Chloe Grace Moretz opened up about the dark side of being turned into a meme.
The 25-year-old star was turned into a meme inspired by a Family Guy character after being photographed by the paparazzi in 2016. She revealed that the viral photos left her suffering from body dysmorphia and that she became a “recluse” in the aftermath.
Currently, the show airs on Fox, whose sister network Fox News, also airs Tucker Carlson‘s program and on Sunday night (August 1), Seth aired his grievances about being linked by the same network.
Family Guy has found its new voice for beloved character Cleveland Brown.
26-year-old YouTuberArif Zahir will take over the role for the show’s 19th season, which is set to air in the 2021-22 season, Seth MacFarlane and showrunners confirmed on Friday (September 25).
Mike Henry, who has voiced the character throughout the show’s run, said in June that he would step away from the part in re-thinking the voice casting for characters of color. He will continue to voice other characters and write for Family Guy.
“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,” he said at the time.
Arif will begin voicing Cleveland in season 19, which is beginning production.
“Firstly, I’m eternally grateful to have received this once in a lifetime opportunity. When I heard that Mike Henry was stepping down from the role of Cleveland Brown — my favorite cartoon character of all time — I was shocked and saddened, assuming we’d never see him again. When I learned I would get to take over the role? Overabundant gratitude. To Mike, you created something truly special and I promise I will do my absolute best to honor your legacy,” Arifsaid.
Watch a video of Zahir doing the voice of Cleveland as he plays Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — and paying tribute to Mike Henry…
Wendell Pierce is putting his name in the hat to take over the role of Cleveland Brown.
The Suits actor, who famously starred as Meghan Markle’s father Robert Zane on the TNT series, volunteered to take the role after it was announced that Mike Henry stepped away from it.
Mike, a white man, made a statement over the weekend about stepping away after several other white actors stepped away from their own roles voicing characters of color.
“Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland. I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on The Cleveland Show,” he wrote.
While technically Wendell can not voice the character on The Cleveland Show (it was cancelled in 2013), he is still able to voice the part on Family Guy.
If you missed it, this other actor revealed they regret voicing another character of color on a popular Netflix series.
First, Mike Henry has stepped back from voicing Cleveland Brown, one of Peter Griffin’s neighbors and friends, and one of the few Black characters on the show.
“It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” the actor shared on Twitter. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role.”
Additionally, The Simpsons announced Friday (June 26) that they’ll no longer use White actors to play characters of color on the long-running animated series and have made the decision to recast those already voicing characters of color.
“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have White actors voice non-White characters,” the show said in a statement.
The issue with The Simpsons having White actors play non-white characters was brought to light with Apu, the show’s Indian Kwik-E-Mart proprietor, in 2017.
Seth MacFarlane is opening up about the origins of the Kevin Spacey joke on his series Family Guy, which was featured on the show over a decade ago.
The 44-year-old actor and show creator appeared on the Fox panel at the 2018 Winter TCA Tour on Thursday afternoon (January 4) at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif.
Seth was joined by co-stars Mila Kunis and Seth Green, along with some of the shows other writers and producers.
In a moment from an episode aired in 2005, the character Stewie is seen naked while running through a mall and shouting, “Help! I’ve escaped from Kevin Spacey‘s basement!” This was long before the Oscar-winning actor was accused of sexual misconduct by many people.
“I don’t remember who pitched the joke,” Seth said (via EW). “I remember when it was pitched… that was a rumor I had actually not heard and other people in the writers’ room had. And it had to be sort of explained to me: ‘Oh, there’s this rumor that’s going on.’”
“I think that that was something where he was coming off a story where he had been kind of beaten up in a London park, and he claimed that he was walking his dog late at night and fell, and I think that raised a lot of eyebrows,” executive producer Alec Sulkin added. “It’s one of the things in terms of Standards where if they heard the rumors, as we have, then they’ll allow it.”