The conversation shows Whiddle defending the show's decision as a choice in creative direction and asserting that Jones' video put him and other castmates in a difficult position. As he travels home, he falls in with Mr Wednesday, a mysterious grifter, who offers him a job as. Jones later deleted the screenshots, but not before they were reported on. In American Gods, a man named Shadow is released from prison when his wife dies in a car accident. There was still contention around the topic in 2020, with Jones releasing screenshots of a tense conversation between him and American Gods lead Ricky Whittle at the time of his firing. Eglee was not born in Connecticut' but did not directly counter any of Jones' other insinuations regarding his firing. Interestingly, a spokesperson for showrunner Chic Eglee only addressed one point from Jones' video when speaking to Bustle.

Neil Gaiman also addressed the controversy on Twitter, backing claims that it was all about the part of the books the season focused on but stating that he was aware of an ongoing investigation by the Screen Actors Guild regarding the dissolution. Statements from Fremantle and Starz president Jeffrey Hirsch echoed the sentiment, agreeing that there was simply no storyline for Mr. He noted that Fremantle did not deny Eglee's words in their own statement. He also shared that fellow crew members and mutual friends of his and Eglee's had heard the showrunner express his dislike for the message Mr. He noted that a Starz rep contacted him, which he found strange since he was technically employed by Fremantle. In a separate interview about the controversy with Entertainment Weekly, Jones went into detail about the firing. Nancy's angry, get sh*t done is the wrong message for Black America.' Jones went on to thank American Gods author Neil Gaiman for the opportunity, as well as the original creators of the show, Bryan Fuller and Michael Green. He pointed to season 3 showrunner Chic Eglee as one of the main reasons, stating that 'the new season 3 showrunner is Connecticut-born and Yale-educated, so he's very smart. Dissatisfied with the network's lack of justification to him and fans of the show, Jones released a video on his Twitter account accusing the show of racial discrimination. Jones claims that days before production of the third season began, he was unceremoniously fired.

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