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‘Family Guy’ star Mike Henry will no longer voice Cleveland Brown

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Twitter. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” he wrote. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color.

Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role.”Henry has been with “Family Guy” its first season in 1999. In addition to Cleveland, he also voices Consuela, a Latina maid, on the long-running animated series in addition to numerous other minor characters.

Henry also voiced Cleveland and his Black stepson, Rallo Tubbs, on the spin-off series “The Cleveland Show,” which aired on Fox for four seasons from 2009 to 2013.He is now the latest white actor to announce they will no longer voice a character of color on an animated show.

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