‘American Gods’ Producer Responds To Orlando Jones’ Claims

On Saturday (December 14), Orlando Jones claimed he was fired from the Starz present American Gods as a result of his character Mr. Nancy despatched “the incorrect message for Black America” by a producer. Now, the present’s producer has issued a response.

A spokesperson for the present’s manufacturing firm Fremantle tells Deadline, “The storylines of American Gods have frequently shifted and advanced to mirror the advanced mythology of the supply materials,” they stated. “Mr. Jones’ choice was not picked up as a result of Mr. Nancy, amongst different characters, shouldn’t be featured within the portion of the e book we’re specializing in inside Season three.”

Jones claimed that he had been fired moderately than his contract not being renewed, and that occurred as a result of American Gods employed a brand new showrunner.

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“I’m not going to call names however the brand new season three showrunner is Connecticut born and Yale-educated, so he’s very good and he thinks that Mr. Nancy’s offended, get s**t accomplished is the incorrect message for Black America,” he stated in a video he tweeted out.

“That’s proper,” he continues. “This white man sits in that decision-making chair and I’m certain he has many Black bffs who’re his advisors and made it clear to him that if he didn’t eliminate that offended god, Mr. Nancy, he’d begin a Denmark Vesey rebellion on this nation. I imply, what else might or not it’s?”

In different tweets, Jones labeled Fremantle “a nightmare” that handled him “like a 2nd class citizen for doing all of your job [too] properly.” He additionally claimed “they had been exceptionally nasty and evil the best way they did it.”

In American Gods, Mr. Nancy is an African deity who turns into a lens to handle 21st century racial points in America.