Riverdale star Vanessa Morgan says she’s “paid the least” as the show’s only Black series regular. Morgan has played Toni Topaz on the teen drama since 2017, a bisexual member of the Southside Serpents and lover of Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch), and was promoted to a main cast member in the show’s third season.
On Sunday (31 May), in response to the protests and demonstrations in the United States over racism, white supremacy and police brutality, she tweeted that she was “tired of how