‘Man of Steel’ star Henry Cavill receives backlash for dating Gina Carano years ago

“Man of Steel” star Henry Cavill has been under fire from social media for his previous relationship with former “Star Wars” star Gina Carano.

Context

Gina Carano was one of the stars of “The Mandalorian,” a “Star Wars” spinoff show for Disney+. However, she was recently let go from the show after a social media post compared attacks on Jewish people during Nazi Germany to how people today are criticized over political beliefs, as I wrote about for the Deseret News.

• Carano has been under fire from social media for months now, as I’ve written about for the Deseret News. Fans created the #FireGinaCarano hashtag to call on Disney to fire the actress from “The Mandalorian” in the fall because of her tweets about the COVID-19 vaccine, Democrats, face masks and voter fraud, among other political issues, as I wrote about for the Deseret News.

Did they really date?

Yes. Per The Los Angeles Times, the couple dated in 2013 around the time that “Man of Steel” came out.

Reaction

Social media criticized Cavill for having dated Carano in the past. It’s not a stretch to say that social media users tried to cancel Cavil for dating Carano almost 10 years ago.