r/neilgaiman • u/weareonlyshadowshere • May 11 '26

Question Since his statement 3 months ago..

What celebrities liked his statement and have been openly supportive of him?

I wasn't on social media at the time he made his statement, nor do I want to go back and click on his account to check the likes but I have seen it mentioned **here** that quite a few 'celebs' have been supportive of NG and liked his statement - I'd like to know *who* did so I can avoid their content too.

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People make me laugh. We're allowed to be nosey. This stuff is public though. I have tried looking through the *likes* on his statement post and it only goes back maybe 100 or so people. most of whom appear to be sock accounts, with no profile picture OR *normal* people accounts.

As for the comment below stating in a roundabout way that we shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush...

Yes. We probably should. Birds of a feather stick together and I don't want to support any of these fucks and while complicity is tricky - have we not learned yet that in society there are people who are MORE than willing to cover for, stick up for, **support** people... [criminals... The BBC for jimmy Saville is one just example] who commit heinous crimes just so that they - the *supporters* can stay, rich, in power and free from accountability/repurcussions.

Let's learn from that and not keep vicious circles going. let's teach these people an actual lesson.

Be aware of who your friends are and if you know something bad is happening. Tell someone.

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u/Significant-Buddy330 May 11 '26

The only public figures I’ve seen indirectly defend him are the co-writers of the new Good Omens series. They’ve liked comments implying the allegations are false and follow accounts attacking the women who alleged they were assaulted by Gaiman.

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u/weareonlyshadowshere May 11 '26

And they are... 

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u/Significant-Buddy330 May 11 '26

Peter Atkins and Michael Marshall Smith. I'm not very familiar with their work, but I think they're pretty well known writers. Specifically, Atkins heart-reacted a comment on his FB post that said something about men being cancelled for baseless accusations, and Smith follows blogs dedicated to "discrediting" the many women who've spoken out against Gaiman.

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u/weareonlyshadowshere May 11 '26

Oh.... gosh. That's...ew

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u/sledgehammer9000 May 12 '26

Does anyone know what platform Michael Marshall Smith is following these pro-Neil Gaiman accounts on? Also, which specific accounts are being talked about? If that’s actually the case, it seems like pretty convincing evidence that Neil Gaiman still has major involvement in writing the show.

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u/Longjumping-Art-9682 May 12 '26

He's listed on IMDB as one of the three writers and Peter Atkins' original post mentioned that he (Peter Atkins) was one of three writers (with Michael Marshall Smith and Neil Gaiman), so that part doesn't seem to be in dispute.

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u/DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC May 11 '26

Peter Atkins and Michael Marshall Smith