Netflix’s The Witcher showrunner Lauren Hissrich takes a Twitter break

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Another star is taking a time-out from the giants.

On Monday, Lauren Hissrich, the executive manufacturer and showrunner of the upcoming Netflix television series The Witcher, tweeted that “it’s time for a Twitter hiatus” as she deals with the program.

“The love here is amazing, and the hate is enlightening, like a real-life Trial of the Grasses,” she tweeted, describing a Witcher initiation routine, “except I HAVE to read less and write more — or we won’t have a damn finale. Be back soon … Be nice to each other, okay?”

This follows a reaction concerning a supposed casting require The Witcher, which looked for a lady of color to play the character Ciri, according to a report from ComicBook.com. In the popular Witcher computer game Ciri is white, and individuals called the casting advertisement racist and political.

Hissrich signs up with other superstars who have actually chosen to offer Twitter a rest. Star Trek and Big Bang Theory star Wil Wheaton deactivated his Twitter account onAug 17 to object what he viewed as an absence of action on Twitter’s part concerning abuse and false information on the social media network. Stranger Things starlet Millie Bobby Brown erased her Twitter account on June 14, after individuals utilized her image in memes that portrayed her as homophobic.