Method Man has revealed why Redman departed from his role of Theo Rollins in Power Book II: Ghost for Season 3.
The Wu-Tang Clan icon joined The Breakfast Club on Monday (June 12), where he candidly revealed that Redman lost his role due to his refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine — at least that’s what Meth heard.
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“You really wanna know why? He wouldn’t get the jab,” Meth explained when asked about his rhyme partner’s absence from the show. “At least that’s what I heard. Did I talk to Redman about it, No? … Shit like that don’t even need to be said. He’s not the first or the last person that’ll probably happen to.”
He added: “Redman, he made a decision and I stick by whatever that decision was. If he feels that was best for him, I agree with him.”
Actor Jordan Mahon took over to handle the role of Rollins from Redman in Season 3 of Power Book II. Rollins played the sick brother of Davis MacLean (Method Man) who was behind bars for a crime that MacLean, a prominent lawyer, actually committed.
Unfortunately, Rollins’ time in the show came to an end in Season 3 when he died by suicide after murdering dirty lawyer Cooper Saxe and shooting himself seconds later.
Redman is far from the first rapper-actor to have issues with Hollywood’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Ice Cube also lost out on a role due to his anti-vaccination stance in 2021.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cube quit the movie Oh Hell No after declining producers’ requests to get vaccinated, resulting in him losing out on a $9 million paycheck.
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Cube has been vocal about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he handed out 2,000 face masks to use as personal protective equipment to Bacone College in Oklahoma, but it seems that’s the only protection he believes was needed.
