American actress, Gabrielle Union-Wade has reportedly been
fired from ‘America’s Got Talent.’
According to reports from LoveBScott, the 47-year-old
actress who used to be a judge on the show was fired for speaking up about
‘problematic’ situations, including racism, sexism, and many more.
NBC sources told lovebscott.com that “[Gabrielle’s] contract
was not renewed after being the #1 talent on the show, NBC and network TV. She
set the record for her Golden Buzzer. They only replace the women and blacks at
Simon’s whim. She wouldn’t walk away from $12 million because she’s ‘busy.’
Based on weekly interactions on social media, by the time AGT finale aired
Gabrielle was the #1 talent on network TV for 2019. Why not pick up someone’s
option in extreme success?”
The report also claimed that Gabrielle Union was fired from
the program alongside her fellow Judge Julianne Hough.
The NBC sources continued: “Social media engagement is the
new measuring stick for talent and Simon isn’t on social media. Juliane and
Gabrielle were both way higher ranked/engaged than Howie. The idea the network
wants to ‘switch things up’ only applies to women and Black folks.
The NBC insiders added that Gabrielle’s firing is merely a
continuation of their problematic tendencies.
“Let’s just say they didn’t start the racism, homophobia,
transphobia, Islamophobia etc. in season 14. They were quite comfortable with
it all by the time Gabrielle got there. Remember Nick said ‘NBC stands for
N*gga Be Careful.'”
This comes two years after Nick Cannon took to Facebook to
announce that he was ‘threatened with termination by executives’ after he made
a racial joke about NBC on his Showtime stand-up special. He later quit his job
as host of ‘America’s Got talent,’ saying “My soul won’t allow me to be in
business with corporations that attempt to frown on freedom of speech, censor
artists, and question cultural choices.”
