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‘Dear White People’s Jeremy Tardy Announces Exit From Netflix Series, Accuses Lionsgate Of Racial Discrimination; Studio Denies Bias In Cast Negotiations
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVJeremy Tardy, who has been recurring on Netflix’s Dear White People, revealed in a Facebook post Friday that he will not be returning for the Lionsgate TV-produced series’ upcoming fourth and final season “due to my experience with Lionsgate and their practices of racial discrimination.” In response, Lionsgate called the standoff that led to Tardy’s exit “a purely financial negotiation.”In a lengthy post (you can read it below), Tardy chronicled the events that led to his departure, claiming that, Lionsgate made him an offer to return for several episodes but refused to consider a counteroffer.
