‘BUFFY’ CREATOR FACES NEW MISOGYNY ACCUSATIONS
While Joss Whedon has been regarded as the brilliant mind behind some of Hollywood’s top-rating TV shows, he is now at the receiving end of intense public scrutiny after several female actors came forward to expose his repulsive behavior
On the heels of Charisma Carpenter’s admonishing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon for “creating an abusive and cruel work environment,” more actors are speaking out against the misogynistic behavior of the American film director and producer.
Whedon has been regarded as the brilliant mind behind some of Hollywood’s top-rating shows, he is now at the receiving end of intense public scrutiny after several of Carpenter’s co-stars came forward to expose his repulsive behavior.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played lead character Buffy, said: “I don’t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon.”
Buffy co-star Amber Benson revealed that the show had “a toxic environment and it starts at the top.”
Michelle Trachtenberg, another Buffy actor, said she was prevented from being near Whedon because of his “inappropriate behavior” especially since she was still a teenager at the time of the show.
Eliza Dushku, who played Faith in Buffy, is the latest actor to speak up on the issue. She posted on Instagram: “Neglecting to name the power/gender/sexual/ racial abuse epidemic in the entertainment industry (and for that matter society in general), enables the abusers and only enboldens and absolutely fortifies the abusive systems.”
In 2017, complaints against Whedon surfaced over leaked passages of his Wonder Woman script that oversexualizes the superheroine’s alter ego Diana Prince.
A similar issue was raised over his script for Avengers: Age of Ultron, where Black Widow saw herself as a monster for not having the ability to bear children.
These were followed by his ex-wife Kai Cole’s revelations that Whedon had continously committed infidelity throughout their marriage.
Whedon has yet to comment on the accusations.