'Killing Eve' Faces Huge Backlash For Lack of Diversity in Writer's Room

Killing Eve might be remembered for being as that show that had Phoebe Waller-Bridge's fame hit the charts owing to her great writing and more women coming in but it now faces backlash in a totally different scenario.

The show is facing backlash for what appears to be a stark lack of diversity in its writers room for season four.

Eyebrows were raised on Friday night after one of the series’ writers, Kayleigh Llewellyn, tweeted a now-deleted post showing a screenshot of a Zoom call between the show’s writers.

“15 weeks later, it’s the final day of the Killing Eve writers room,” wrote Llewellyn. The image showed nine individuals — a group that is predominantly female, but all white — raising a glass to the camera.

An examination of “Killing Eve’s” IMDb writing credits across all seasons, which spans 16 writers including executive producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge and author Luke Jennings, does not appear to include any writers of color.

Director-producer Matthew A. Cherry, whose short film “Hair Love” won this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, retweeted Llewellyn’s post, writing, “Y’all really be proudly sharing these non diverse writers room screenshots freely on the TL like it’s something to celebrate.”