{"id":13948,"date":"2021-02-15T21:41:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=186180"},"modified":"2021-02-16T19:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:08:22","slug":"david-boreanaz-supports-charisma-carpenter-joss-whedon","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/david-boreanaz-supports-charisma-carpenter-joss-whedon\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Buffy&#8221; Star David Boreanaz Speaks Out Over Abuse Allegations Against Joss Whedon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_186183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186183\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186183\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-51096714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1447\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1999 Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, and Glenn Quinn Star In The Tv Show &#8220;Angel.&#8221; (Photo By Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-20-years-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Buffy The Vampire Slayer <\/em><\/a>actor, David Boreanaz has broken his silence after <em>Buffy<\/em> co-star, Charisma Carpenter, came forward last week with abuse allegations against the show&#8217;s director, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/wonder-woman-75-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joss Whedon<\/a>. The man who fronted &#8216;Angel&#8217; in the 1997 series says he is &#8220;proud&#8221; of her strength to speak out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am here for you to listen and support you. Proud of your strength,&#8221; the 51-year-old tweeted on Sunday. Carpenter was quick to reply to the message of support <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllCharisma\/status\/1361151683787595778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1361151683787595778%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Ftv%2Fbuffy-david-boreanaz-supports-charisma-carpenter-after-claims-against-series-creator-joss-whedon%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posting<\/a>, &#8220;I know you&#8217;re there for me, David. I appreciate all you&#8217;ve done to demonstrate that support privately as well. Especially since Wednesday. Thank you so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am here for you to listen and support you. Proud of your strength\u2665\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Boreanaz (@David_Boreanaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Boreanaz\/status\/1361004209043173378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Carpenter starred as Cordelia Chase throughout the fantasy series from 1997 to 2003 and later joined the cast of the popular spin-off series,\u00a0<em>Angel, <\/em>from 1999 to 2004. Carpenter has accused Whedon of abusing his power on set via a lengthy statement on social media on February 10.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day,&#8221; began Carpenter, 50. &#8220;Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of <em>Buffy<\/em> <em>the Vampire Slayer<\/em> and <em>Angel<\/em>. While he found his misconduct amusing, it only served to intensify my performance anxiety, disempower me and alienate me from my peers. The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186184\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186184\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-51096373-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1998 Sara Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, Anthony Stewart Head, Seth Green Star In &#8220;Buffy The Vampire Slayer ..&#8221; (Photo By Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;He was mean and biting, disparaging about others openly, and often played favorites, pitting people against one another to compete and vie for his attention and approval.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the birth of her child, Carpenter was fired after Whedon asked if she was going to keep the baby.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time Whedon has been called out on his behavior. <em>Justice League\u00a0<\/em>star, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/justice-league-star-ray-fisher-accuses-director-joss-whedon-of-gross-abusive-behavior-on-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Fisher, came forward<\/a> in July 2020, accusing the filmmaker of being &#8220;gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable&#8221; on the set of the superhero film in 2017. It prompted an investigation and at its conclusion in December 2020, Warner Media released a statement saying &#8220;remedial action has been taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":13950,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Boreanaz Supports Charisma Carpenter After Joss Whedon Claims<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Buffy The Vampire Slayer actor David Boreanaz has broken his silence after Charisma Carpenter came forward last week with abuse allegations against director Joss Whedon. 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