In Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Dean Cain played a humble, kind and generous Superman/Clark Kent who stood for truth, justice, and always protecting those who couldn’t protect themselves. But what he did this week on X was the exact opposite of that. The 59-year-old actor openly laughed and commented on a meme comparing Milly Alcock, the young actress playing Kara Zor-El in DC Studios’ upcoming Supergirl film, to Cha-Ka, the ape-like creature from the 1974 TV series Land of the Lost. Worst of all, when he was called out on it, Cain doubled down.
What Dean Cain Actually Posted
On June 7, Cain reposted a promotional image of Alcock alongside the caption: “Wait… if Supergirl’s skin is bulletproof, how does she have ear piercings?” — a comic accuracy question that had been doing the rounds recently. Then another user replied with a side-by-side picture comparing Alcock to Cha-Ka, asking “And why does she look like this guy?” That’s the post Cain laughed at. “Dang it… I laughed 😅,” he reshared, which has since clocked 4.5 million views.
To be clear, Cain didn’t write the insult. But he boosted it, laughed at it publicly, and when the blowback arrived — he leaned in more.
Dean Cain Doubles Down On Critics
Rather than acknowledging that punching down at a 26-year-old actress’s appearance wasn’t a great look, Cain fired back at his critics: “The SUPERGIRL bots and virtue-signalers are in full ‘activated’ mode… Why so sensitive? It’s not even out yet.”
When one fan pushed back saying Alcock isn’t unattractive and that the studio simply released unflattering promo images, Cain replied: “I never said she was ugly.”
When another told him “Being an actor is a privilege. I enjoyed your Superman role — I grew up with it. I won’t criticise your acting, but this isn’t it Dean. You were loved by hundreds of thousands around the world. She’s a young kid getting into the business, show her the love they showed you” — Cain’s response was “They call me Sushi Man.” It was a reference to the racist slurs he has reportedly received for his Japanese heritage, deployed here as deflection rather than reflection.
Since the original post, Cain has replied to or reposted at least 20 posts in the thread. One fan said it plainly: “I can’t believe I grew up watching this guy play Superman. To see him serve and feed on internet hate towards another person, especially a young woman, makes me really sad.”
What This Means For Supergirl
The timing couldn’t be worse for Warner Bros. Supergirl is already fighting an uphill battle — audience tracking shows awareness climbing while actual interest in seeing the film remains flat. A former Superman amplifying appearance-based mockery of the new Supergirl 16 days before release is not the conversation DC Studios needs right now.
More than that, it’s just disappointing. Dean Cain’s Clark Kent was warm, decent, and genuinely heroic. A generation grew up with and still loves his version of Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman to this day. Milly Alcock is at the beginning of what could be a defining run as one of DC’s most iconic characters. She deserved better. Especially from someone who should know exactly what it means to carry that cape.
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I don’t believe it’s right to compare her to the ape from LotL, however, if she isn’t posing in just the right way, she isn’t the most attractive woman. I’m trying to be generous in saying that. As for Dean Cain, he may have stepped over the line, but honestly, he really has been the butt of jokes for years now, due to his political beliefs. Also, we have be hearing “free speech” shouted at us as people say, post, and use memes that say or show the most horrible things about conservatives, Israelis, Jews, and Zionists. Recently, Gal Gadot was accused of being part of a Zionist conspiracy that somehow was going to end with Israel taking over Italy and Greece because she got cast as Dante’s wife in a new movie. How one leads to the other I can’t figure it out, but this is what we deal with. So, after years of liberals calling him a loser , a has-been, a never-was, Sushiman, and more, he feels like if they can dish it out to him and expect him to take it, why should we all be walking on eggshells to protect this one? Nobody seems to care about protecting Erika Kirk. They went after her even though her husband had just been shot. They wasted no time. They tore apart Nikki Minaj. She used to be a darling until she said she was conservative. They eat the Kardashians alive every meal of the day. All of them. Even their kids. Will Smith’s kids, too. And Obama’s kids and George W. ‘s kids caught Hell. Nobody worried what was said about them. It’s nice to know that you’re all so selective in your outrage. No, I’m not a Conservative. I’m not declared. I’m a Jew, all who show hate to me, I return it 3 fold with a curse on your head, a plague on your house, and cancer in your a$$. And for those who say that’s proof that we are mingling with the Devil. Nope. That’s just straight up karmic waves directed back with a prayer to God. I do pray for you, along the lines of Jaron and the Long Road to Love’s song, I Pray for You. Give it a listen. It’s a favorite of mine.