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Actor Hartley Sawyer has been fired fromThe Flashafter severaltweetswith misogynist and racist referencesresurfaced.
According theThe Hollywood Reporter, the tweets were written before he joined the CW show as Ralph Dibny a.k.a.
They make reference to sexual assault and contain racist and homophobic language.
In one from 2014, he wrote Enjoyed a secret boob viewing at an audition today.
Hartley Sawyer will not be returning for season seven ofThe Flash, reads the statement, obtained byTHR.
In a tweet, the showrunner Eric Wallace expressed his personal disappointment.
And theyre indicative of the larger problem in our country.
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Sawyer himself released an apology on Instagram.
I am ashamed I was capable of these really horrible attempts to get attention at that time.
I regret them deeply.
This was not acceptable behavior.