‘Arrow’ Alums Slam Stephen Amell After His SAG-AFTRA Strike Comments

Stephen Amell‘s strong feelings about the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike aren’t sitting nicely with fellow members of the Arrowverse.

The Arrow alum, 42, was requested concerning the labor dispute throughout an look at GalaxyCon in North Carolina, which came about from Thursday, July 27, to Sunday, July 30. Amell declared that he’s a proud member of the Hollywood union however publicly opposed its plan of action.

“I feel like I’m insulated in Hollywood, because that’s where I live … [but] I feel like a lot of people in this room aren’t aware of the strike,” he claimed in footage uploaded by way of social media on Monday, July 31. (An individual within the room posed the query.)

Amell hesitated for a second earlier than including: “I support my union, I do. And I stand with them. I do not support striking. I don’t. I think that it is a reductive negotiating tactic.”

SAG-AFTRA, which represents movie and tv actors, is putting in opposition to the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), the group representing many main Hollywood studios. Recent contract negotiations had been unsuccessful, main union president Fran Drescher to formally provoke the strike final month. SAG-AFTRA adopted the WGA, which kicked off its personal strike in May.

“I find the entire thing incredibly frustrating,” Amell mentioned on the conference. “I think that the thinking as it pertains to shows like [Heels], the show that I’m on that premiered last night, I think it’s myopic.”

Per union pointers, SAG-AFTRA members aren’t allowed to take part in promotional press for tasks which are thought-about “struck work,” that means they had been filmed underneath the earlier AMPTP contract. Many stars have pressed pause on pink carpet appearances, premieres and different interviews to face in solidarity with their union. It’s unclear whether or not Amell’s conference look was instantly associated to selling Heels, which started its second season over the weekend.

As Amell’s feedback sparked debate on-line, his former Arrow costar Kirk Acevedo wasted no time chiming in. “This f–king guy,” Acevedo — who performed “The Dragon” Ricardo Diaz on seasons 6 and seven of Arrow — tweeted on Monday, including two center finger emojis, a dragon and a watch roll emoji.

The Flash‘s Matt Letscher, in the meantime, threw shade with out mentioning Amell by identify. “Still waiting on that comprehensive list of totally non-reductive negotiating tactics we get to employ now,” he tweeted. “Thank god for superheroes! Any second now… #SAGAFTRAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrong”

This isn’t Amell’s first brush with controversy in recent times. He was escorted off an airplane touring from Austin to Los Angeles in June 2021 following the ATX Television Festival.

“My wife and I got into an argument Monday afternoon on a Delta flight from Austin to LA. I was asked to lower my voice and I did. Approximately 10 minutes later I was asked to leave the flight,” Amell tweeted on the time, trying to make clear the incident. “And I did so immediately. I was not forcibly removed.”

Two months later, Amell additional addressed the scenario on an episode of the “Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum” podcast. “I had too many drinks in a public place, and I got on a plane,” he claimed. “I was pissed off about something else that had nothing to do with Cass, my wife, and I picked a fight. Just I picked a fight because I wanted to be loud and upset.”

Amell asserted that describing the incident as “an argument” was deceptive. “My wife said one thing the entire time. … This is 100 percent my fault,” he defined. “I feel like I went the better part of 10 years without being an a–hole in public. I was an a–hole in public.”

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Amell and Jean tied the knot in 2012. They share daughter Maverick, 9, and son Bowen, 14 months.