“So he complained about his salary, the show decides to write him off (fire him) and his actions of instead of finding a new job, he stages a fake hate crime on himself hoping it would gain sympathy with the producers to keep him and pay him more? Because he would now be a victim and popular with name recognition? He actually believed this would work”
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I don’t think that is how it went down.
He is one the show. He decides he’s not making enough money, he creates the fake crime, fake crime falls apart. The show then FIRES him.
My understanding is that he was getting fired anyways. He was being written off the show. He knew that before he did his scam.