“Buffy” Star Charisma Carpenter says Joss Whedon took advantage of the set deadline

Former Buffy the Vampire and Angel actress Charisma Carpenter accused the creator of those shows, Joss Whedon, of insulting and intimidating behavior on set. In an Instagram post posted today, the actress says the incidents “caused a chronic physical condition that I still suffer from.”

Carpenter claims it Buffy the maker called her “fat” when she was 4 months pregnant, threatened to fire her and forced people to get his approval on set.

A specific example she cites is when Carpenter, in a closed-door meeting after hearing of her pregnancy, says that Whedon asked me to “keep it.” religious beliefs, accuse me of sabotaging the show, and unceremoniously fired me the following season after giving birth. “

After that meeting, Carpenter said she “felt helpless and alone,” but with a baby on the way, she also felt she had no choice, so “she swallowed the abuse and carried on.” That lack of empowerment, she claims, sucked the joy out of being a new mother. “And Joss was the vampire,” she says.

Carpenter says she was motivated by Justice League actor Ray Fisher’s allegations against Whedon, who directed that film for Warner Bros.

Fisher has been at odds with Warner Bros. since July. and accuses Whedon of abuse during the re-recordings after Zack Snyder Justice League. A subsequent Warner Bros. investigation said that unspecified “corrective action” had been taken and that the investigation had been completed. No other details were disclosed. Fisher was later fired from the studio’s upcoming Flash movie.

Carpenter revealed in her Instagram post on Wednesday that she had participated in the Warners investigation and said she believed Fisher and that his resignation was The flash was “the last straw for me.” She continues: “It worries and saddens me that in 2021 professionals still have to choose between whistleblowing in the workplace and job security.

‘As a single mother whose family depends on my profession for a living, I’m afraid. Despite my fear of its impact on my future, I can no longer remain silent. This is too late and necessary. It’s time.”

Deadline reached out to WarnerMedia and Whedon representatives for comment, but did not hear back.