if he says it to me, then obviously he says it to many other people.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whedon denied these claims at the time they were made. And now, he’s offering more of an explanation of what happened. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I don’t threaten people. Who does that?” Whedon said of Gadot’s version of events. He went on to describe how the actress must have misunderstood him due to a communication barrier. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“English is not her first language, and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech,” the “Justice League” director said. According to Whedon, the whole thing started when he said that if Gadot wanted a certain scene to get cut, she would have to “tie him to a railroad track and do it over his dead body.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Then I was told that I had said something about her dead body and tying her to the railroad track,” he explained.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But Gadot doubled down on the claims. “I understood perfectly,” she told the magazine in response to his explanation, Mediaite </span><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/joss-whedon-denies-misconduct-claims-says-gal-gadot-misunderstood-him-english-is-not-her-first-language/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And that’s not the first time Whedon has been accused of aggressive behavior on set. Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, also claimed Whedon “abused his power&#8221; on set. She said he was both “hostile and toxic.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He was mean and biting, disparaging about others openly, and often played favorites,” Carpenter said, </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-traumatizing-her-during-buffy-and-angel-4131004/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according to</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Hollywood Reporter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And both she and Gadot had the support of co-stars, who verified those claims publicly. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One witness from Justice League came to Gadot’s defense, saying Whedon’s bad treatment of the “Justice League” lead was an open secret.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Joss was bragging that he’s had it out with Gal,” the witness said. “He told her he’s the writer and she’s going to shut up and say the lines and he can make her look incredibly stupid in this movie.”</span></p>


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<p>Speaking in an <a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html">interview</a> with New York Magazine, Hollywood director Joss Whedon, the creator of the hit television show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” admitted to having numerous affairs with actresses on the show, saying he felt terrible about them in retrospect because “it messes up the power dynamic,” and he had felt he “had” to sleep with the women because he was “powerless to resist.”</p>
<p>Whedon also insisted that he had feared not having sex with the various women because if he didn’t, he would “always regret it.”</p>
<p>In 2017, Whedon’s ex-wife, Kai Cole, wrote at <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/">The Wrap</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Fifteen years later, when he was done with our marriage and finally ready to tell the truth, he wrote me, “When I was running ‘Buffy,’ I was surrounded by beautiful, needy, aggressive young women. It felt like I had a disease, like something from a Greek myth.” </em></p>
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<p><em>Despite understanding, on some level, that what he was doing was wrong, he never conceded the hypocrisy of being out in the world preaching feminist ideals, while at the same time, taking away my right to make choices for my life and my body based on the truth. He deceived me for 15 years, so he could have everything he wanted. I believed, everyone believed, that he was one of the good guys, committed to fighting for women’s rights, committed to our marriage, and to the women he worked with. But I now see how he used his relationship with me as a shield, both during and after our marriage, so no one would question his relationships with other women or scrutinize his writing as anything other than feminist.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>New York Magazine quoted a “high-level member of the <em>Buffy</em> production team” recalling an incident in which she was working in her office when Whedon and one of the actresses came in and rolled around the floor behind her while they were making out. “They would bang into my chair. &#8230; How can you concentrate? It was gross,” she said, adding that incidents like that happened more than once, prompting her to quit. She concluded, “These actions proved he had no respect for me and my work.”</p>
<p>Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who was a teenager when she appeared on the show, noted that a rule was implemented to keep Whedon from being alone in a room with her. “During the seventh season, when Trachtenberg was 16, Whedon called her into his office for a closed-door meeting. The person does not know what happened, but recalled Trachtenberg was ‘shaken; afterward,” New York Magazine reported.</p>
<p>Whedon surmised in the interview that the possible reason for his troubles communicating in his work derived from him being “too nice.” He claimed people had been using “every weaponizable word of the modern era to make it seem like I was an abusive monster,” adding, “I think I’m one of the nicer showrunners that’s ever been.”</p>


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<p>Actress Gal Gadot says she clashed with director Joss Whedon while filming reshoots for the “Justice League,” alleging her career was “threatened” when she questioned some of the lines for her character.</p>
<p>Yahoo! Entertainment <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gal-gadot-joss-whedon-justice-league-threatened-career-182149086.html">reported</a> that Gadot made the allegations in an interview with Israeli media outlet N12, saying, “I had my issues with Joss, and I handled it.”</p>
<p>&#8220;He threatened my career and said that if I do something, he will make sure my career is miserable and I took care of it on the spot,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Gadot did not elaborate on what led to the incident, but The Hollywood Reporter <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ray-fisher-opens-up-about-justice-league-joss-whedon-and-warners-i-dont-believe-some-of-these-people-are-fit-for-leadership-4161658/">quoted</a> a witness who told the outlet: “Joss was bragging that he’s had it out with Gal. He told her he’s the writer and she’s going to shut up and say the lines and he can make her look incredibly stupid in this movie.”</p>
<p>This source also told THR that Gadot had “issues about her character being more aggressive than her character in <em>Wonder Woman</em>. She wanted to make the character flow from one movie to the next.” But the biggest issue Gadot had with Whedon was when he tried to get her to record lines she didn’t feel were right. That’s when Whedon allegedly threatened Gadot’s career and even disparaged the director of “Wonder Woman,” Patty Jenkins.</p>
<p>At the time, THR reported that Gadot and Jenkins took the issue to Warner Bros., which led to a meeting with then-chairman Kevin Tsujihara. Gadot told THR at the time: “I had my issues with [Whedon] and Warner Bros. handled it in a timely manner.”</p>
<p>Gadot is far from the only person to have issues with Whedon. Actor Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in “Justice League,” alleged last summer in a <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329">tweet</a> that Whedon’s “on-set treatment of the cast and crew of <em>Justice League</em> was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.” While supporting Fisher, Gadot at the time alluded to her own problems with Whedon, telling The Los Angeles Times that her experience with him “wasn’t the best.”</p>
<p>Fisher’s tweet resulted in an investigation against Whedon’s behavior, as well as whether producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg enabled the director’s behavior. As THR reported, the “investigation concluded in December, with Warner Bros. releasing little detail beyond saying that ‘remedial action has been taken.’&#8221;</p>
<p>Whedon has also faced allegations from Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia Chase on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” who accused Whedon of having “a history of being casually cruel” to those he worked with. She also alleged Whedon created “hostile and toxic work environments.”</p>
<p>&#8220;Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.&#8221;</p>
<p>As The Cut <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2021/04/joss-whedons-controversies-and-alleged-bad-behavior-a-guide.html">documented</a>, after Fisher and Carpenter’s allegations, more actors came forward with their own accusations against Whedon, including his ex-wife, who alleged the director only pretends to be a woke feminist to hide his infidelities.</p>


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<p>Following actress Charisma Carpenter publicly alleging that director Joss Whedon regularly engaged in abusive behavior on the set of &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&#8221; a number of former Whedon associates have come forward to bolster Carpenter’s claims.</p>
<p>In a lengthy post on social media last week, Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on “Buffy” and the spinoff show “Angel,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/angel-buffy-actress-charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-misconduct">claimed that Whedon</a> was “mean and biting” after she became pregnant, calling her fat and putting her through intentionally difficult work hours.</p>
<p>“He called me in for a sit-down meeting to interrogate and berate me regarding a rosary tattoo I got to help me feel more spiritually grounded in an increasingly volatile work environment that affected me physically,” she said.</p>
<p>“Joss intentionally refused multiple calls from my agents making it impossible to connect with him to tell him the news that I was pregnant,” she continued. “Finally, once Joss was apprised of the situation, he requested a meeting with me. In that closed-door meeting, he asked if I was ‘going to keep it’ and manipulatively weaponized my faith and womanhood against me. He proceeded to attack my character, mock my religious beliefs, accuse me of sabotaging the show, and then unceremoniously fired me the following season after I gave birth.”</p>
<p>Shortly after Charisma Carpenter&#8217;s accusations went viral, actresses Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Eliza Dushku all backed her claims. Days later, former &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221; showrunner Marti Noxon publicly spoke in support of Whedon&#8217;s accusers.</p>
<p>“I would like to validate what the women of <em>Buffy</em> are saying and support them in telling their story. They deserve to be heard,” Noxon <a href="https://twitter.com/martinoxon/status/1360354381812563975" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">wrote</a> on Twitter. “I understand where Charisma, Amber, Michelle and all the women who have spoken out are coming from.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would like to validate what the women of Buffy are saying <br />and support them in telling their story. They deserve to be heard. </p>
<p>I understand where <a href="https://twitter.com/AllCharisma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllCharisma</a>, Amber, Michelle and all <br />the women who have spoken out are coming from.</p>
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<p>Beyond the &#8220;Buffy&#8221; crew, writer Jose Molina, who worked on the fan favorite series &#8220;Firefly,&#8221; revealed that Whedon would often brag about making female writers cry, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/02/more-speak-out-against-buffy-producer-joss-whedon-1234693460/">describing the director</a> as &#8220;casually cruel.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;Casually cruel&#8217; is a perfect way of describing Joss. He thought being mean was funny. Making female writers cry during a notes session was especially hysterical. He actually liked to boast about the time he made one writer cry twice in one meeting,&#8221; wrote Molina on Twitter.</p>
<p>Molina was responding to a tweet from former &#8220;Buffy&#8221; star Amber Benson, who publicly said that the show fostered a &#8220;toxic environment.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;Buffy was a toxic environment and it starts at the top. [Charisma] </span>is speaking truth and I support her 100%. There was a lot of damage done during that time and many of us are still processing it twenty plus years later,&#8221; she tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Casually cruel&quot; is a perfect way of describing Joss. He thought being mean was funny. Making female writers cry during a notes session was especially hysterical. He actually liked to boast about the time he made one writer cry twice in one meeting. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithCharismaCarpenter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IStandWithCharismaCarpenter</a> <a href="https://t.co/SgPF1rgRby">https://t.co/SgPF1rgRby</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jose Molina (@JoseMolinaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoseMolinaTV/status/1360386433769295873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>As of this writing, no high-level industry professionals have come out in defense of Joss Whedon, who has yet to publicly address the allegations made against him.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffy-actress-michelle-trachtenberg-there-was-a-rule-joss-whedon-couldnt-be-alone-with-me">‘Buffy’ Actress Michelle Trachtenberg: ‘There Was A Rule’ Joss Whedon Couldn’t Be Alone With Me</a></strong></p>


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<p>Though actress Michelle Trachtenberg has not directly accused director Joss Whedon of misconduct, she has strongly implied that misconduct took place on the set of &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221; in support of actress Charisma Carpenter, who accused the director of misconduct.</p>
<p>In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Trachtenberg, who played Dawn Summers on the hit show, shared a post from actress Sarah Michelle Gellar expressing support for Charisma Carpenter.</p>
<p>&#8220;While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don&#8217;t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon,&#8221; Gellar wrote on Instagram. &#8220;I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic currently, so I will not be making any further statements at this time.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But I stand with all survivors of abuse,&#8221; she added, &#8220;And am proud of them for speaking out.&#8221;</p>
<p>Michelle Trachtenberg backed the abuse allegations, saying that a rule was enacted for her to never be alone with Joss Whedon again after an unnamed incident.</p>
<p>&#8220;Thank you [Sarah Michelle Gellar] for saying this. I am brave enough now as a 35 year old woman&#8230;.To repost this. Because. This must. Be known. As a teenager. With his not appropriate behavior&#8230;.very. Not. Appropriate. So now. People know. What Joss. Did. The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He&#8217;s not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again,&#8221; the actress said.</p>
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<p>Actress Eliza Dushku, herself a survivor of sexual abuse and who played Faith on the hit show, also came out in support of Charisma Carpenter.</p>
<p>&#8220;CC, my heart aches for you &amp; I&#8217;m so sorry you have held this for so long,&#8221; Dushku wrote on Instagram. &#8220;Your post was powerful, painful, and painted a picture we&#8217;ll collectively never un-see or un-know. Thank you. I hadn&#8217;t known it and I won&#8217;t forget it.&#8221;</p>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">&#8220;May you and countless others feel the solidarity and connection you have likely missed for too long. From courage, come change and hope. It starts and will end because of courageous truth-tellers like you. I admire, respect, and love you,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>In a lengthy post on social media earlier this week, Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on &#8220;Buffy&#8221; and the spinoff show &#8220;Angel,&#8221; said that she decided to come forward with her story after actor Ray Fisher publicly accused Joss Whedon of misconduct during reshoots of “Justice League.”</p>
