The Walking Dead’s Melissa McBride exits Daryl and Carol-centric spinoff in shock departure

The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus has commented on the exit of his co-star Melissa McBride.McBride has played Carol Peletier in the hit AMC show and its spinoffs for the last 12 years, and was set to star alongside Reedus in a spinoff focusing on Carol and Reedus’ character Daryl.The show is slated for a 2023 lunch and will be shot in Europe, with Reedus recently supporting McBride’s decision to leave the project.“12 years is a gruelling schedule and she wanted to take some time off, so she’s doing that.

Norman Reedus is speaking out about Melissa McBride‘s exit from the upcoming The Walking Dead spin-off.

Norman Reedus is opening up about his longtime The Walking Dead co-star Melissa McBride’s decision to exit the upcoming planned spinoff, in which she was to star along with Reedus.

Zack Sharf Norman Reedus broke his silence on “The Tonight Show” regarding Melissa McBride’s exit from “The Walking Dead” spinoff series that was set to focus on their fan favorite characters Daryl and Carol. The spinoff was originally announced in September 2020 with McBride and Reedus headlining, but AMC confirmed on April 27 that McBride was exiting the project and that the spinoff would now focus solely on Reedus’ character. McBride exited the spinoff because relocating to Europe to shoot the series proved “logistically untenable” for her, AMC said in a statement.“Twelve years is a grueling schedule,” Reedus said, referencing how McBride has been playing her “The Walking Dead” character since the show’s beginning in 2010.

Sometimes an actor really just needs a break.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is pushing back against fans angry about Melissa McBride's departure from a planned spinoff of The Walking Dead.Some followers of the zombie killing thriller have blamed co-star Norman Reedus, 53, for the exit, but Jeffrey, 56, posted an angry tweet, calling them out of line.While it was not immediately clear what Reedus has done, there was speculation from fans that the network wanted to keep him for a solo spin-off show. Defense mode: Jeffrey Dean Morgan is coming to the defense of his The Walking Dead co-stars after Melissa McBride announced she was bowing out of a spin-off with Norman Reedus Angry tweet: The 56-year-old actor issued an angry tweet to some ugly online messages that blamed Norman Reedus, 53, for Melissa's departureBut Morgan was having none of it as he hit back on Thursday: 'Some of you have gone WAY too far.''Attacking Norm for c**p he has NOTHING to do with? Melissa made a call that was hers alone.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is pushing back against fans angry about Melissa McBride's departure from a planned spinoff of The Walking Dead.Some followers of the zombie killing thriller have blamed co-star Norman Reedus, 53, for the exit, but Jeffrey, 56, posted an angry tweet, calling them out of line.While it was not immediately clear what Reedus has done, there was speculation from fans that the network wanted to keep him for a solo spin-off show. Defense mode: Jeffrey Dean Morgan is coming to the defense of his The Walking Dead co-stars after Melissa McBride announced she was bowing out of a spin-off with Norman Reedus Angry tweet: The 56-year-old actor issued an angry tweet to some ugly online messages that blamed Norman Reedus, 53, for Melissa's departureBut Morgan was having none of it as he hit back on Thursday: 'Some of you have gone WAY too far.''Attacking Norm for c**p he has NOTHING to do with? Melissa made a call that was hers alone.

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is hitting out at any “toxic” “Walking Dead” fans who attacked Norman Reedus this week.

Norman Reedus has been the target of a lot of online hate ever since the news was announced that Melissa McBride would not be part of the Daryl and Carol spinoff from The Walking Dead.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is pushing back against fans angry about Melissa McBride's departure from a planned spinoff of The Walking Dead.Some followers of the zombie killing thriller have blamed co-star Norman Reedus, 53, for the exit, but Jeffrey, 56, posted an angry tweet, calling them out of line.While it was not immediately clear what Reedus has done, there was speculation from fans that the network wanted to keep him for a solo spin-off show. Defense mode: Jeffrey Dean Morgan is coming to the defense of his The Walking Dead co-stars after Melissa McBride announced she was bowing out of a spin-off with Norman Reedus Angry tweet: The 56-year-old actor issued an angry tweet to some ugly online messages that blamed Norman Reedus, 53, for Melissa's departureBut Morgan was having none of it as he hit back on Thursday: 'Some of you have gone WAY too far.''Attacking Norm for c**p he has NOTHING to do with? Melissa made a call that was hers alone.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan has a few words to say to fans who didn’t like hearing the news about Melissa McBride’s exit from the planned spinoff of The Walking Dead. Apparently, some of the more vocal watchers of the AMC drama placed the blame squarely on TWD star Norman Reedus, who is set to star in the untitled spinoff.

