“Big Mouth” co-creator Nick Kroll took to social media today to announce that moving forward one of the animated series’ main characters, Missy, would no longer be voiced by Jenny Slate.
This was made at the request of Slate who decided that the bi-racial character should be voiced by a black actor. Kroll remarked, “We sincerely apologize for and regret our original decision to cast a white actor to voice a biracial character.” Kroll continued, “We made a mistake, took our privilege for granted, and we’re working hard to do better moving forward.” The entire statement is viewable in this post.
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