<p>“For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day,” she began.</p>
<p>“Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel,&#8217;” she wrote. “The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/angel-buffy-actress-charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-misconduct">‘Angel,’ ‘Buffy’ Actress Charisma Carpenter Accuses Joss Whedon Of Misconduct</a></strong></p>


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<p>Actress Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221; and its spin-off &#8220;Angel,&#8221; has accused the show&#8217;s creator, Joss Whedon, of &#8220;hostile and toxic&#8221; behavior on set.</p>
<p>In a lengthy post on social media, Carpenter said that she decided to come forward with her story after actor Ray Fisher publicly accused Joss Whedon of misconduct during reshoots of &#8220;Justice League.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day,&#8221; she began.</p>
<p>&#8220;Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of &#8216;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8217; and &#8216;Angel,'&#8221; she wrote. <i>“</i>The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.&#8221;</p>
<p>As Charisma went on, she claimed that Whedon was &#8220;mean and biting&#8221; after she became pregnant, calling her fat and putting her through intentionally difficult work hours.</p>
<p>&#8220;He called me in for a sit-down meeting to interrogate and berate me regarding a rosary tattoo I got to help me feel more spiritually grounded in an increasingly volatile work environment that affected me physically,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Joss intentionally refused multiple calls from my agents making it impossible to connect with him to tell him the news that I was pregnant,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Finally, once Joss was apprised of the situation, he requested a meeting with me. In that closed-door meeting, he asked if I was ‘going to keep it’ and manipulatively weaponized my faith and womanhood against me. He proceeded to attack my character, mock my religious beliefs, accuse me of sabotaging the show, and then unceremoniously fired me the following season after I gave birth.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In July of last year, actor Ray Fisher publicly accused Whedon of “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” behavior while on set.</p>
<p>“Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Accountability&gt;Entertainment,” Fisher <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329?s=20">tweeted</a> in early July.</p>
<p>“During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career. This behavior cannot continue,” he then <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1293652833615708172?s=20">tweeted</a> in August.</p>
<p>In October, Fisher elaborated on his allegations when he told <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/sherazfarooqi/2020/10/29/interview-ray-fisher-talks-toxic-justice-league-set-warnermedia-investigation-and-erasing-characters-of-color/amp/?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forbes</a> that Warner Bros. film boss Toby Emmerich and other executives participated in “racist conversations” during the reshoots and editing.</p>
<p>“What set my soul on fire and forced me to speak out about Joss Whedon this summer was my becoming informed that Joss had ordered that the complexion of an actor of color be changed in postproduction because he didn’t like the color of their skin tone,” Fisher said. “Prior to Justice League’s reshoot process, blatantly racist conversations were had and entertained — on multiple occasions — by former and current top-level executives at Warner Bros. Pictures,” he further alleged. “Decision-makers that participated in those racist conversations were Geoff Johns, Jon Berg, and current Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich.”</p>
<p>In late August, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into Fisher’s claims against Whedon, Johns, and Berg. The investigation continued until December of last year when WarnerMedia announced that &#8220;remedial action&#8221; was taken against Whedon.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-concludes-misconduct-investigation-joss-whedon-and-others">Warner Bros. Concludes Misconduct Investigation Of Joss Whedon And Other Producers, Says ‘Remedial Action’ Taken</a></strong></p>


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<p>Warner Bros. has finally concluded its investigation into the alleged misconduct that took place during the &#8220;Justice League&#8221; reshoots five months after actor Ray Fisher accused director Joss Whedon and producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg of abusive behavior.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/justice-league-investigation-concludes-with-remedial-action-following-ray-fisher-claims">The Hollywood Reporter</a> (THR), WarnerMedia announced on Friday night that &#8220;remedial action&#8221; was taken at the investigation&#8217;s conclusion while providing no further details.</p>
