Ruby Rose Flees Twitter Over Batwoman Controversy

Ruby Rose, a lesbian, has been cast to play Batwoman, a lesbian, in a new CW series. That casting, however, seems not to be authentic enough for some Twitter users, leading Rose to delete her account from the social media platform. Read on for details.

Via Page Six.

Actress Ruby Rose has deleted her Twitter account following backlash over the announcement that she’ll play the first lesbian superhero to headline a TV show in “Batwoman.”

As previously reported, “The Meg” star was recently cast as Batwoman (A.K.A. Kate Kane) in The CW’s ongoing DC Comics TV universe. The star got emotional during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in discussing the role and what it means for inclusion in Hollywood.

The Bat is out of the bag and I am beyond thrilled and honored. I’m also an emotional wreck.. because this is a childhood dream. This is something I would have died to have seen on TV when I was a young member of the LGBT community who never felt represented on tv and felt alone and different. Thank you everyone. Thank you god.

A post shared by Ruby Rose (@rubyrose) on Aug 7, 2018 at 10:53am PDT

“I feel like the reason I get so emotional, growing up watching TV, I never saw somebody on TV that I could identify with, let alone a superhero,” Rose said through a cracking voice. “I have always had this saying — I mean, not me, Oscar Wilde — which is be yourself because everyone else is taken. So I always live by that motto, and the second motto when I came into the industry was be the person that you needed when you were younger. I feel like one motto led to another.”

Jaxx - The Meg

A post shared by Ruby Rose (@rubyrose) on Jul 27, 2018 at 7:48pm PDT

However, it seems Rose has joined the likes of “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” actress Kelly Marie Tran in deleting social media accounts rather than withstanding the onslaught of negativity from online detractors.

As Syfy notes, Rose’s final tweet before shutting down her Twitter saw her lament the fact that people were saying she can’t play a lesbian character because she is not a lesbian. Rose, however, has identified as a lesbian since she was a child.

“Where on earth did ‘Ruby is not a lesbian therefore she can’t be batwoman’ come from – has to be the funniest most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. I came out at 12? And have for the past 5 years had to deal with ‘she’s too gay’ how do y’all flip it like that? I didn’t change,” she reportedly tweeted prior to deleting her account.

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