Ricky Whittle has caused a stir following his departure from television series The 100, alleging that the show's boss Jason Rothenberg bullied him during his time on the production.
Ricky Whittle in The 100 / Credit: The CW
Speaking on AfterBuzz TV, he explained: "At the beginning of the season, [my character Lincoln] had a whole storyline that was cut, that was just non-existent. It was my choice to go.
"This is going to be the most controversial thing I will say, is that basically Jason Rothenberg abused his position to make my job untenable. What he did was disgusting and he should be ashamed.
"A lot was made of what my mum said all over Twitter, but everything she said was true.
"He was professionally bullying me, cutting out all the storyline I was supposed to be doing, cutting lines, cutting everything out, trying to make my character and myself as insignificant as possible."
He continued: "I approached other producers and said, 'What's going on?' [to] the producers that were actually on set because Jason always stayed in Santa Monica, and I said, 'What's going on? Why am I being treated like this?' And the producer I spoke to just [said], 'You need to speak to him. I don't know what his problems are with you'."
Talking more about his time on the show coming to an end, he added: "[Lincoln] disappeared and the reason was Jason was trying to cut me out and it was childish, it was immature, it's narcissistical, really.
"He chose to belittle me and neglect my character and myself. I often had questions and emails were ignored and things like that. It was ridiculous...
"That's one thing that I'll never forgive him for, he made me walk away from something I really love... He forced me to make that choice, to walk away.
"But I'm proud I did it, I stood up and said, 'Enough's enough'. My personal well-being is more important than this."
In response to the claims, Rothenberg told Zap2it: "Ricky Whittle is a talented actor; I appreciate his work on The 100 and wish him all the best moving forward on American Gods."
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