Grant Gustin Voices Support For Costar Candice Patton After Fans Call Him Out For Not Defending Her Against Online Trolls

Grant Gustin has taken to his social media to show is support for his costar from The Flash, Candice Patton. The young actor took to his Instagram Story to share his support after fans on the social media outlet called him out for not being vocal about his support her in the past.

In his video, Grant states that “I want to go ahead and make a blanket statement, PSA, put it out there right now on my Instagram if it hasn’t been taken in through interviews over the years. But our Iris is an African-American actress. She is black, she is beautiful and she is our Iris, and she always is gonna be. Always has been, always will be.”

Grant goes onto say, “She is Barry’s endgame and Candice Patton plays her, and she will continue to play her. And I have her back and will have her back. I’m sorry if that hasn’t been made clear, but that’s the case, and it always will be.”

The uploading of this video came only one day after after a recent Instagram post from Grant, about defending LBGTQ+ rights, sparked fans to call him out for not defending Candice. For those who don’t know, Candice has been facing backlash from online trolls from the day she was cast as the iconic DC comic book character, Iris West.

Candice has managed to ward off the trolls perfectly fine on her own, but fans have been vocal about Grant stepping in to show his support.