Ezra Miller’s Controversies, Public Comeback Explained

Ezra Miller has revealed their plan to make a “tentative” return to the spotlight, years after they were at the center of a string of problematic controversies that saw them retreat from the public eye. So, here’s a recap of Ezra’s rollercoaster career, and everything there is to know about their comeback.

Ezra first started acting in their early teens, and landed their first leading role in a feature film in 2008 at age 15, but it was the 2011 movie We Need to Talk About Kevin that proved to be their breakout role when Ezra was 19 years old.

A subsequent exposé in Rolling Stone alleged that Ezra had “frequent meltdowns” during production for The Flash in 2021, with an insider stressing at the time that Ezra was never violent, but described them as “losing it” after getting “a thought in [their] head” and losing confidence in what they were doing.

In a video from Comic-Con 2017, a fan can be seen asking Ezra if they’re drunk, but the actor jokes in response that the Flash can’t get drunk because their metabolism is so fast. When the fan asks if he can smell Ezra’s breath as proof, Ezra kisses the man on the lips before continuing to kiss his face. Ezra then asks: “How’d it smell?” and walks away.

In 2020, Ezra was in the line of fire again when a video emerged on X that appeared to show them choke-slamming a woman in a bar in Iceland. Variety reported at the time that the incident occurred when Ezra was approached by a group of “pushy” fans at around 6 p.m.

In August 2022 — four months after their second Hawaii arrest — Ezra said that they were in treatment for “complex mental health issues” as they publicly apologized for their behavior.

In June of that same year, people were left shocked when Ezra attended the Los Angeles premiere for The Flash, where they posed for photos, signed autographs, and even spoke in front of a packed audience — during which they thanked Warner execs for their “grace and discernment and care in the context of my life.”

Since then, the star has maintained a pretty low profile until May of this year, when Ezra, now 32, was spotted walking the red carpet for the movie Die My Love at Cannes Film Festival.

Ezra later said they only attended the premiere to support Lynne, though they admitted that Cannes was a “tough re-entry point” after so long away from the spotlight.

“I came to Cannes to support one of my closest friends in the world, who is Lynne Ramsey,” Ezra said in the interview. “I didn’t necessarily want to go to Cannes, I had a bit of a hard time. That’s a tough re-entry point. If you’ve been in the woods for three years, I do not recommend going straight to Cannes, where every photographer and every weirdo, every rich genocidal freak will be there, you know what I mean?”

Ezra concluded: “And so, not that I don’t hold a lot of remorse and lamentation for a lot of things that I did, and for a lot of things that happened in that time, I’m really, really grateful for the lessons that came with that abyss.”