American Gods Fans Are Furious About Orlando Jones Being Fired

This morning, American Gods star Orlando Jones told fans that he has been fired from the show. [...]

By Jamie Lovett - December 14, 2019 11:18 am EST

This morning, American Gods star Orlando Jones told fans that he has been fired from the show. Fans aren't taking the new well.

Jones took to Twitter to share the news. He tweeted out a video in which he claims the show's new, Season Three showrunner, Charles Eglee, fired Jones because he's not happy with the message being sent by Jones's interpretation of the African god of stories Anansi, aka Mr. Nancy. "September 10, 2018, I was fired from American Gods," Jones says in the video. There will be no more Mr. Nancy. Don't let these motherf****** tell you they love Mr. Nancy. They don't. I'm not going to name names, but the new Season Three showrunner is Connecticut-born and Yale-educated, so he's very smart. And he thinks that Mr. Nancy's angry, get s*** done is the wrong message for black America. That's right, this white man sits in that decision-making chair and I'm sure he has many black BFFs who are his advisors who made it clear to him that if they did not get rid of that angry god Mr. Nancy he'd start a Denmark Vesey uprising in this country. I mean, what else could it be?"

This is the latest in a series of actor shuffles for American Gods. The first season's cast included Crispin Glover, Gillian Anderson, and Kristin Chenoweth, none of whom are expected to return in the show's third season.

The show has also had showrunner shuffles. The Starz series, based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman, was developed for television by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, who served as showrunners for the first season. Jesse Alexander replaced them in the show's second season and now Eglee is taking over the series in its third season.

ComicBook.com has reached out to Starz for comment on the situation and is still awaiting a response. But fans aren't waiting or anything to let Starz know how they feel about Jones' firing. Keep reading to see what they're saying.

Definitely Out

So I was already not going to watch American Gods s3 thanks to them making it clear the dead white bitch is what they think the show is about, but firing Orlando Jones? Nah. I'm definitely out. pic.twitter.com/1PKjkwwIPa
— Kyoko M. (@misskyokom) December 14, 2019

Trauma after trauma after trauma

American gods already takes 200 years between seasons and fucked up the plot of the book and now fired one of best characters on the show pic.twitter.com/eG0Fd6sgEQ
— Your Next Favorite Author 📚 (@BrokenRev) December 14, 2019

A travesty

This cracka done fucked up. Yeah I’m completely good off American Gods. Mr Nancy was the true got damn shining beacon of that show and to remove him and Orlando who quite frankly did a master class in acting every fucking scene is a travesty. https://t.co/kDXCdJ7012
— Run Boy Run (@BlckBolex) December 14, 2019

The highlight character

I think it's something to be said when everyone is saying Mr. Nancy is the highlight character above your actual main character 😂😂😂😂 #AmericanGods pic.twitter.com/DjJeXEjwHJ
— ⊗Holiday Sinatra⊗ (@NewTSage) December 14, 2019

This doesn't help

This sucks. Orlando Jones was amazing as Mr. Nancy, he didn't deserve this. He was genuinely one of the best parts of the show.

I was already very worried about American Gods season 3, this doesn't help. https://t.co/ASBSDWjn3Y
— Vullein (@Vullein) December 14, 2019

Who EXACTLY is responsible for this?

I wanna know who EXACTLY was involved in firing Orlando Jones. RIP #AmericanGods, go fuck yrself. In memory of what this awesome show once was... https://t.co/LwinMhvk0Q
— PrettyGoodMonsters (@severalmonsters) December 14, 2019

Just cancel it already

#AmericanGods got rid of Mr. Nancy? Just cancel the show already. pic.twitter.com/g5Z2GyKhA1
— LOVE HAPPY (@_NeKol) December 14, 2019

Cancelled in the mind

American Gods is cancelled in mind. It lost it footing all the way losing Fuller and Green. Getting rid of Mr. Nancy is basically a death sentence to that zombie of a production. It’s over pic.twitter.com/7SjTlTSUNN
— Jay (@Jay_S_Diaz) December 14, 2019

No Mr. Nancy, no American Gods

There is no #AmericanGods without Mr. Nancy!! https://t.co/PKIotASIkj
— 🧝🏾‍♀️ ይሉኝታ ቢስ 🤷🏾‍♀️🧢🌺 (@YMBIBI) December 14, 2019

He told it like it was

I think we all know why they let go the God who told it like it was time and again #AmericanGods pic.twitter.com/eMj4ddtJQq
— ⊗Holiday Sinatra⊗ (@NewTSage) December 14, 2019