<p>&#8220;WarnerMedia’s investigation into the <em>Justice League</em> movie has concluded and remedial action has been taken,” said the statement.</p>
<p>Joss Whedon was brought on to oversee reshoots and post-production for “Justice League” after a personal tragedy forced director Zack Snyder to temporarily exit the project. According to Ray Fisher, who played the role of Cyborg, Whedon’s behavior on set was “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.”</p>
<p>“Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Accountability&gt;Entertainment,” Fisher <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329?s=20">tweeted</a> in early July.</p>
<p>“During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career. This behavior cannot continue,” he then <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1293652833615708172?s=20">tweeted</a> in August.</p>
<p>In late August, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into Fisher’s claims against Whedon, Johns, and Berg. In October, Fisher elaborated on his allegations when he told <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/sherazfarooqi/2020/10/29/interview-ray-fisher-talks-toxic-justice-league-set-warnermedia-investigation-and-erasing-characters-of-color/amp/?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forbes</a> that Warner Bros. film boss Toby Emmerich and other executives participated in “racist conversations” during the reshoots and editing.</p>
<p>“What set my soul on fire and forced me to speak out about Joss Whedon this summer was my becoming informed that Joss had ordered that the complexion of an actor of color be changed in postproduction because he didn’t like the color of their skin tone,” Fisher said. “Prior to Justice League’s reshoot process, blatantly racist conversations were had and entertained — on multiple occasions — by former and current top-level executives at Warner Bros. Pictures,” he further alleged. “Decision-makers that participated in those racist conversations were Geoff Johns, Jon Berg, and current Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich.”</p>
<p>Due to these alleged conversations, Fisher determined that race played a factor in Whedon’s decision to cut the roles or minimize the parts given to minority actors — Zheng Kai, Joe Morton, Karen Bryson, and Kiersey Clemons. “I always suspected that race was a determining factor for the way that things went down, but it wasn’t until this past summer that I was able to prove it,” Fisher said.</p>
<p>To those who doubt his claims, Fisher said that people should consider if it’s plausible that he would torpedo his whole career on a lie.</p>
<p>“You really have to ask yourself, what’s more plausible — that I would purposely torpedo my career by making statements about powerful figures in Hollywood, that, if untrue, could be easily refuted. OR a handful people in positions of power said and did terrible things in order to maintain that power during a massive corporate merger,” said Fisher.</p>
<p>In response to the statement issued by WarnerMedia on Friday night, Fisher said that conversations still need to happen until a resolution can be reached. He also shared a statement he personally received from WarnerMedia informing him of the concluded investigation.</p>
<p>“WarnerMedia appreciates you having the courage to come forward and assist the company with creating an inclusive and equitable work environment for it’s [sic] employees and partners,&#8221; the statement said.</p>
<p>Actor Jason Momoa, who played Aquaman, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-momoa-doubles-down-joss-whedon-wb-pictures-needs-proper-investigation-serious-stuff-went-down">publicly backed</a> Fisher’s claims.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-league-star-ray-fisher-accuses-warner-bros-execs-of-racist-conversations">‘Justice League’ Star Ray Fisher Accuses Warner Bros. Execs Of ‘Racist Conversations’</a></strong></p>


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<p>Actor Jason Momoa has further doubled-down on his call for an investigation into director Joss Whedon&#8217;s behavior while on the set of &#8220;Justice League.&#8221;</p>
<p>Joss Whedon was brought on to oversee reshoots and post-production for “Justice League” after a personal tragedy forced director Zack Snyder to temporarily exit the project. In July of this year, actor Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in the tentpole feature, publicly accused Whedon of “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable&#8221; behavior while on set.</p>
<p>“Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Accountability&gt;Entertainment,” Fisher <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329?s=20">tweeted</a> in early July.</p>
<p>“During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career. This behavior cannot continue,” he then <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1293652833615708172?s=20">tweeted</a> in August.</p>
<p>In late August, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into Fisher’s claims against Whedon, Johns, and Berg. After a month of silence, Jason Momoa publicly supported the investigation by posting the hashtag #IStandWithRayFisher on his Instagram daily stories. One week later, Jason Momoa doubled-down on his stance with a fiery Instagram post.</p>
