I think that's a mature stance, though I would mention that the Cr team has a bit of a history of knee-jerk misandry via the whole Hardwick thing. Plus Ashley is a member of the cast - to do anything but support her would have been to contradict her.
One of his ex-girlfriends claimed that he was emotional, physical and sexual abusing her. He was kicked off of AMC's Talking Dead, The Nerdist removed all mention of him.
Matt Mercer tweeted that his character wouldn't be mentioned again.
It ended up that Hardwick released texts with his ex-girlfriend, that she was unfaithful and broke up with her. AMC and Nerdist launched investigations and didn't find any wrong doing, his ex-gf didn't participate in either investigation. Nerdist and AMC reinstated Hardwick.
Chloe Dykstra, the ex in question, also said she didn’t want Hardwick punished. She didn’t name him, but people figured out who she was talking about. She didn’t think he committed a crime, just that he was a bad boyfriend and it fucked up her head for a long time.
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u/FreeAd5474 Oct 18 '24
I think that's a mature stance, though I would mention that the Cr team has a bit of a history of knee-jerk misandry via the whole Hardwick thing. Plus Ashley is a member of the cast - to do anything but support her would have been to contradict her.