When Ezra Miller appeared Monday on the premiere of the brand new $200 million DC Studios movie “The Flash” — which some thought was at risk of being shelved due to Miller’s well-documented antics within the months following filming — it was the primary time the actor had been seen in public in almost a yr.
Sporting a white suit jacket with black detailing and long wavy hair with a topknot and braids, Miller told “Flash” director Andy Muschietti on the red carpet: “I like you, maestro. I believe you’re amazing, and I believe your work is monumental.”
It was the actor’s first public comments since a raft of stories last yr about erratic behavior in Hawaii and Iceland in addition to their home in Vermont.
Miller, who uses them/they pronouns, has been holed up at their Vermont farm for the past yr while undergoing outpatient mental health treatment, their publicist told The Post.
“The Flash” has gotten good-to-mixed reviews, with The Post’s Johnny Oleksinski calling it “good fun” and raving that Miller “is DC’s much-needed answer to Tom Holland’s embraceable Spider-Man.”
Meanwhile, Twitter was awash with criticism of the actor this week, calling Miller an “abuser” and a “groomer,” but their rep said Miller is getting real help and is recovering.
“This is just not a publicity thing,” the rep said. “That is something being taken very seriously.”
Amongst other things, the actor was accused of manipulating a harem of young people; throwing a chair at a girl in Hawaii and appearing to choke a girl in Iceland.
Sources told Rolling Stone last yr that Miller’s Vermont home contained guns lying around with young children present.
Sara Jumping Eagle, a pediatrician from the Pine Eagle Reservation in South Dakota, told The Post last yr that she believed that Miller had brainwashed, assaulted and possibly drugged her now 19-year-old child, Tokata Iron Eyes, after years of alleged grooming.
(Last yr, Miller’s agent Scott Metzger largely denied all of the allegations against Miller, including issues related to their non-binary status and relationship to Gibson.)
Tokata now goes by the name Gibson and is non-binary. She posted a now-deleted video on Instagram last yr defending herself against accusations she was being controlled by Miller.
But Ana Rosa, 26, who met Miller in Hawaii last yr during what at the very least one outlet called their “reign of terror,” told The Post Thursday that the actor “saved her life.”
She left Hawaii with Miller and her three kids and moved in with the actor at their home in Vermont for 3 months.
Rosa’s mother, Sheila, told The Post she regards Miller as a “hero.”
Rosa and the kids, she said, returned home to her in Dallas last June and Miller returned to Vermont.
“They put their life on the road to avoid wasting me and my kids,” said Rosa, who was living in Hilo, Hawaii, on the time and was going through a difficult personal situation. “I desired to get away but I couldn’t. No one could help me. Then out of the blue comes Ezra and saw me going through a serious thing and rescued me completely. [They] put their life on the road to avoid wasting me.”
For his or her part, Miller pointedly thanked their bosses on the red carpet Monday for “their grace and discernment and care within the context of my life and in bringing this moment to fruition.”
Miller and their agent, Scott Metzger of CAA, met with studio execs in August, reportedly hashing out easy methods to keep “The Flash” on course and craft Miller’s apology for his or her behavior.
A source near the studio said she believes that executives went ahead with “The Flash” because they’ve a “certain quantity of empathy and humanity” for Miller.
But one other studio executive with knowledge of the situation said “The Flash” was kept alive — and Miller was protected — because Warner Bros., DC’s parent studio, desperately needed it to go ahead.
(Comparisons have been drawn between Miller and Johnny Depp was booted from Warner Bros.’ “Incredible Beasts 3” in 2020 after losing his first libel case against The Sun newspaper involving his ex-wife Amber Heard.)
“It is a very big movie and after the disasters at CNN [Warner Brothers Discovery CEO] David Zaslav is actually in a tricky spot, ” said the second exec, referencing the cable network’s plunging rankings and the recent dismissal of CEO Chris Licht. “They promised this movie to Wall Street they usually needed to deliver.
Sources also said it also would have been costly and disastrous to ditch “The Flash” after the studio’s $70 million “Batgirl” which was unceremoniously shelved by Warner Brothers in 2022.
In August 2022, per week after the embattled Miller was charged with felony burglary for allegedly stealing alcohol from a house in Vermont, the actor broke their silence in a press release provided to Variety by a representative.
“Having recently undergone a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I’m suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller, 29, said within the statement.
“I would like to apologize to everyone that I even have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I’m committed to doing the obligatory work to get back to a healthy, secure and productive stage in my life.”
The statement got here after reports that Warner Bros. was considering pulling “The Flash” due to Miller’s behavior.
For now, Miller’s legal troubles have also apparently been resolved.
After the incident in Hawaii, the actor pled no contest to a single count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and paid a $500 superb and $30 in court costs. The harassment charge was dismissed. No charges were filed in Iceland.
In January, Miller’s attorney Lisa Shelkrot issued a press release on her client’s behalf.
““Ezra Miller pled guilty this morning/afternoon to a misdemeanor illegal trespass in Vermont Superior Court and accepted the conditions imposed by the court,” it read. “Ezra would love to thank the court and the community for his or her trust and patience throughout this process and would once more wish to acknowledge the love and support they’ve received from their family and friends, who proceed to be a significant presence of their ongoing mental health.”
A source acquainted with the Warner Bros. executives overseeing “The Flash” told The Post that she thinks Miller is just not been given enough credit for taking accountability for his or her actions and staying home in Vermont and getting mental health treatment.
“How is that this not a superb thing that somebody has corrected himself and righted the ship?” the source said. “I wish people would appreciate that it’s been a yr since we have now had any problems.”
Tokata’s parents, who lobbied loudly and furiously against Miller and their relationship with Tokata last summer and briefly went to their tribal court to sue the actor, have gone silent on the subject for months. Neither has returned repeated phone calls from The Post.
A former partner of Ana Rosa’s, who was also living in Hawaii, said that he initially liked Miller when he first met them. The person said Miller was in bad shape when he met them and that the actor blamed Hollywood for his or her troubles.
Miller was with Tokata during his weeks in Hawaii and spent much of their time with Ana Rose and her ex-partner.
“Ezra told me loads of what people did in Hollywood to [them] when [they were] young. They really messed [the actor] up,” the person said. “[They were] really in search of help.”
The person, who didn’t want his name used, said that Miller was in a romantic and sexual relationship with Tokata Iron Eyes, aka Gibson, an allegation Miller’s publicist vehemently denied. Gibson’s mother, Sara Jumping Eagle, also told The Post last yr that she believed Gibson and Miller had been having sex during their time together.
Ana Rosa said she preferred to not comment on the precise nature of Miller’s relationship with Gibson, saying, “You’ll must ask them.”
“They were musicians and did art together,” she said. “They were very close.”
Rosa said she speaks to Miller occasionally and sometimes texts Gibson, who’s believed to be back near her family in South Dakota.
“After every thing that happened last yr, all of us were on this mode like we’ll just change into ghosts for awhile,” Rosa said. “It’s like we’re telepathic and love and protect one another from afar.”
Neither Gibson nor Miller were reachable for comment. Miller’s outgoing voice message says the actor goes for periods of time without using the phone and to “not take it personally” if there is just not a timely response.