{"id":2188916,"date":"2025-12-06T04:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2188916"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:24:09","slug":"celebrities-who-called-out-problematic-co-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrities-who-called-out-problematic-co-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities Who Called Out Problematic Co-Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>Celebrities Who Called Out Problematic Co-Stars<\/p>\n<div id=\"__next\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"DestinationWrapper_buzzfeed__LdORv\">\n<div class=\"post_article__U0mpv post_default__QLsRf post_buzzfeed__G3TlM embed-post\">\n<div class=\"post_content__w3pdf\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"&#10;        buzz--list&#10;        buzz--Celebrity&#10;        subbuzzes-wrapper&#10;        subbuzzes--buzzfeed&#10;      \">\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-0&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In 2021, Lucy Liu said that Bill Murray made a number of \u201cunacceptable\u201d and \u201cinexcusable\u201d insults towards her on the set of the 1999 movie <i>Charlie&#8217;s Angels.<\/i> &#8220;I was not going to just sit there and take it,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/lucy-liu-bill-murray-charlies-angels-set-insults-1236272919\/\" target=\"_blank\">recalled<\/a>. \u201cSo, yes, I stood up for myself, and I don\u2019t regret it. Because no matter how low on the totem pole you may be or wherever you came from, there\u2019s no need to condescend or to put other people down. And I would not stand down, and nor should I have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-photoset&#10;  subbuzz-index-1&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \">\n<div data-module=\"subbuzz-photoset__title\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In 2020, Samantha Ware <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/benhenry\/samantha-ware-new-lea-michele-set-of-glee-allegations\">accused<\/a> <i>Glee<\/i> costar Lea Michele of &#8220;traumatic microaggressions&#8221;: &#8220;I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would &#8216;shit in my wig.'&#8221; In response, Lea said that she didn&#8217;t recall making that &#8220;specific statement,&#8221; but apologized for having &#8220;clearly acted in ways which hurt other people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-2&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In a 2020 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/features\/heroes-leonard-roberts-ali-larter-1234854439\/\" target=\"_blank\">essay<\/a>, <i>Heroes<\/i> star Leonard Roberts claimed that his character was killed off from the show over clashes with his costar Ali Larter \u2014 leading him to feel singled out as a Black actor. In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/leonard-roberts-heroes-exit-friction-racism-ali-larter\/\" target=\"_blank\">response<\/a>, Ali said, &#8220;I am deeply saddened to hear about Leonard Roberts&#8217; experience on <i>Heroes<\/i> and I am heartbroken reading his perception of our relationship, which absolutely doesn&#8217;t match my memory nor experience on the show.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-photoset&#10;  subbuzz-index-3&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\">\n<div data-module=\"subbuzz-photoset__title\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Years &amp; Years singer and <i>It&#8217;s a Sin<\/i> star Olly Alexander <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/natashajokic1\/olly-alexander-johnny-depp-savage-x-fenty\">announced<\/a> in 2022 that he would no longer be working with Savage X Fenty after it was announced that Johnny Depp would be partaking in its <i>Savage X Fenty Vol. 4<\/i> show: &#8220;after this news i won\u2019t be wearing it anymore.&#8221; He &#8220;liked&#8221; a number of posts, calling the casting decision &#8220;yikes&#8221; and a &#8220;disappointment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-4&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"cleaning\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Charlize Theron said that she felt so threatened by Tom Hardy&#8217;s behavior during <i>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/i>, she requested protection. In one altercation, she is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/stephaniesoteriou\/charlize-theron-protection-unsafe-tom-hardy-feud-mad-max\" target=\"_blank\">quoted<\/a> as telling Tom \u2014 who was three hours late \u2014 \u201cFine the fucking cunt a hundred thousand dollars for every minute that he&#8217;s held up this crew.&#8221; Tom <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/stephaniesoteriou\/charlize-theron-protection-unsafe-tom-hardy-feud-mad-max\" target=\"_blank\">denied<\/a> that Charlize would have felt frightened: \u201cShe\u2019s a very serious actor. So, I don\u2019t see why she would ever be intimidated by me or in any way feel frightened. I think that was more bollocks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-5&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In January 2020, Trina McGee <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/stephaniesoteriou\/boy-meets-worlds-will-friedle-racism-trina-mcgee\" target=\"_blank\">posted a number<\/a> of tweets about her <i>Boy Meets World<\/i> costars, including the allegation that she was \u201ccalled Aunt Jemima on set during hair and make-up&#8221; \u2014 later revealed to be said by Will Friedle. He then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/terrycarter\/trina-mcgee-will-friedle-aunt-jemima-racism-boy-meets-world?bfsource=relatedmanual\">apologized<\/a> to her, which she forgave.