. "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role." has reached out to reps for creator Seth MacFarlane. Central Park
to recast mixed-race characters with Black or biracial actors, as the industry continues to reckon with its history of inclusivity . Jenny Slate has played Missy on represents a major shift for the show, which for years resisted calls that a South Asian actor take over the role of Apu from Hank Azaria . Azaria has since stopped voicing Apu.
Azaria also voices Carl Carlson and Springfield police officer Lou, who are Black, and Latinx character Bumblebee Man. Harry Shearer, meanwhile, has played Dr. Hibbert, who's Black, for the show's entire run. Tress MacNeille has also voiced several non-White characters, including Apu's wife, Manjula. but has been a regular on the series since 2006. He's also written for the show and co-created and starred in spinoff , which ran for four seasons.
But aren't Simpsons yellow? So ot was more than fair being yellow people dubbing them
Jesus Christ you people are pathetic. Apologize for being born and just get it over with.
roybelly We just want police reform!
Nancy Cartwright has been voicing a little boy for decades. Time to apologize.
Does this mean that a Elizabeth Warren has to stop playing a Native American on TV as well?
Just another asinine knee-jerk reaction. Really sad.
Waiting for an human idiot to apologize for having interpreted an Martian.
Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to apologize to all bots for playing one in The Terminator movies...
These actors do realize they are only playing make believe roles? It’s called acting. How ridiculous is this getting...
🤦🏻♂️ Quit apologizing and enabling this nonsense. 🙄
Apologizing for voicing an intelligent, complex and relatable character who trasends race? What world are we living on? Her voice and acting were a huge part of what made Diane compelling, or are voices interchangeable? Those great voice actors we grew up with would disagree
roybelly Guys, this is going to shock you, but Bart Simpson, an eight-year-old boy, is VOICED BY AN ADULT WOMAN! The nerve!
This is insane
So I guess this means only gays can play a gay character. Actor who plays Will from Will & grace is straight. 🤷♀️🤦♀️
You’re an *actress* You literally get paid to pretend to be someone else. What’s the problem?
roybelly This is so Freaking stupid.
Newsflash CARTOONS are not real what difference does it make who voices them ridiculous
More importantly, beautiful female cartoons characters must be only voiced by beautiful women and animal characters voiced by animals otherwise it is deceptive conduct and fraud! censorship politicallycorrect 🤔😮🙀
Yo she was called out so many times. Like ...
In a show where the main character is a horse...🙄 sounds like we are worrying about nonsense once again
roybelly Apologizing is easy. Donating your salary? Perhaps with interest? Now THAT would be a good first step. But, as Liam Neeson said, “No, no, no no, that’s going TOO far.” Bunch of all-talk bullshit.
...think of all the victims
Lol what a joke
Dev Patel voicing Apu and Eddie Murphy voicing Cleveland, and everyone happy.
Virtue Signal Overload.....
Fake-ass Hollywood just dont get this cause at all...smdh
Stupidity.
ScarJo needs to apologize for being Black Widow.
Imagine a Black Terninator, that would be dope as hell.
I’m lost on why voice actors feel the need to apologize for voicing Asian/black characters when they are white in reality🙄
They can also use black actors to play white roles. That would be awesome as well.
Like seriously! 😐
Will the legitimately mentally incapacitated play feminists in movies from now on?
Watching Hollywood implode is more fun than I thought.
What's next? Only real animals should do the voices of cartoon animals? CancelCulture ClownWorld
Sorry for what?
Americans dont understand that racism is bad attitude towards a race bcz of its race not putting black face or voicing black characters
Headline says “recast” but that’s not the statement. They just won’t use those characters anymore.
Y’all going to put any black writers on those shows? Asking for some friends.😐
There is: Corrupt governments Third world countries at war with themselves A fucking virus Brutal warfare in the Middle East Extreme poverty Economic collapse Murder Gang wars And folks are worried about someone who voice acts another person who is the same fucking skin color.
Isn’t this...segregation?
NOOOOOOOO...
These are cartoons! Get a grip people.
What about latino characters not being represented by housekeepers or drug dealers? Not everything in Hollywood should be divide between w/b!!
Cue the “I didn’t know the Simpsons were still on..” comments.
