Report: Lethal Weapon's Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans have stopped speaking to each other

Deadline

The Fox drama is in limbo not only due to Clayne Crawford's bad behavior, but because he and co-star Damon Wayans are reportedly at odds with each other. Addressing reports of his bad behavior, Crawford issued an apology today saying that one of his two reprimands was for an episode he directed earlier this year, in which "an actor on set felt unsafe because a piece of shrapnel from an effect hit him." What he didn't mention was that actor is co-star Wayans, according to Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "Following the shrapnel incident, Wayans was sent home for the day and when he returned to work, he set limitations to what he was willing to do in the episode, including not holding a gun or running down stairs, citing safety concerns," reports Andreeva. "I hear that led to an argument with Crawford, with Crawford using strong words to tell Wayans how he felt about him. I hear the issue went all the way to the high ranks of the studio, Warner Bros. TV. And while Crawford ultimately completed the episode, I hear the relationship between the two stars suffered irreparable damage." She says Wayans and Crawford, who star in the buddy cop drama, "now have stopped speaking to each other." Andreeva further reports that Lethal Weapon has been plagued with problems from the beginning, from not doing table reads "allegedly upon star Wayans' request" to not having a veteran showrunner on set who can "handle two very different stars coming from different backgrounds." As a result, Lethal Weapon is on the bubble, says Andreeva, "jeopardizing the jobs of dozens of cast and crew on the show and possibly costing Warner Bros TV a fortune in international sales should the globally recognizable title get canceled by Fox."