{"id":1548509,"date":"2022-07-11T10:35:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1548509"},"modified":"2022-07-11T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:36:13","slug":"we-are-not-protected-actress-says-racist-misogynist-fans-almost-made-her-quit-the-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-not-protected-actress-says-racist-misogynist-fans-almost-made-her-quit-the-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Are Not Protected\u2019: Actress Says Racist, Misogynist Fans Almost Made Her Quit \u2018The Flash\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-are-not-protected-actress-says-racist-misogynist-fans-almost-made-her-quit-the-flash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1548509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Candice Patton<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, who stars in the CW superhero\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">drama<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cThe Flash,\u201d just went on record saying she was the victim of online harassment so extreme that it almost made her quit the series.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Patton made the remarks during an interview with \u201cThe Open Up Podcast,\u201d saying she wanted to quit \u201c\u2018as early as season two\u2019\u201d because of how fans reacted to her character online. The 34-year-old, who has portrayed Iris West-Allen in the show since 2014, said social media was full of vicious rhetoric about her being black, which led to her being \u201c\u2018severely unhappy,\u2019\u201d according to\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/candice-patton-the-flash-online-harassment-fans-1235177829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cNow people understand it a little better and they understand how fans can be\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">racist<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, especially in [the] genre, misogynistic all of that, but at the time it was kind of just like, \u2018That\u2019s how fans are, but whatever,\u2019\u201d Patton said during the interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2018Even with the companies I was working with, The CW [Network] and WB (Warner Brothers), I think that was their way of handling it. I think we know better now. It\u2019s not OK to treat your talent that way; to let them go through abuse and harassment.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The actress also said, \u201c\u2018there were no support systems\u2019\u201d all those years ago. \u201c\u2018It was just free range to get abused every single day,\u2019\u201d Patton lamented of her experience with online trolling.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2018There were no social media protocols in place to protect me, they just let all that stuff sit there,\u2019\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just not enough to make me your lead female and say, \u2018Look at us, we\u2019re so progressive, we checked the box.\u2019 It\u2019s great, but you\u2019ve put me in the ocean alone around sharks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finally, \u201cThe Flash\u201d star urged studios to offer extra protection to black actors and other minorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2018I think any time you hire anyone who is a minority of any kind you have to be prepared to protect them,\u2019\u201d Patton told the podcast. \u201c\u2018Because in the real world, we are not protected. Just because you put us on a fancy Hollywood TV set or film set, with the hair and makeup and you assume we\u2019re safe, we are not safe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s like if I get pulled over at 2 a.m. in Jackson, Mississippi, by a white cop. Do you think he gives a sh** that I\u2019m Candice Patton from \u2018The Flash?\u2019 It doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2018We still need protection because the world sees us in a certain way. When I step onto set and everyone working around me is white, I\u2019m not protected and I will never be protected. And that\u2019s not to say everyone has bad intentions, but they have blind spots and that can also contribute to my harm. It\u2019s been a learning experience I\u2019m sure for companies and corporations and productions.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While Patton said quitting was a real consideration, she eventually decided to stay.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2018It was such an iconic casting, such an iconic role, and I knew how much this meant to so many people that I felt a responsibility to stay in a space and a place that was probably very toxic for my mental health,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201c\u2018In staying, in going through a lot of that adversity, I\u2019ve learned so much. I\u2019m so much tougher.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The actress also mentioned that she gets less backlash nowadays, and everything is \u201c\u2018more leveled out now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candice Patton, who stars in the CW superhero\u00a0drama\u00a0\u201cThe Flash,\u201d just went on record saying she was the victim of online harassment so extreme that it almost made her quit the series. Patton made the remarks during an interview with \u201cThe Open Up Podcast,\u201d saying she wanted to quit \u201c\u2018as early as season two\u2019\u201d because of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1548556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1548509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1548509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1548556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1548509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}