Candice Patton on quiet abuse on TV & Film: "I could get eaten alive out there"
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Candice Patton (The Flash) opens up about her experiences as the Black Female lead of the hit genre show, navigating depression and fighting to survive a set that drove her "so down [she had] no place left to go but up" with Elliot Knight (OUAT, Titans) on his newly launched podcast "The Open Up."
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+ On the Open Up podcast Candice says trying to maintain professionalism while constantly being subjected to micro-aggressions put her in constant state of fight or flight while filming.
the mistreatment of candice patton from the cw, wb, fans, cast and crew in her own words: highlights from the Open Up podcast #theflash #westallen https://t.co/8bmvl30TOe
- َ (@ungodlywests) July 3, 2022
+ This thread highlights most of the content such as:
* The backlash and hate she got when she was cast and how the CW just brushed her concerns aside. There were no protocols in place to protect her.
* She was more affected by the day-to-day stuff on set: Her white counterpart was promoted more than her in the beginning despite Candice being hired as the lead.
* She stayed because she was under contract and she felt a responsibility because she was the first Black woman in the role.
* She said she hasn't watched the show since season 1 because it will trigger a bad memory of something that happened to her on set.
* After the Black Lives Matter movement, some white guest stars called her and said to her "I'm so sorry about how I watched bad things happen to you on set and I didn't say anything."
* She talks about how none of the black characters get acknowledged as being black on the show.
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Candice Patton (The Flash) opens up about her experiences as the Black Female lead of the hit genre show, navigating depression and fighting to survive a set that drove her "so down [she had] no place left to go but up" with Elliot Knight (OUAT, Titans) on his newly launched podcast "The Open Up."
https://instagram.com/p/Cfo81GFp_bo
+ On the Open Up podcast Candice says trying to maintain professionalism while constantly being subjected to micro-aggressions put her in constant state of fight or flight while filming.
the mistreatment of candice patton from the cw, wb, fans, cast and crew in her own words: highlights from the Open Up podcast #theflash #westallen https://t.co/8bmvl30TOe
- َ (@ungodlywests) July 3, 2022
+ This thread highlights most of the content such as:
* The backlash and hate she got when she was cast and how the CW just brushed her concerns aside. There were no protocols in place to protect her.
* She was more affected by the day-to-day stuff on set: Her white counterpart was promoted more than her in the beginning despite Candice being hired as the lead.
* She stayed because she was under contract and she felt a responsibility because she was the first Black woman in the role.
* She said she hasn't watched the show since season 1 because it will trigger a bad memory of something that happened to her on set.
* After the Black Lives Matter movement, some white guest stars called her and said to her "I'm so sorry about how I watched bad things happen to you on set and I didn't say anything."
* She talks about how none of the black characters get acknowledged as being black on the show.
sources 1 / 2 / 3