Nathaniel Buzolic, who played Kol Mikaelson on The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, says a former co-star from the shows has been quietly keeping him away from fan events and costing him work because of his public support for Israel.
In a video posted to his Instagram account, Buzolic said, “There’s an actor that I worked with who has had me banned from attending fan events if he’s there, quietly.” He said the person does not post about the Palestinian cause on social media, adding, “that’s probably because he wants to protect his career.”
“He also wanted to stop me from getting work and meeting with fans at fan events, so if you’ve noticed my absence, that’s why,” Buzolic said.
Buzolic did not name the co-star but called him a “coward” for not publicly sharing his own views to match Buzolic’s statements of support, over the past three years, for what Buzolic described as “the jihadist, camel-abusing, keffiyeh culture of the Arab Palestinians.”
“But they want to stop people like me from earning an income and getting work,” he said.
In the caption accompanying the video, Buzolic wrote, “Telling the truth will always cost you something but at least you will never become a coward. I remember when he didn’t want to do fan events cause he thought he was above that. Can you guess who?”
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When one commenter asked whether Buzolic had consulted lawyers, he replied, “I was tempted. Since it’s cost me a lot of my income, while he never even cared about doing fan events till he had no work.”
Commenters quickly speculated that Buzolic was referring to Joseph Morgan, who played Klaus Mikaelson across The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Legacies. “It seems to be Joseph Morgan,” one fan wrote, while others reacted with surprise, including one who asked, “Did you do this under the assumption you’d cancel THE JOSEPH MORGAN,” and another who wrote simply, “I LOVE JOSEPH MORGAN.”
Not everyone accepted the political explanation. Some commenters suggested any rift between Buzolic and Morgan might be personal rather than ideological. “Why does he blacklist you when other actors in TVD and Legacies have supported Israel?” one asked. Another noted, “I noticed that basically nobody from the TVD cast follows him here,” while a third pressed, “What happened between you and joseph? pls tell me.”
Morgan has not publicly responded to Buzolic’s claims and has not stated his own position on the issue.
