‘The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke stands by telling trolls who attacked star Erin Moriarty to ‘f—k off into the sun’
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke hasn’t changed his opinions on the trolls who attacked series star Erin Moriarty.
“First question, why I did it, is I’m really protective of my actors. They’re all really good people, and you start to feel like their dad in a way. And she was genuinely hurt, and really upset. I just felt like, ‘F—k them!’ I was genuinely angry,” he said, admitting that he didn’t put “a lot of careful thought” into the message at the time.
“When it starts to become these personal attacks on who they are, and when f—king Megyn Kelly wants to talk about it, it’s really not fair because they’re not in a position that they can fight back,” he said. “So yeah, all the trolls really can eat a bag of dicks and f—k off to the sun. I reiterate that comment.”
“I’ve put blood, sweat and tears into this role , I’ve grown UP in this character’s shoes ,” she wrote. “So with that I say: a) thank you to @butcherscanary b) this does break my heart — I’ve opened up a vein for this role and the misogynistic trolling is exactly what this role would speak out against and c) everyone’s going through their own battle; let’s not add to that. I will never intentionally publicly, add to yours.
Moriarty quickly took to Instagram to shut down the false allegations, claiming that Kelly had used an old photo of her that was taken “a decade ago” — seemingly at the 2016 premiere of Captain Fantastic. As far as the newer photo she had posted to her own account, Morarty explained that she simply felt “pretty” after getting her makeup done. She added that while she was expecting a certain degree of troll-like behavior, she never thought it would spiral out of control.
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