What Had Happened Was…Lena Waithe Speaks On Jason Mitchell’s Misconduct Allegations; Confirmed That She Knew About His Behavior Since Season 1 [VIDEO]

By Tamantha Hip-HopVibe.com Staff Writer

The table is shaking for #MeToo supporter and ‘The Chi’ creator, Lena Waithe. Once news surfaced that Jason Mitchell has been accused of misconduct with his co-star, Tiffany Boone, many people wondered why nothing was done sooner.

Lena called in to The Breakfast Club to try to explain her side of things, but it sounds like she’s just trying to cover her own a**.

When Charlemagne asks Lena whether or not she knew about Jason’s misconduct after season 1, she said:

“Right. So what happened was, that was handled. There we’re conversations that were had you know HR was made aware and all the parties involved were like this thing has been resolved enough so that both parties were willing to return to work. So I was like ok, if you wanna come back I wanna make sure that the environment is different. I made sure that when she can back to set, there was damn near a whole different crew. And also too, there were precautions that we took. The writers had extensive sexual harassment training. There was extensive sexual harassment training on the set. And also I said I was going to put women in positions of power on the show. I think that if that’s the case, it’ll be less likely that we have issues like that again. Not to say that women are exempt from doing, but I was like I think it’ll make it a safer environment.”

What does any of what she said has to do with the behavior than Jason continuously exhibited? As someone who was a vocal part of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movement, it’s a shame that Tiffany’s cry for help wasn’t acknowledged until right before the allegations were made public. He was showing inappropriate behavior in season 1 of the show, and they are on season 3. ‘The Chi’ might as well count their days, because it’s not looking good for everyone involved.