Jenny Slate Exits Big Mouth So Her Biracial Character Can Be Played By a Black Actor
Jenny Slate is stepping down from her role on Big Mouth.
Slate has voiced the character of Missy, who is biracial, since the start of the Netflix animated comedy, and she announced on Wednesday that after three seasons, she would no longer be playing that part.
The show has already been renewed through season six.
"I have come to the decision today that I can no longer play the character of Missy on the animated TV show Big Mouth," she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram.
"At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play Missy because her mom is Jewish and white—as am I.
But Missy is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be...
