How The Rick & Morty Cast Reacted To Justin Roiland's Firing

Chris Parnell, the man behind Jerry Smith, tells all. #shorts #rickandmorty #adultswim #chrisparnell #justinroiland #comedy #animation #youtubeshorts

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00:00We know how Rick and Morty fans reacted, but how did the cast react to Justin Roiland's firing?

00:05The man behind Jerry Smith tells all. It's been over two years since Rick and Morty co-creator

00:10Justin Roiland was fired by Adult Swim following allegations of behind-the-scenes misconduct,

00:14sexual harassment, and just generally being a dirtbag. And while we've heard a lot from Roiland's

00:18former partner Dan Harmon and countless angry YouTubers who may or may not be the same fans

00:23that went full January 6th over McDonald's Szechuan sauce, we haven't really gotten the

00:26perspective of the show's voice cast until now. On a recent podcast appearance, the hilarious Chris

00:31Parnell was asked about his work as the gloriously pathetic Smith family patriarch Jerry on Rick and

00:37Morty. Parnell recalled that he first heard about what was going on from showrunner Scott Marder

00:41during a recording session. And soon after that, the entire cast and crew were discussing the matter.

00:46Also, it was a big cast and production Zoom meeting, at least one, maybe more than one,

00:51where everybody got on to talk about it. And, uh, it was, it was heavy, you know, um,

00:57yeah, a lot of people were very understandably upset, uh, about what had happened. And, um,

01:03and we were also all worried about the fate of the show. Like, are we going to get to keep doing this?

01:08Parnell also confessed that he and his collaborators were distressed by the fact that all of their

01:12efforts and the show's legacy itself might be tainted by one person's toxic behavior.

01:16So people put so much work into something and to have the idea of, to have it be besmirched in

01:22any way or have something negative attached to it, um, was very, you know, demoralizing.

01:28With Roiland's roles recast, Parnell had nothing but good things to say about his new co-stars.

01:33Happily, you know, they did this, uh, amazing search and found Harry and Ian to play Morty and Rick,

01:39um, you know, and they're such delightful guys. They're, they're just lovely people,

01:44very excited to play the parts and, you know, you just, it's, it's ultimately all for the best.

01:50So seemingly everything worked out and Rick and Morty will no doubt outlive us all.