‘Wednesday’ Actor Percy Hynes White Confirms Exit from Show

Percy Hynes White is saying goodbye to Wednesday.

The actor, who played Xavier Thorpe on season 1 of the Netflix series, shared a cast photo to his Instagram Stories along with a caption wishing his fellow actors the best as they embark on the next installment.

“I had so much fun working on this show,” Hynes White, 22, wrote atop the cast photo of co-stars Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones, as well as executive producer Tim Burton.

“I can’t wait to watch season 2 🙂 Much love,” Hynes White added in his text, ending the caption with a red heart emoji.

His comments about the show come as Ortega, 21, revealed on Wednesday, May 8 that production on the new episodes is now under way. “We’ve begun season two,” she captioned an Instagram photo of her in costume and a brief clip confirming the addition of Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi and Thandiwe Newton.

Reps for the show did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Thursday, May 9.

Hynes White’s absence from season 2 comes after he was accused of sexual assault in January 2023 by an anonymous woman on X (formerly Twitter). The woman alleged the actor threw high-school parties with the intention of having sex with drunk girls.

At the time, the actor was also accused of racism when a video of him using a racial slur resurfaced online. (The video has since been deleted.)

Hynes White specifically addressed the sexual-assault rumors the following June, denying the allegations and claiming he’d never met the woman who made the claims.

“Earlier this year, somebody I’ve never met started a campaign of misinformation about me online. Because of this, my family has been doxxed, and my friends have received death threats,” he wrote on Instagram. “Underage photos of me were used, and examples of me acting in character were presented as hateful. My friend Jane was falsely portrayed as a victim, and her attempts to set the record straight have been ignored. She gave me permission to include her in this message.”

He added, “The rumors are false. I can’t accept the portrayal of me as someone bigoted, or criminally negligent of people’s safety. These are the kind of baseless, harmful claims that can create mistrust toward victims. It’s very distressing to know that this misinformation has upset people.”

On Wednesday, Hynes White played the artistic friend (and sometimes foe) of protagonist Wednesday Addams (Ortega). There seemed to be a possibility for romance between the two — or betrayal — while Wednesday tried who was the ever-elusive Hyde monster. Throughout the season, their friendship mended and broke until the ultimate conclusion — in which one of Wednesday’s other, closest friends turned out to be the culprit.

How the character will be written out of the series has yet to be seen. Season 1 ended with a cliffhanger that teased another possible threat against Wednesday.

Hynes White, meanwhile, will next be seen opposite Ortega in Winter Spring Summer or Fall premiering at Tribeca; My Old Ass, which Prime Video will be releasing this fall and the recently wrapped feature film Whistle by director Corin Hardy.

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Season 1 of Wednesday is now streaming in full on Netflix.

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