The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan Blasts ‘Toxic’ Fans for ‘Attacking’ Norman Reedus Amid Melissa McBride’s Spinoff Exit
29.04.2022 - 19:55
/ usmagazine.com
Fans of The Walking Dead were shocked when Melissa McBride announced her exit from a planned spinoff series with Norman Reedus, but Jeffrey Dean Morgan is not happy about the response.
“Some of you have gone WAY too far. TOXIC,” the Grey’s Anatomy alum, 56, who plays Negan on The Walking Dead, tweeted on Friday, April 29. “Attacking norm for crap he has NOTHING to do with? Melissa made a call that was hers alone. She wants/needs a break. Respect that. Factors involved that are nobody’s business. Norm, who’s given more than anyone to you all. Just SH—TTY.”
The Watchmen actor also addressed speculation that Reedus, 53, asked to relocate filming from the United States to Europe. The location change is what AMC cited as the reason that McBride, 56, decided to leave the spinoff.
“Norman had nothing to do with picking location,” Morgan tweeted. “That decision is all about story, ideas … MONEY. That’s studio/network. Not actors. We can say yes and do, or no, and not do … MAYBE. SOMETIMES. If we’re lucky and don’t have contract yet. Rarely does actor have that power.”
McBride and Reedus have played Carol and Daryl, respectively, on The Walking Dead since it premiered on AMC in October 2010. The network ordered a full series of a spinoff about the duo in September 2020, but now the show will be going forward with just Daryl.
“Melissa McBride has given life to one of the most interesting, real, human and popular characters in The Walking Dead Universe,” AMC began in a statement on Wednesday, April 27. “Unfortunately, she is no longer able to participate in the previously announced spinoff focused on the Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier characters, which will be set and filmed in Europe this summer and premiere next year.”
The announcement