Actress Jenny Slate has announced she will no longer voice the character of Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a young mixed-race girl on the animated comedy 'Big Mouth.'
Jenny Slate has announced she will no longer voice the character of Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a young mixed-race girl on the animated comedy"Big Mouth."
The actress, who has played the character since the Netflix show first aired in 2017, explained her departure in an Instagram post on Wednesday, saying:"Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people.
Read MoreSlate acknowledged that, while she"can't change the past," it was her duty to engage in"meaningful anti-racist action."Slate signed off the message by vowing to be more"thoughtful about the messages in my work" and apologized to those she had hurt."I am so very sorry. Black voices must be heard. Black Lives Matter," she added.
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