<p>&#8220;THIS S**T HAS TO STOP AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT <a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/ray8fisher/">@ray8fisher</a> AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO EXPERIENCED WHAT HAPPEN UNDER THE WATCH OF <a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/wbpictures/">@wbpictures</a> NEEDS PROPER INVESTIGATION,&#8221; wrote Momoa. &#8220;I just think it’s f***ed up that people released a fake Frosty announcement without my permission to try to distract from Ray Fisher speaking up about the s****y way we were treated on Justice League reshoots. Serious stuff went down. It needs to be investigated and people need to be held accountable.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In September, Fisher publicly escalated the fight when he tweeted that Warner Bros. tried to make a deal with him to save Geoff Johns.</p>
<p>“So you can better understand how deep this goes: After speaking out about <em>Justice League</em>, I received a phone call from the President of DC Films wherein he attempted to throw Joss Whedon and Jon Berg under the bus in hopes that I would relent on Geoff Johns. I will not. A&gt;E,” the actor tweeted.</p>
<p>Warner Bros. then issued a lengthy response to Fisher’s tweet, saying that the company has reached out to the actor multiple times in order to have him speak with a “third party investigator” — a request that Fisher allegedly declined on more than one occasion.</p>
<p>“While Mr. Fisher never alleged any actionable misconduct against him, WarnerMedia nonetheless initiated an investigation into the concerns he’d raised about his character’s portrayal. Still not satisfied, Mr. Fisher insisted that WarnerMedia hire an independent third-party investigator,” a representative for the company said.</p>
<p>“This investigator has attempted multiple times to meet with Mr. Fisher to discuss his concerns but, to date, Mr. Fisher has declined to speak to the investigator,” the rep continued. “Warner Bros. remains committed to accountability and to the well-being of every cast and crew member on each of its productions. It also remains committed to investigating any specific and credible allegation of misconduct, which thus far Mr. Fisher has failed to provide.”</p>
<p>Fisher immediately shot back, saying that he met with the investigator during a Zoom call on Aug. 26 and cut the meeting off early so that he could discuss it with his legal team.</p>
<p>“He tried to keep me on the line, but I told him I would need to consult my team before proceeding,” said Fisher.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-league-star-jason-momoa-supports-investigation-into-joss-whedons-alleged-misconduct">‘Justice League’ Star Jason Momoa Supports Investigation Into Joss Whedon’s Alleged Misconduct</a></strong></p>


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<p>Over two months after &#8220;Justice League&#8221; actor Ray Fisher publicly accused director Joss Whedon of inappropriate behavior during the film&#8217;s reshoots, actor Jason Momoa (&#8220;Aquaman&#8221;) has supported WarnerMedia&#8217;s investigation into the allegations.</p>
<p>On Monday, Momoa posted the hashtag #IStandWithRayFisher on his Instagram daily stories, which Fisher later shared on Twitter.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let’s Go!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BORGLIFE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BORGLIFE</a></p>
<p>Accountability&gt;Entertainment<a href="https://t.co/pqIt2POLhI">https://t.co/pqIt2POLhI</a> <a href="https://t.co/lE4luinqin">pic.twitter.com/lE4luinqin</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1303096223549796352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Joss Whedon was brought on to oversee reshoots and post-production for “Justice League” after a personal tragedy forced director Zack Snyder to temporarily exit the project. According to Ray Fisher, who played the role of Cyborg, Whedon’s behavior on set was “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.”</p>
<p>“Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Accountability&gt;Entertainment,” Fisher <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329?s=20">tweeted</a> in early July.</p>
<p>“During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career. This behavior cannot continue,” he then <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1293652833615708172?s=20">tweeted</a> in August.</p>
<p>In late August, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into Fisher&#8217;s claims against Whedon, Johns, and Berg, which initially did not yield any findings. According to <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/09/aquaman-jason-momoa-backs-ray-fisher-justice-league-warner-bros-fight-1234572697/">Deadline</a>, Fisher publicly escalated the fight last Friday when he tweeted that Warner Bros. tried to make a deal with him to save Geoff Johns.</p>
<p>&#8220;So you can better understand how deep this goes: After speaking out about <em>Justice League</em>, I received a phone call from the President of DC Films wherein he attempted to throw Joss Whedon and Jon Berg under the bus in hopes that I would relent on Geoff Johns. I will not. A&gt;E,&#8221; the actor tweeted.</p>
<p>Warner Bros. then issued a lengthy response to Fisher&#8217;s tweet, saying that the company has reached out to the actor multiple times in order to have him speak with a “third party investigator” — a request that Fisher allegedly declined on more than one occasion.</p>
<p>&#8220;While Mr. Fisher never alleged any actionable misconduct against him, WarnerMedia nonetheless initiated an investigation into the concerns he’d raised about his character’s portrayal. Still not satisfied, Mr. Fisher insisted that WarnerMedia hire an independent third party investigator,&#8221; a representative for the company said.</p>
