The DC Extended Universe’s Cyborg actor Ray Fisher has spoken out against WarnerMedia’s EVP Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer Christy Haubegger, alleging she delayed the company’s Justice League investigation.
“I spent many hours on the phone with Christy Haubegger. She is one of the major reasons why the [Justice League] investigation dragged on and why [WarnerMedia] STILL refuses to apologize,” said Fisher, responding to WarnerMedia posting a tweet featuring a quote from Haubegger on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. “If Black Lives Matter — then apologize to your Black employees.”
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I spent many hours on the phone with Christy Haubegger.
She is one of the major reasons why the JL investigation dragged on and why @WarnerMedia STILL refuses to apologize.
If Black Lives Matter—then apologize to your Black employees.
If you won’t, maybe @Discovery will.
— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) May 25, 2021
Fisher went on to allude to WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery Inc., stating “If [Haubegger] won’t [apologize], maybe [Discovery Inc.] will.” He ended his response with his customary “A>E,” which is shorthand for “Accountability over Entertainment.”
The very public fight between WarnerMedia and Fisher has been going on since July 2020, when Fisher alleged that director Joss Whedon engaged in “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” behavior towards the Justice League cast and crew during the film’s reshoots in 2017. In the same tweet, he called out former DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and DC Films executive Jon Berg, saying they acted as Whedon’s enablers.
WarnerMedia later carried out an official investigation of Fisher’s allegations that it concluded in Dec. 2020, saying “remedial action” had been taken. Fisher has since called for an official apology from WarnerMedia — particularly DC Films President Walter Hamada, whom Fisher claimed tried to get him to relent on his allegations against Johns and focus directly on Berg and Whedon. “Walter Hamada is the most dangerous kind of enabler,” said Fisher, some three weeks after WarnerMedia ended its investigation. “His lies, and WB PR’s failed Sept 4th hit-piece, sought to undermine the very real issues of the Justice League investigation. I will not participate in any production associated with him.”
Originally, Fisher was slated to reprise his role as Cyborg in The Flash movie following Justice League. Speaking at Justice Con 2021, he said he remains open to appearing in the film, were WarnerMedia and Hamada to finally apologize for the way they treated him. “I don’t really expect anything, right? Particularly dealing with large corporations,” Fisher admitted. “They will oftentimes find a way to defy whatever expectation you may have. But, I think where we could start is an acknowledgment and an apology of what is clearly, publicly known to be an untruth. Then, we can see where it goes from there.”
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