Madelaine Petsch Is ‘Proud’ of ‘Badass’ Vanessa Morgan for Staying True to Herself, Calling Out ‘Riverdale’ Issues
Madelaine Petsch is fully supportive of Vanessa Morgan following her call for more representation and equal pay on Riverdale.“She’s a badass and I’m so proud of her,” Petsch, 25, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting her campaign for AbbVie.Morgan, who is pregnant with her first child, spoke out in May about Riverdale’s lack of diversity and opened up about how Black people are portrayed in media. She also claimed that she’s the “only black series regular but also paid the least” via Twitter in June.The Canada native’s character, Toni Topaz, is also part of the LGBTQ community, which prompted her to add that Toni is being “used as the token biracial bisexual” on the show.