The actor says he helped map out the story for season 3.
Then they fired him.
“I give a shot to maintain perspective in these moments,” he says.
Don’t keep pitching us the problem.'
Don’t let these motherfers tell you they love Mr. Nancy.
They don’t."
He spoke out for the fans.
Jones had a similar situation on the showSleepy Hollow.
WithAmerican Gods, though, he calls their assertion “ridiculous on its face.”
There was no writing option in season 1 ofAmerican Gods.
I wasn’t even a series regular in season 1.
I was a series regular in season 2."
It was just bizarre."
“So, I thought that was funny and ridiculous on its face.
I said, ‘Thanks,’ and that was it.”
Our efforts are focused on season 3 and working with our amazing cast, crew, and creators."
In the video, Jones specifically references Eglee without outright naming him.
“That’s right.
I mean, what else could it be?”
And then it was, ‘he writes from a black male perspective,'" Jones adds.
“I’ve never experienced sexism, I’m a guy.
You’ve never experienced racism, you’re a white guy.
How could you possibly write from my perspective or any black person’s perspective?
I just don’t get what it means.
It just seems crazy to me that somebody would say that.”
A rep for Eglee declined to comment further.
Jones mentions that Fremantle didn’t deny that part of his claims in their statement.
“So, what are you talking about?”
No, you didn’t."
In 2018,The Hollywood Reporterpublished an articleabout reported tensions on set over the direction of season 2.
“Like, they were giving Shadow Moon [Whittle’s character] powers.
‘it’s possible for you to control snow.’
They thought they were writing a Marvel show.
I’m not even joking, dude.
He could control weather.
That’s what they were doing.
So, that was the fight.
The fight was going, ‘That’s not Shadow Moon.
What are you talking about?'”
“She was refusing to rewrite anything and Jesse was refusing to do anything.
“It’s not like I was writing one or two characters on the show,” he says.
“Suddenly, I became responsible for any disenfranchised character on that show.
So, to suggest that there was a writing option in place is ludicrous because there wasn’t one.
That was something that they got sanctioned for by the Writers Guild because I was doing so much work.
They wanted me to do it for free.
I was writing eight of them, including your lead.”
As he mentioned, part of his contributions to season 2 was mapping its connection to season 3.
“The studio had been clear about that,” he says.
About a week passed and we followed up again and another week passed, we followed up again.
So, I had a clear sense that we were ramping up.
What’s going on?
When are we going back?
What is the ultimate plan?
Chic has had more than enough time to figure out whatever he needed to figure out.’
And then I got a call on Sep. 10.
I never heard from Fremantle again.
They never followed up and it kind of ended literally right there.”
Jones says he called Gaiman, who didn’t know the situation either and referred Jones to Fremantle.
Jones ultimately didn’t do the panel because his family had to evacuate when a hurricane hit North Carolina.
“That’s really their job in their role,” he says.
But he was flooded with messages from fans excited to see the character again.
“This was beyond being strung along,” he adds.
Over the weekend, Kraish confirmed through Twitter that the Jinn won’t return for season 3.
“The door isn’t closed for me,” he wrote.
He also thanked Starz, Gaiman, Fuller, and Green in his acknowledgments.
“I was already following Salim and the Jinn.
“There’s no, Mad Sweeney, we killed him off in [episode] 7.
He’s not back.
So what is the plan for Laura Moon now that she is no longer tethered to Mad Sweeney?
Jones believes Fremantle would’ve been well within their rights if they released him from his commitments earlier.
But, as he mentions they did during seasons 1 and 2, they sat on his TV rights.
“That’s not even in the wheelhouse of reasonable.
I would have been doing other work.”
Jones describes their respective situations as “consider the singer when you’re writing the song.”
“But crap, in the hands of a great singer, is passable.
What would it be like if you helped a good singer?”
This article has been updated with additional statements from Ricky Whittle and a spokesperson forAmerican Gods.