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-6&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Olivia Munn said that she felt <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2018\/09\/the-predator-olivia-munn-sex-offender-scandal-jake-busey?srsltid=AfmBOoo3brEjm60xUbXh4p_LV_jcHzJmc85bS7jz3qQKQ_Z8166GagNV\" target=\"_blank\">isolated<\/a> by the cast and crew of the movie <i>The Predator<\/i> after she learned that one of the actors playing a small role in the movie was a registered sex offender \u2014 and she pushed for their scene to be cut. The movie&#8217;s director, Shane Black, initially defended the casting decision \u2014 but then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2018\/09\/10\/the-predator-olivia-munn-controversy-aftermath-shane-black-apology\/\" target=\"_blank\">apologized<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-7&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Tyrese Gibson criticized his <i>Annapolis<\/i> co-star James Franco&#8217;s approach to method acting in a 2007 interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a9176\/vintage-photos-of-festival-fashion-dupe3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elle<\/a>; &#8220;He never snapped out of character. Whenever we&#8217;d have to get in the ring for boxing scenes, and even during practice, the dude was full-on hitting me.&#8221; He added to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uproxx.com\/movies\/i-hear-he-wants-to-blow-up-my-hotel-room-how-tyrese-gibson-came-to-hate-everything-about-james-franco\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playboy<\/a>, \u201cI never want to work with him again, and I\u2019m sure he feels the same way. It felt very personal. It was fucked-up.\u201d James later said, &#8220;I take full blame for any problems on that film. If he had a bad experience working with me, I was probably a jerk.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-8&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In 2024, Rebel Wilson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rebel-wilson-says-sacha-baron-cohen-lawyers-trying-to-silence-her-8619734\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> Sacha Baron Cohen an &#8220;asshole&#8221; and accused him of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rebel-wilson-details-allegations-about-sacha-baron-cohen-he-calls-false-exclusive-8620597\" target=\"_blank\">pressuring her<\/a> to perform a lewd act on the set of the 2016 film <i>The Brothers Grimsby<\/i>. She recalled, \u201cI was now scared. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped him on the ass and improvised a few lines as the character.\u201d His reps <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/larryfitzmaurice\/sacha-baron-cohen-rebel-wilson-statement\">called<\/a> the claims &#8220;demonstrably false.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-9&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In April 2025, Bella Thorne made a number of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/natashajokic1\/bella-thorne-mickey-rourke-allegations\">allegations<\/a> about her time working with Mickey Rouke. &#8220;So many gross stories of things he made me go thru on that movie&#8230;I guess he thought it was funny to humiliate me in front of the entire crew,&#8221; she said, calling the experience &#8220;one of the all time worst experiences of my life working as an actress.&#8221; A representative for Mickey subsequently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/larryfitzmaurice\/mickey-rourke-responds-to-bella-thorne-allegations\">said<\/a> that he &#8220;adamantly denies any intentional misconduct. He was not made aware of any such concerns during filming and had no prior knowledge of Ms. Thorne\u2019s discomfort until now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image&#10;  subbuzz-index-10&#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  &#10;  \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Finally, in her memoir, <i>Love, Pamela<\/i>, Pamela Anderson alleged that Tim Allen flashed her on the set of <i>Home Improvement<\/i> to get &#8220;even&#8221; because he&#8217;d seen her naked before. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/leylamohammed\/pamela-anderson-tim-allen-flashed-home-improvement\" target=\"_blank\">denied<\/a> the claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.buzzfeed.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrities Who Called Out Problematic Co-Stars 1. In 2021, Lucy Liu said that Bill Murray made a number of \u201cunacceptable\u201d and \u201cinexcusable\u201d insults towards her on the set of the 1999 movie Charlie&#8217;s Angels. &#8220;I was not going to just sit there and take it,\u201d she recalled. \u201cSo, yes, I stood up for myself, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2188917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[91165,239547,21912,21913,22077],"class_list":["post-2188916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-evergreen","tag-geekyfb","tag-movies","tag-tv","tag-tv-shows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Celebrities-Who-Called-Out-Problematic-Co-Stars.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2188918,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188916\/revisions\/2188918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}