Ruby Rose Reveals the Real Reason She Left the BATWOMAN Series and Slams Dangerous Working Conditions

It looks like there was a lot more craziness going on behind the scenes of The CW DC series Batwoman that led to Ruby Rose’s departure. When she first announced she was leaving the show, this is the statement that she shared:

“I have made the very difficult decision to not return to Batwoman next season. This was not a decision I made lightly as I have the utmost respect for the cast, crew and everyone involved with the show in both Vancouver and in Los Angeles. I am beyond appreciative to Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Caroline Dries for not only giving me this incredible opportunity, but for welcoming me into the DC universe they have so beautifully created. Thank you Peter Roth and Mark Pedowitz and the teams at Warner Bros. and The CW who put so much into the show and always believed in me. Thank you to everyone who made season one a success – I am truly grateful.”

Well, her tone has changed, and she recently took to social media to reveal the truth of what led to her leaving the series. The working conditions that she was working under were insane and hostile, and she also sustained some major injuries while shooting the series. She was also told she had to work while she was injured.

Rose was obviously triggered in some way to finally share this story. She calls out Caroline Dries and producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schecter and starts with:

“Enough is enough.I'm going to tell the whole world what really happend on that set. I will come for you so that what happened to me never happens to another person again. And so I can finally take back my life and the truth. Shame on you."

Rose goes on to say that that longtime Warner Bros. TV chief Peter Roth, who left the studio at the end of 2020, hired a private investigator to get dirt on her, and then fired the investigator "as soon as the report didn't fit your narrative." She went on to accuse him of inappropriate relationships with young women. She said:

“You are chapter one, not sure if you left after getting promoted to he highest position because you just couldn’t stop making young woman steam your pants, around your crotch while you were still wearing said pants of if you left after putting a private investigator on me who you fired as soon as the report didn’t fit your narrative, either way, when it comes to you, there already an army waiting for u.”

Roth was recently the subject of a glowing write-up Variety after he capped his retirement off with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Rose also shared audio from a conversation she had between her and her doctor. In it they are talking about spinal injury that was sustained on the set of Batwoman. She also shared some footage from the surgery. Rose shared:

"Cut to 3 weeks after this video, it's worse than abnormal. This was diagnosed years ago on set but if I got an X-ray 'we would make our day.' I have documented this for years. On top of that, I have enough documentation to make a one-hour documentary. Pray tell what else would you like me to share, the broken neck or the broken rib split in two and the tumor?"

Rose went on to say that Roth told her that she would cost the studio millions and endanger the jobs of the cast and crew if she did not return to work right away. She went on to address critics who said she looked "too stiff” in the series saying:

“Imagine going back to work 10 days after this… 10 DAYS!!!!! (or the whole crew and cast would be fired and I’d let everyone down because Peter Roth said he would recast and I just lost the studio millions (by getting injured on his set) that i’d be the one who cost so many people their jobs. Instead of spending half a day to rewrite me out for a few weeks to heal.”

Rose ended up being forced to opt out of Comic-Con International in San Diego, because she was unable to travel for the event. Shared revealed that the studio forced her to film a video announcement that she would not be attending, and told her to do her best to hide the scar on her neck in the video. According to the actress, WB threatened to stay silent on her absence from the event so that fans would show up to Comic-Con and be disappointed if she did not accept those terms.

In a lengthy final statement, she said:

"So, in closing, please to my dear, dear fans, stop asking if I will return to that awful show. I wouldn't return for any amount of money nor if a gun were to my head...NOR DID I QUIT. I DO NOT QUIT, they ruined Kate Kane and they destroyed Batwoman, not me. I followed orders, and if I wanted to stay I was going to have to sign my rights away. Any threats, any bullying tactics or blackmail will not make me stand down. A crew member got third-degree burns over his whole body, and we were given no therapy after witnessing his skin fall of his face, but I was the only one who sent him flowers and cards, and then were told we had to do a sex scene without a minute to process. We lost two stunt doubles, I got cut in the face so close to my eye in a stunt I could have been blind. 

"A woman was left quadriplegic and they tried to blame it on her being on her phone, so much so CW didn't even help her to start with because they needed to "investigate" so she had to do a GoFundMe. She's a PA, they work via phones. Her accident occurred because our show refused to shut down when everyone else did because of Covid. Caroline Dries has no heart and wanted us to finish the season throughout the pandemic and I told her it was a bad idea. I told her everyone was too distracted, constantly checking Covid updates, checking on friends, and seeing Riverdale, The Flash, and Supergirl shut down already, I felt something bad would happen. And Caroline Dries visited the set four times in a year -- UNHEARD OF -- but in those 4-5 visits she decided she could tell me she knew my injury happened on set so I should comply with the PI, yet later denied it entirely and said it happened during yoga -- lol, I don't do yoga. And now someone will never walk again. We shut down the next day...not because she almost killed someone but the government pulled it. 

"Also, I fought people on set, yes, not because I wanted to but because I wanted safety. Ask anyone in hair and makeup what I did for them, after two were hospitalized, the only people who came out and spoke was Dougray who...talk about unprofessional. Called my agent after my exit to find a way to leave which she replied, "break your neck I guess," yet slammed me in the press. I never raised my voice, never have. 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 out asking for no-yelling policy, they declined. I was late one time, because I was in hospital. Whoever does these stupid leaks, I'll find out who, but it's Camrus, who after I left hospital said 'Yeah, well, maybe if people were not late we would make our days.' A kid, an egomaniac kid who worked one day a week had the audacity. Or the stunt department who were furious even though I never blamed them. But I went on Fallon and spoke of my injury, and didn't play the game. Aside from them, I was loved and loved my crew. Oh, and they wouldn't drive me to work and knew I couldn't legally drive after surgery, so they said 'Get a taxi.'"

All I can say is WOW! That sounds like a complete nightmarish experience. I don’t blame her for leaving.