<p>“This investigator has attempted multiple times to meet with Mr. Fisher to discuss his concerns but, to date, Mr. Fisher has declined to speak to the investigator,&#8221; the rep continued. &#8220;Warner Bros. remains committed to accountability and to the well-being of every cast and crew member on each of its productions. It also remains committed to investigating any specific and credible allegation of misconduct, which thus far Mr. Fisher has failed to provide.”</p>
<p>Fisher immediately shot back, saying that he met with the investigator during a Zoom call on August 26 and cut the meeting off early so that he could discuss it with his legal team.</p>
<p>&#8220;He tried to keep me on the line, but I told him I would need to consult my team before proceeding,&#8221; said Fisher.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED:<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warnermedia-investigating-joss-whedon-amid-justice-league-actors-abuse-claims"> WarnerMedia Investigating Joss Whedon Amid ‘Justice League’ Actor’s Abuse Claims</a></strong></p>


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<p>WarnerMedia has launched an investigation into director Joss Whedon after actor Ray Fisher publicly accused him of being abusive on the set of &#8220;Justice League.&#8221;</p>
<p>Joss Whedon was brought on to oversee reshoots and post-production for &#8220;Justice League&#8221; after a personal tragedy forced director Zack Snyder to temporarily exit the project. According to Ray Fisher, who played the role of Cyborg, Whedon&#8217;s behavior on set was &#8220;gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Accountability&gt;Entertainment,&#8221; Fisher <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329?s=20">tweeted</a> in early July.</p>
<p>&#8220;During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career. This behavior cannot continue,&#8221; he then tweeted in August.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. </p>
<p>He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. </p>
<p>Accountability&gt;Entertainment</p>
<p>&mdash; Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1278362556214755329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. </p>
<p>He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career.</p>
<p>This behavior cannot continue. </p>
<p>A&gt;E</p>
<p>&mdash; Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1293652833615708172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Fisher has expressed confidence that the investigation will show that the individuals named behaved inappropriately.</p>
<p>“I believe this investigation will show that Geoff Johns, Joss Whedon, Jon Berg (and others) grossly abused their power during the uncertainty of AT&amp;T’s merger with Time Warner,” Fisher wrote.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/warnermedia-justice-league-probe-ray-fisher-accused-whedon-1234581449/">IndieWire</a>, WarnerMedia emphasized that the investigation into Whedon, Johns, and Berg has not yet yielded any results, nor have they been judged.</p>
<p>&#8220;Citing an unnamed source, Variety reported that WarnerMedia’s investigation has not yet come to any findings, nor is there a specific timeline for the investigation,&#8221; reported IndieWire. &#8220;The source stressed that, despite Fisher’s accusations, the company’s investigation has not prejudged Whedon, Johns, or Berg, nor is the investigation limited to just them.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;News of WarnerMedia’s investigation into the &#8216;Justice League&#8217; production arrives just days before Zack Snyder is set to unveil new footage from his director’s cut of ‘Justice League’ at the company’s virtual DC FanDome event,&#8221; the report continued. &#8220;WarnerMedia will be releasing the &#8216;Justice League&#8217; Snyder cut [in] 2021 through its new streaming service HBO Max.&#8221;</p>
<p>Joss Whedon positioned himself as an anti-Trump activist during the early days of Trump’s presidency, going so far as to openly wish that he &#8220;just die.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Donald trump is killing this country. Some of it quickly, some slowly, but he spoils and destroys everything he touches. He emboldens monsters, wielding guns, governmental power, or just smug doublespeak. Or Russia. My hate and sadness are exhausting. Die, Don. Just quietly die,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joss-whedon-wants-president-trump-die-don-just-emily-zanotti">he tweeted</a> in 2018.</p>
<p>Before that, he had joked about wanting to see former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan get raped by a rhino&#8217;s horn.</p>
<p>&#8220;Violence solves nothing. I want a rhino to f*** <a class="decorated-link" href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan">@SpeakerRyan</a> to death with its horn because it&#8217;s FUNNY, not because he&#8217;s a #GOPmurderbro,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/staceydash/2017/01/toy-story-writer-joss-whedon-love-see-rhino-f-paul-ryan-death/">tweeted</a> in 2017.</p>
<p>Whedon has also <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joss-whedon-compares-ivanka-trump-dog-968475">publicly compared</a> White House advisor Ivanka Trump to a dog.</p>
<p>Though Whedon labels himself a feminist, his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joss-whedons-ex-wife-blasts-his-fake-feminism-he-paul-bois">ex-wife accused him</a> in 2017 of cheating on her multiple times and paying an inappropriate amount of attention to the women he worked with.</p>
