After The CW got rid of The Flash star Hartley Sawyer due to racist tweets on social media earlier this week, fans are now targeting Caitlin Snow actress Danielle Panabaker and asking the network to fire her as well.
It’s been a tough week for the Arrowverse and its stars. In the wake of the global Black Lives Matter protests which erupted after the tragic killing of an African-American named George Floyd at the hands of several MPD officers, almost every celebrity and influencer is voicing their support for the movement. Though as you’d expect, it’s not all been fun and games since many people are outing stars who’ve shown racist behaviour in the past.
One such person was Hartley Sawyer, whose racist and misogynistic comments on Twitter compelled the producers to fire him from the upcoming season of The Flash. Now, it appears that Danielle Panabaker, who’s portrayed Dr. Caitlin Snow aka Killer Frost since the show’s conception back in 2014, is being accused of racism towards Iris West actress Candice Patton for advocating the Snowbarry ship.
A Twitter user uncovered this alleged racism and presented a lot of evidence from across the years to back her argument up, and you can check out some of it down below.
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268037254938853378
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268037263583334400
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268037406432919552
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268037644749025280
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268037668425867267
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268037692559949825
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268038209147219968
https://twitter.com/softxiris/status/1268038214083903493
Frankly, this seems more like a desperate attempt to take a pass at someone you don’t like in your favourite TV show rather than a solid ground to base accusations of racism. But the internet and Twitter being what they are, a lot of fans reacted, and some are now even asking the network to fire Panabaker.
https://twitter.com/nicole___27/status/1268236038943604738
https://twitter.com/Augst0/status/1268094226249715712
Candice deserves so much better, it’s sad and angering she has to keep working with dp, dp deserves to be fired
— maddie 🍓 (@pipercy_) June 3, 2020
@ewrote Fire Danielle Panabaker next. She doesn't respect the black female lead. She makes the set uncomfortable for her and she baits the racists against Candice. And she can't act to save her life anyway. Plus, her character is useless. Need more reasons?
— Ikram ✨️ (@IkramEMM) June 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/koryverse/status/1270078589673897984
First step. Next you need to fire Danielle Panabaker for her racist actions towards Candice Patton. https://t.co/9RQxf1dOfs
— L💜 (@CPflashFan) June 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/aima015/status/1270055297076178944
can the flash also fire danielle panabaker please
— loot princess (@juIiepowrs) June 10, 2020
Fire danielle panabaker , shes being an ignorant human to her castmate #hearcandicepatton . shes tried multiple to undermine #CandicePatton .its time to change and lets these kind of people out of our society #firedpanabaker
SIGN HERE
–https://t.co/G39BoAUite— Induwara Fernando (@Induw_20) June 9, 2020
NOW FIRE DANIELLE PANABAKER ! @CW_TheFlash
— ravena (@lameassrav) June 9, 2020
i think also they should step up and fire someone who is actually being racist ie danielle panabaker especially her being so fkn disgusting to candice!!! anyway. whatever. my opinion doesn’t matter right?
— chrissy #18 🏒❤️🔥🏹 (@tkachingtkachuk) June 9, 2020
Tell us, though, what do you make of all this? Should The CW get to the bottom of this matter with The Flash star? Let us know in the usual place below.