They say hindsight is 20/20 and that appears to be the case when it comes to last week's leaked image of Grant Gustin?s Flash costume for the upcoming fifth season of The Flash TV series. The person who posted the image now says they regret it.
In a post to Instagram Stories (via Reddit) the "Real World of Flash" account is claiming that not only do they regret posting the photo but attempts to explain where the photo came from and that it wasn't their account that first leaked it. You can check out a screenshot of the post below.
"I was given the picture by an anonymous account that is now deleted," the post reads. "I didn't post it. I gave a description of which the leaker gave me. It was then leaked on 4chan and Reddit which then gave me the go to post it since it's out there. Of course, my dumb*** watermarked it which I regret because people are going to think that I leaked it. Hope people understand it wasn't me that leaked it. It was leaked around 15-20 hours ago on Reddit/4Chan."
For those keeping not track, last week the Real World of Flash posted a photo on Instagram that showed Gustin's Flash in a new, more comic book accurate version of the Scarlet Speedster's suit. However, not everyone was thrilled with the costume which led to some criticizing the suit as being unflattering as well as some directly criticizing Gustin himself. Body shamers made some negative comments about the actor's appearance which resulted in Gustin taking to social media himself to not only address the leak, but the body shaming as well.
"So, here?s the thing about this bulls**** photo leak," Gustin wrote. "It's a cool suit. That's a terrible photo that I was unaware was being taken, much less being posted. Some things need work and they will be worked on. We'll get there."
The leaked image was quickly taken down and a few days later Gustin posted his own, more official look at the suit on his own Instagram account.