They are going to have to find people with literal dark yellow skin tones to play 80% of the cast
This is going to give so many chances to black, Asian, Indian and native voice actors! So great!
They were all yellow.
Oooh shit
I’m just irritated that it was/is not instinctual to hire ethnic voice actors to play ethnic animated characters when this talent is out there looking for a gig. SMH.
So all the women who play boys on cartoons are about to become unemployed and replaced by children
Quite sure we'll now see a reduction of characters of colour on cartoons
🤷🏽♂️
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The only people complaining here on this post are white. Besides the fact that voice over actors are 99.8% all white. No matter the cultural or races they are representing. Hollywood has not felt the need to make sure voice acting is diverse.
And children are not allowed to dress as characters that don't look like them?
Voice acting is a fantastic talent, but considering the world we live in race and ethnicity should be a factor whenever it comes to future animation productions. It is one thing to consider the audience, but it is another to consider the type of audience you are approaching.
Then I want NickFury Back! WokeHorseShit TWATS
I honestly had no idea this show was still on
Is the voice of Herbert going to be given to an actual old pedophile
So woke
cool, but is family guy going to also stop making racist jokes or?
In a related story, America announces it will no longer elect racist morons to play the President.
This is a terrible take. It’s a fictional character, nobody gives a shit about who voices them. These characters are ruined now
ToonamiFaith15 He's legit the only guy who can Voice Cleveland....
Dead people should only act dead people WW1 veterans should only play WW1 veterans Cats should only play cats in cats
I think we know who made this decision
Yellow people will voice yellow people
Racism is solved yay!
🤡🌎
😂😂😂 The “legacy” of George Floyd 😂😂😂
How is a white actor playing a black person in a cartoon a problem? I can't imagine there's one black person concerned about this.
How about Hollywood start with reparations to all the minority actors that they have discriminated against for so many years?
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What about Roger on American Dad?
Lucky that Stewie is already played by a baby
Is this all becuase of BlackLivesMattter?
Worlds going insane drop the nukes already
I think Family Guy has a lot bigger issues than that to worry about.
If he continues to do the voices of Herbert and Consuela then he is a hypocrite.
Yes because the only way us coloreds can get a job is if a white person gives it to us. Do these actors not see how patronizing this is lol?
I’ll do it - for half the money
So strong and brave.
SethMacFarlane I will be waiting for your resignation as well, you are not an obese man, a dog or a baby.
This is one of the bravest things I’ve ever heard of. God Bless this man.
Apparently to solve racism we have to focus on each other’s race continuously and as much as possible.
They'll change the voice, but people won't like it (Family Guy actually made fun of changing voice actors before) so they'll end up writing the only major black character off the show. But yay diversity
Hollywood is the stupidest place in the world.
Just deal with it, assholes. Times are changing.
20 years too late.
This talks about non-white characters on the Simpsons, literally every character is non-white...
I expect Stewie to be played by a 2 year old and Brian to be played by a dog stat
“In other news, Patrick Warburton broke both his legs this morning in what his representatives call a freak accident.”
Does an actual cripple voice Joe?
The other dude voice-acted by a disabled guy?
I have it on good authority that Seth MacFarlane is not a dog.
Come On. Mike Henry is a Great Man. The Cleveland Show was the Reason Why He Was Famous After Family Guy.
Racism solved. Great work everyone.
Will joe be voiced by a paraplegic?
bout time....but why wasn't it sooner? oh right they had to wait for pressure before they actually took a stand for what's right. well...better late than never 😑
This is ridiculous.
Well, he’s an actor, pretending to be someone he’s not. So....
And paraplegic? And baby? And dog? And gay? And....?
What about Consuela?
Yikes
😂😂😂😂
We solved racism, y’all!
Thats cool. Make sure we cancel everything though. Really TV in general has to be canceled because of discrimination in the 1920s. Movies should go to because of all the racism in multiple movies. Everything needs to be canceled. No piecemeal appeasement. Your rules.
Oh wow! 😮
Will he also pay a portion of his salary to diversity causes because he basically stole money from a minority actor?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions remember that.
Bout fucking time
CheckinaCoulib2 so, Lin Manuel-Miranda & cast will have to recast Hamilton?
As it should
as he should
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