Jenny Slate posted an announcement to Instagram Wednesday, stating that she will no longer voice her Big Mouth character, Missy, who is Black
Jenny Slate Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock One character on Nick Kroll’s Netflix animated series Big Mouth is getting a new voice. Comedian, actor, and author Jenny Slate posted an announcement to Instagram today, stating that she will no longer voice her Big Mouth character, Missy, who is Black. “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.
Slate’s post goes on to say that while she can’t fix the mistakes she’s made during her comedy career, “I can take accountability for my choices” and “take responsibility for the ways that I am part of the problem.” She ends the note with an apology: “Most importantly, though, to anyone that I’ve hurt: I am so very sorry. Black voices must be heard. Black Lives Matter.”
Kroll also posted an announcement on his Instagram about the decision, which was signed by Kroll alongside Big Mouth co-creators Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett. “After thoughtful discussion with us and our Black collaborators, Jenny Slate has decided, and we wholeheartedly agree, that Missy on Big Mouth should be voiced by a Black actor,” he wrote.
Big Mouth’s third season premiered on Netflix in October 2019, and it was renewed earlier in the year for three more seasons. Production on the fourth season has already wrapped, so the show will replace Slate with a new voice actor for Missy for season five.
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