South Africa: Netflix Deletes Graphic Suicide Scene From Its '13 Reasons Why' After Backlash

Cape Town — Netflix is deleting a graphic suicide scene from its 13 Reasons Why youth drama after a public backlash against its depiction.

The controversial show has been renewed for a third season but is now removing the suicide scene of the protagonist at the end of the first season which depicts Hannah (Katherine Langford) slitting her wrists in a bathtub, after medical experts told Netflix it's harmful.

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