Nathaniel Buzolic has accused Joseph Morgan of getting him banned from fan conventions, saying in an Instagram video that he was told not to attend fan events if Morgan was there. The claim turned a long-running online feud into a public dispute over who gets to appear in front of fans linked to The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.
Buzolic said the restriction went beyond appearances. He said the actor he named also wanted to stop him from getting work and meeting with fans, and he wrapped the rant by calling Morgan and others like him cowards before signing off with always and forever. For followers of the Mikaelson family on those shows, it was a sharp escalation from social media sniping to an accusation about access, work and professional gatekeeping.
That is why the post landed now. Buzolic has spent much of the period after October 7, 2023, posting hardline pro-Israel material online, while Morgan has remained publicly associated with support for Palestine and earlier comments distancing himself from Israeli military actions. The two actors built their names inside the same franchise world, where Buzolic played Kol Mikaelson and Morgan played Niklaus Mikaelson, so even a private spat between them carries weight in a fandom that follows every public move.
What Buzolic did not settle is whether Morgan actually ordered any ban. His language left room for interpretation: he said an actor he worked with had him barred if that person was present, but he did not show who made the decision or when it took effect. That gap matters because the accusation is aimed at Morgan, yet the claim itself is Buzolic’s account of what happened, not a documented order from the convention side.
The contrast with Morgan’s own public record only sharpened the reaction. On May 23, 2021, Morgan wrote that he was against hate crimes and oppression of any kind and said he was in no way supporting actions of the Israeli army. Buzolic’s video, by contrast, cast Morgan as a coward and folded the dispute into the broader argument over Israel and Palestine that has followed both men online. For now, the unanswered question is simple: was this a personal grievance, or did it become a real ban that kept Buzolic out of rooms where fans expected to see both actors?
