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Shemar Mooreis calling out the decision to cancelSWAT.
In response to theseries' recent cancellation, the actor, 52, said in an Instagram Reel Saturday, “It makes no sense… We’re the best show on Friday night at 8 o’clock for CBS. The last two years we’ve been killing it. We’ve done nothing wrong. We did everything that was asked for.”
He then shared, “Let me tell a truth: did you know that I am the only African American male lead on network television. Not streaming, not cable — network television.”
“Beyond me,SWATis the most diverse show on CBS,” Moore continued. “CBS, when I got hired to be Hondo onSWAT, was getting a lot of flack for lack of diversity. If I post this, and I think I might, I will get in a lot of trouble with CBS because I’m calling them out. Because they’ve been wonderful to me for 26 out of my 29-year career.”
Moore then explained that it’s a matter of politics, saying “It’s all about money.”
“They said we’re cancelled, but guess what? I don’t think we’re done,” Moore said. “CBS is either gonna wake up and realize they made a mistake. Sony is gonna do their math and realize that this is not the right move.”
He continued, “I hope we can have a kumbaya and come back together and continue this show, because it’s a good time for families across the world.”
“If it is the end, life will go on. I’m not worried about me,” Moore clarified. “I care about my family, my crew, the writers, the producers, the caterers, the wardrobe, the sound mixers, the teamsters, the construction crew.”
“That’s a whole lot of people that are abruptly being told that you don’t matter. ‘Sorry. Thanks for your services. Good luck in finding a new job.’ And to me, that’s not OK,” he shared.
“I will be fine, but I’m upset because I busted my whole entire ass to prove that I could do this, and I did prove that I could do this,” Moore said. “But I am also humble enough to know that I did not do this alone.”
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He added, “The world took us in and embraced us, and the ratings have only gotten better and better and better.”
“I’m not bitter. I’m a little bit sad. I understand it’s not personal — it’s business — but I still have faith thatSWATwill live to see another day. I don’t know where, I don’t know how,” he continued.
Although Moore said posting the reel “could get me in a lot of trouble, he explained, “I’m making this video because a lot of lives are at stake, and I don’t think this is OK.”
“Anybody who works with me, I’ve got nothing but love for, nothing but respect for you. Nah, this ain’t the way to go out. If we’re gonna go out, cool, but let us go out right,” Moore concluded.
source: people.com
