Orlando Jones Calls ‘American Gods’ Showrunner A ‘Wigga’
Former solid member of American Gods Orlando Jones known as into The Clay Cane Present on SiriusXM City View channel 126 on Thursday (Dec.19) to present a bit extra perception on the showrunner and him being fired from the Starz present.
The 51-year-old actor and comic instructed Cane that the showrunner — with out saying his identify — is a “tradition vulture white man” who runs round “with a Black Panther T-shirt on, speaking and performing like he’s Black.”
“You’re taking part in that complete recreation, which is the one purpose you’d run your a** round and say one thing as loopy as ‘Mr. Nancy is unhealthy for Black America.’”
He continued, “Clearly, there may be no one round to appropriate you, there’s no one of coloration round you who feels that they’ve the center to say, ‘Hey sir, you most likely shouldn’t say that you just write from a Black male perspective.’ You’re like a 60-plus-year-old white man.”
Jones lately shared a video of himself on his Twitter to inform all of his American Gods followers that he felt discriminated towards in mild of Gabrielle Union being fired from America’s Obtained Expertise.
Each reveals are run by the hands of the identical manufacturing firm, Freemantle Media.
Jones additionally instructed Cane, “For those who ask anyone about who the Season three showrunner is, there [are] two issues they may let you know: he’s a white man [and] he thinks he’s Black.”
“He wears ‘keep woke’ hats… [He] clothes like old fashioned Run DMC… I don’t have issues with someone that’s a fan of the tradition however that doesn’t make you Black,” he stated.
Jones additionally known as him “wigga,” which is a time period that’s used to name white folks the N-word.
“I’m going to make use of a phrase, I don’t imply to offend anyone,” he began off. “I don’t give offense, you are taking offense. I’m going to throw ‘wigga’ within the air, you declare it as your personal,” he chuckled. “So you bought this man [and] that’s his habits. That’s how he presents himself.”
Take heed to the clips of Orlando Jones on The Clay Cane Present under: