Ruby Rose Goes Nuclear on Batwoman, Alleging Unsafe Work Environment

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Ruby Rose, the original Batwoman on the CW’s Batwoman abomination, er, series unloaded on the network and the management.

While Kate Kane wasn’t the most compelling character on television, she’s a huge ratings draw compared to the absolute freefall that the series is in at the moment under her replacement. Consider that the season 3 premiere just pulled 458,000, down 30% from the Season 2 premiere of 659,000, which was a massive crater from the series debut, the only one to include Ruby Rose, of 1,860,000.

Ruby Rose claims that executives from the CW and Warner Bros. forced her exit from the show by requiring her to return to work days after major surgery to repair injuries sustained on set, as well as refusing to accept responsibility for causing said injuries and creating a toxic work environment.

“Dear fans, stop asking if I will return to that awful show,” said Rose to begin the Instagram story where she would effectively salt the earth. “I wouldn’t return for any amount of money nor if a gun were to my head.” A far cry from a statement she gave in June of this year: “I would totally [return to the show], I don’t think it would serve the story because I think building the new Batwoman is more important than going back too far into Kate Kane, but of course, I would, I would absolutely do anything they wanted as far as that!” Does that set off red flags for anyone else?

CW president Peter Roth was the first under the bus, with Rose accusing the older gentleman of “making young women steam your pants around your crotch while you were still wearing said pants.” I wouldn’t doubt that happening, to be honest.

In regards to returning so soon post-surgery on her spine, “imagine going back to work 10 days after this, [if I didn’t] the whole crew and cast would be fired, and I’d let everyone down, because Peter Roth said he wouldn’t recast and I just lost the studio millions (by getting injured on his set), [and] that I’d be the one who cost so many people their jobs.” Roth departed the network after 22 years in October 2020; no reason was provided.

Warner Bros. TV has responded to the charges from the Vanquish star in a statement made to Deadline, which lines up with her firing claims, but that’s where the corroboration ends:

“Despite the revisionist history that Ruby Rose is now sharing online aimed at the producers, the cast and crew, the network, and the Studio, the truth is that Warner Bros. Television had decided not to exercise its option to engage Ruby for season two of ‘Batwoman’ based on multiple complaints about workplace behavior that were extensively reviewed and handled privately out of respect for all concerned.”

But now who’s toxic?

“I have enough documentation to make a one-hour documentary,” said Rose about all the allegations relating to Roth and doctors’ visits that show her “abnormal” injuries. She also notes that when the injury initially occurred, CW executives allegedly warned her not to get an X-ray, as that would interrupt the filming schedule.

“What else would you like me to share, the broken neck or the broken rib split in two and the tumor?” I thought they got asbestos off the sets in the biz. In regards to a cut she suffered, Rose said described it as a “cut in the face so close to my eye in a stunt I could have been blind.”

The John Wick 2 actress went on to dunk on the showrunner, Caroline Dries, for only stopping by the set “4 or 5 times in a year” and criticizing her decision not to stop production because of the coof setting in at the time. “[Dries] has no heart and wanted us to finish the season throughout the pandemic and I told her it was a bad idea,” said Rose-stradamus. “I told her everyone was too distracted, Matt constantly checking COVID updates, checking on friends and seeing ‘Riverdale,’ ‘The Flash’ and ‘Super Girl’ shut down already.” I guess we have an answer to the question, “If you’re friends jump off a bridge, would you?” for the XXX: Return of Xander Cage actress. Dries allegedly tried to say Rose sustained the injuries “during Yoga,” but the actress lamented that she does not do yoga.

“Aside from them I was loved and loved my crew,” were the closing refrains.

Dougray Scott, Jacob Kane on Batwoman and someone who had recently departed the series at the conclusion of the second season, must not be a part of the “loved” group.

Rose also made this allegation of Scott: “Dougray hurt a female stunt double, he yelled like a little bitch at women and was a nightmare. He left when he wanted and arrived when he wanted. He abused women and in turn as a lead of a show I sent an email asking for a no-yelling policy. They declined,” claimed the most altruistic person in the world. If you recall, Warner said there were multiple complaints about Rose’s attitude.

Scott kept his retort nice and short, saying her claims “are entirely made up.” You hate to see such a hilarious show descend into madness like this behind the scenes because the disaster on the screen should be plenty of fodder to go around.