Xavier has left Nevermore.
Actor Percy Hynes White, who performed Xavier Thorpe on Season 1 of the hit Netflix present “Wednesday,” didn't return for Season 2 following sexual misconduct allegations made in opposition to him.
Xavier was a predominant character on the primary season of the Tim Burton Addams household sequence, and he was offered as a doable love curiosity for Wednesday (Jenna Ortega, 22).
So, how did Season 2 (now streaming) handle the character's evident absence?
Within the first episode of Season 2, new principal Barry Dort (Steve Buscemi) reveals that Xavier has transferred to “Reichenbach Academy in Switzerland.”
Later within the episode, Wednesday will get a gift from her former buddy and would-be beau.
He sends her a portray of “a creepy crow on a gravestone” and a word studying, “I attempted texting however I suppose you misplaced the telephone I gave you. Take into account this my goodbye present.”
Xavier says within the word that he painted the crow as a result of, “The picture instantly flashed in my head. Don't ask me how I do know or what it means but it surely's related to you, I'm positive. Who's Wednesday Addams with out a thriller to unravel, proper? Xavier.”
Season 1 of “Wednesday” premiered in November 2022, following the Addams household daughter, Wednesday, as a teen attending Nevermore Academy for outcasts.
The present shortly grew to become Netflix's most watched English language sequence, producing 252 million views globally, per The Hollywood Reporter.
In January 2023, a Twitter user alleged that White had assaulted her at a celebration he hosted in Toronto. In now-deleted tweets, she claimed he additionally assaulted different ladies, and supplied alcohol and medicines to underage women with a purpose to have intercourse with them.
White released a statement denying the claims that June.
“Anyone I've by no means met began a marketing campaign of misinformation about me on-line,” he wrote on Instagram in June 2023. “Due to this, my household has been doxxed, and my mates have acquired dying threats.”
The Canadian native stated that the “false” and “dangerous” rumors about him “can create distrust towards victims.”
He wrote, “I can't settle for the portrayal of me as somebody bigoted, or criminally negligent of individuals's security. These are the sort of baseless, dangerous claims that may create distrust towards victims. It's very distressing to know that this misinformation has upset folks. I'm actually grateful for everybody who's stood by me and helped share the info.”
In Could 2024, Netflix confirmed that White was not returning. They didn't touch upon whether or not the allegations had been the explanation for his exit.
In an interview with Vanity Fair that September, Ortega referred to as his departure from the present “a bizarre redirect.”
“However we're introducing so many alternative characters that I feel it sort of will get misplaced,” she added.
“Wednesday” has already been renewed for a Season 3.
Season 2 Half 1 is now streaming on Netflix. Half 2 premieres Sept. 3.
