Arrow Star Stephen Amell on EP's Suspension: 'If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem'

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9 years ago

Arrow leading man Stephen Amell is speaking out for the first time since the show’s executive producer Andrew Kreisberg was suspended amid sexual harassment allegations.

suspended Kreisberg — who serves as a co-showrunner on Supergirl and The Flash, but also holds an EP title on Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow — as the studio investigated numerous allegations of endemic sexual harassment and inappropriate physical contact (as first detailed by our sister site Variety).

In a Facebook Live video on Monday, Amell said, “I have no interest in speaking about an ongoing investigation — but if you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m sure that you can figure it out — other than to say WB is conducting an investigation into what is being alleged against one of the producers on our show, and if they need my help in any way, shape or form, they will get it.”

“I thought it was appropriate before I spoke to you, or before I spoke publicly, to speak with our cast and our crew, which I got the chance to do this morning,” Amell continued before referring to the statements of his Arrow-verse co-stars. “I certainly can’t pontificate in an eloquent or such a succinct manner like [Arrow‘s] Emily [Bett Rickards] did, like [Supergirl‘s] Melissa [Benoist] did, like [Legends of Tomorrow‘s] Caity Lotz did. I stand behind and fully support everything that they said.”