Fans of The Walking Dead were shocked when Melissa McBride announced her exit from a planned spinoff series with Norman Reedus, but Jeffrey Dean Morgan is not happy about the response.

Zack Sharf Jeffrey Dean Morgan took to social media to say that some “The Walking Dead” fans have “gone way too far” with toxic outrage over the news that Melissa McBride will no longer star in the planned Carol-Daryl spinoff with Norman Reedus. McBride’s exit was announced April 27. The actor has played Carol since the first season of AMC’s flagship zombie drama.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is hitting out at any “toxic” “Walking Dead” fans who attacked Norman Reedus this week.

The Walking Dead over their treatment of Norman Reedus.Earlier this week, it was announced Melissa McBride would no longer be involved in the planned spin-off featuring Daryl and Carol. In a statement from AMC, McBride is said to have dropped out because filming in Europe this summer was “logistically untenable” for the actor.After the announcement, some fans believed Reedus, who plays Daryl, was connected to her departure. In response, Morgan, who plays Negan in the series, criticised fans on Twitter on Friday (April 29) over the claims.“Some of you have gone WAY too far,” Morgan wrote.

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The Walking Dead star Melissa McBride has quit the forthcoming spin-off featuring Daryl and Carol.Sources have reportedly confirmed to TVLine that McBride will no longer be involved in the offshoot and it will now focus on Daryl instead.“Melissa McBride has given life to one of the most interesting, real, human and popular characters in The Walking Dead universe,” an AMC spokesperson said in a statement.“Unfortunately, she is no longer able to participate in the previously announced spin-off focused on the Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier characters, which will be set and filmed in Europe this summer and premiere next year.“Relocating to Europe became logistically untenable for Melissa at this time. We know fans will be disappointed by this news, but The Walking Dead universe continues to grow and expand in interesting ways and we very much hope to see Carol again in the near future.”The spin-off was confirmed in 2020 with Reedus admitting how it changed following the flagship show’s original ending.Reedus explained how The Walking Dead planted a seed for the spin-off in the season 10 episode Lines We Cross, in which Daryl and Carol muse on the idea of going to New Mexico together.The characters were going to leave the show while it was still airing, but that changed as the news broke that the flagship series will end after season 11.“I didn’t know the flagship show would end,” Reedus admitted at the time.

AMC's post-Walking Dead plans got a major shakeup on Wednesday when it was reported that longtime star Melissa McBride had exited an upcoming spinoff series.The 56-year-old actress, who currently appears on the ongoing eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead, will no long lead the spinoff with her costar Norman Reedus, TVLinereported.A statement from an AMC representative delivered later in the day claimed that McBride was unable to relocate to Europe, where the still-untitled series was set to be filmed. She's out: The Walking Dead's Melissa McBride, 56, will no longer costar with Norman Reedus in an upcoming spinoff series, TVLine reported on Wednesday; seen in 2019 in HollywoodMcBride and Reedus are the only characters on The Walking Dead who have remained on the series since being introduced in the first season.According to the outlet, the spinoff will now focus on Reedus' character Daryl Dixon alone, though it's unclear if McBride's characterCarol Peletier will be given a sign off on either the original Walking Dead or the spin-off.

The Walking Dead's flagship run, this final hiatus has a lot of fans looking ahead to where the franchise will go next with these familiar characters. After the still-airing Fear the Walking Dead and the limited World Beyond spinoff, the next big TWD spinoff was long ago revealed to be an on-the-road buddy drama focusing on two of the show's fan-favorite characters, Norman Reedus' Daryl and Melissa McBride's Carol. Those plans have now changed, however, as it appears McBride is no longer involved with the project.

AMC just lost one half of its “The Walking Dead” spin-off.