Nerdist founder and host Chris Hardwick will appear in
Borderlands 3, despite abuse allegations leveled against him last year. Gearbox confirmed to
The Verge that
Hardwick would return to voice Vaughn, a character introduced in Telltale's Tales from the Borderlands. A spokesperson declined to comment further on the company's decision to do so. "We don't have any comments at this time on the process of bringing him on board," the spokesperson said.
In 2018, actress Chloe Dykstra
published a poston Medium detailing sexual and emotional abuse allegations against a former boyfriend. She does not name him, but it is believed to be Hardwick. Following the allegations, Nerdist pulled Hardwick's name and posts from the site; many writers publicly denounced him as well. Hardwick — who appears on AMC as the host of after shows such as
Talking Bad (for
Breaking Bad),
Talking Saul (for
Better Call Saul),
Talking Preacher (for
Preacher) and
Talking Dead (for
The Walking Dead) — was removed from San Diego Comic-Con panels shortly after. AMC pulled his show,
Talking with Chris Hardwick.