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‘Family Guy’ Star Mike Henry Will No Longer Play Cleveland Brown
Variety ^ | June 26, 2020 | Joe Otterson

Posted on 06/26/2020 3:24:14 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Mike Henry is exiting his role as Cleveland Brown on “Family Guy.”

Henry made the announcement Friday on Twitter. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” he wrote. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role.”

Henry has been with “Family Guy” its first season in 1999. In addition to Cleveland, he also voices Consuela, a Latina maid, on the long-running animated series in addition to numerous other minor characters. Henry also voiced Cleveland and his Black stepson, Rallo Tubbs, on the spin-off series “The Cleveland Show,” which aired on Fox for four seasons from 2009 to 2013.

He is now the latest white actor to announce they will no longer voice a character of color on an animated show. Jenny Slate announced on Wednesday that she would no longer play the biracial character Missy on the popular Netflix show “Big Mouth.” Not long after that, Kristen Bell announced she would be stepping down from her role as a biracial character in the upcoming Apple animated series “Central Park.”

Back in January, Hank Azaria said he would no longer voice the Indian character Apu on “The Simpsons.” Calls for Azaria, who like Brown has voiced the character for decades, to stop playing Apu intensified in 2017 after comedian Hari Kondabolu released the documentary “The Problem With Apu.” The doc explored how people of South Asian descent felt about growing up with Apu as one of their only representatives on American television.

Mike Henry

@mikehenrybro

It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cleveland; clevelandbrown; familyguy; fox; mikehenry; sethmacfarlane
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To: dfwgator

I know, they are laughing at all the white idiots bowing down to them..its idiotic..I hear white fools saying “we need to give blacks reparations” well fine no one is stopping them from opening up their wallets and paying them now


41 posted on 06/26/2020 4:15:31 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: yarddog

Most of them are. They do have funny aspects, but mostly these “cartoons” are vile and low-class debauchery, often with extra Marxist proselytizing thrown in.

I hate things like this that suck in children.


42 posted on 06/26/2020 4:15:37 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: EdnaMode

yo mama!


43 posted on 06/26/2020 4:15:42 PM PDT by jetson (chiwowa)
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To: jmcenanly

Did he ever hook up with the green chick from Star Trek?


44 posted on 06/26/2020 4:16:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: yarddog

Not sure why Rush ever went on that show..the way they trashed Sarah Palin’s son, and the vile episode about President Trump..they would have NEVER done that to Obama..not EVER..the only episode that was good is when Quagmire told Brian Griffin off, called out his liberal hypocrisy, now that was good


45 posted on 06/26/2020 4:16:45 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: dfwgator

I’m not sure if Eddie left comedy or comedy left him.


46 posted on 06/26/2020 4:17:36 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: EdnaMode
I nominate that the voice-over be replaced by Samuel Motherf***ing Jackson!

In all seriousness, this is sad as all git out. Our supposed betters are all surrendering without a single shot being fired.

47 posted on 06/26/2020 4:18:13 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, it seems to be working.


48 posted on 06/26/2020 4:18:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: pnut22

Probably a combination of both. I still love watching “Delirious” and “Raw”.


49 posted on 06/26/2020 4:18:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Buckwheat is dead!


50 posted on 06/26/2020 4:20:51 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: pnut22

And Texxon is there!


51 posted on 06/26/2020 4:21:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: pnut22

ROFL! I love it! Honestly this points out how stupid all this paranoia is.

And truthfully, he looks like Lionel Richie. So, not totally sure he’s “white”!

He also kinda looks like my dad, but much more hair! My dad is Germanic but probably some Slavic ancestry!


52 posted on 06/26/2020 4:25:47 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: EdnaMode

So, when will they re-cast down the play, “Hamilton”?


53 posted on 06/26/2020 4:27:18 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama (Self Defense is a Basic Human Right!)
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To: EdnaMode

I doubt black people (or Indian people or any other people portrayed by whites on TV) care about this nearly as much as white liberals do.


54 posted on 06/26/2020 4:31:11 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: EdnaMode

Will Seth McFarlane step aside so an actual gay baby can voice Stewie?


55 posted on 06/26/2020 4:43:16 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus)
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To: dfwgator

Hamilton!

When the cast changes, let me know...


56 posted on 06/26/2020 4:45:36 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When we look to government to solve our problems, our "rights" become reduced to "privileges".)
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To: ETCM

What about Nancy Cartwright playing Bart Simpson?


57 posted on 06/26/2020 4:52:59 PM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: EdnaMode

The real question is will Sebastian Gorkha stop voicing Stewie?


58 posted on 06/26/2020 4:53:32 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: EdnaMode

Cartoons are all going to sound like guys from Ohio.


59 posted on 06/26/2020 5:09:35 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: EdnaMode

I was recently watching a TV show about 18th century Russia. There were several black cast members. They played Russians. Since little in the series was “serious” it wasn’t really noticeable. I hate when they “force” an “African” into an Anglo story (see any of the latest Robin Hood movies.) But these were just characters. They fit the role.

That is what color-blind casting is.


60 posted on 06/26/2020 5:13:40 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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