<p>&#8220;There were times in our relationship that I was uncomfortable with the attention Joss paid other women,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;He always had a lot of female friends, but he told me it was because his mother raised him as a feminist, so he just liked women better. He said he admired and respected females, he didn’t lust after them. I believed him and trusted him. On the set of &#8216;Buffy,&#8217; Joss decided to have his first secret affair.&#8221;</p>
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<p>When he&#8217;s not laughing about <a href="https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2017/01/15/thats-gonna-leave-a-mark-ben-shapiro-blasts-joss-whedon-and-his-vile-tweet-about-paul-ryan/">rhinos</a><a href="https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2017/01/15/thats-gonna-leave-a-mark-ben-shapiro-blasts-joss-whedon-and-his-vile-tweet-about-paul-ryan/"> raping Paul Ryan with their horns</a> or upsetting feminists with the next &#8220;Avengers&#8221; movie, he&#8217;s waxing poetic about life in <em>la</em><em> Resistance</em>.</p>
<p>Writing on his Twitter, the enthusiastic Planned Parenthood supporter and male feminist who allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/19978/joss-whedons-ex-wife-blasts-his-fake-feminism-he-paul-bois">sleeps with anything that walks</a>, shared his new &#8220;Resistance Poetry,&#8221; where he promises to beat right-wingers with a &#8220;passionate compassion&#8221; that falls short of violence &#8212; something the peace-loving Resistance leader abhors, even though he did once <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/29190/joss-whedon-tweets-about-trump-dying-gets-james-barrett">call for</a> President Trump to &#8220;just die.&#8221; We&#8217;ve already mentioned the rhino rape, so let&#8217;s not open old wounds.</p>
<p>Behold, a compendium of Whedon&#8217;s poetic talent:</p>
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<p>Hey Far Right:</p>
<p>Gonna beat you.<br />
Not gonna start a war, not gonna shoot you, run you over, threaten your kids.<br />
Gonna beat you with passionate compassion. With journalism, activism, the Law.<br />
With v o t e s.</p>
<p>Your rage is fear.<br />
Our rage is love.<br />
Our state is united.</p>
<p>Happy 4th.</p>
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<p>Hey Far Right:</p>
<p>Gonna beat you.<br />
Not gonna start a war, not gonna shoot you, run you over, threaten your kids.<br />
Gonna beat you with passionate compassion. With journalism, activism, the Law.<br />
With v o t e s.</p>
<p>Your rage is fear.<br />
Our rage is love.<br />
Our state is united.</p>
<p>Happy 4th.</p>
<p>&#8212; Joss Whedon (@joss) <a href="https://twitter.com/joss/status/1013815559547334656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Joss Whedon&#8217;s &#8220;passionate compassion&#8221; sometimes comes in the form of him <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/16434/totally-sane-avengers-director-happy-his-moms-dead-amanda-prestigiacomo">expressing joy over his mom&#8217;s death</a> so that she could avoid President Trump.</p>


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<p>Joss Whedon spent most of last week defending political comedian Samantha Bee, who used a derogatory slur against Ivanka Trump — an incident Bee was later forced to admit was over the line.</p>
<p>But to further solidify his &#8220;woke feminist&#8221; credentials, Whedon topped off his campaign against one of the nation&#8217;s most influential women by attacking professor Jordan Peterson for the crime of — of course — pointing out the hypocrisy of woke feminists.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>Feminism taps into a frustration that’s been ignored for all of history. Step the f*ck back, you incel-courting fishwrapper <a href="https://t.co/hWmVPrMWFX">https://t.co/hWmVPrMWFX</a></p>
<p>— Joss Whedon (@joss) <a href="https://twitter.com/joss/status/1002765584000413698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
<p>In fairness to Mr. Whedon, these last few months have been quite the trying time for the outspoken progressive. After spending years touting his own feminist credentials,<a href="https://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/"> The Wrap revealed last year</a>, during the #MeToo wave of sexual harassment allegations that swept the entertainment industry, that Whedon was a serial philanderer.</p>
<p>Per his ex-wife, &#8220;Joss admitted that for the next decade and a half, he hid multiple affairs and a number of inappropriate emotional ones that he had with his actresses, co-workers, fans and friends, while he stayed married to me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Whedon later went on to blame his trouble with monogamy on his own toxic masculinity, which apparently made him both a feminist and an attacker on the front lines in the war on women — two positions that really cannot be held simultaneously.</p>
<p>Peterson, of course, is a regular critic of the &#8220;woke feminist&#8221; movement, often pointing out the deep hypocrisy of the movement&#8217;s leaders, particularly those who clothe themselves in the mantle of feminism, like Whedon, to disguise or excuse their own bad behavior.</p>
<p>In the end, it seems, the winner is Peterson: in his own criticism, Whedon proved Peterson&#8217;s point. Perfectly.</p>


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