Critically acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce is shooting his shot at possibly becoming the next person to voice the character of Cleveland, after Mike Henry stepped down from the role last week.
“Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland, I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on The Cleveland Show.
Henry, a white man, announced his retirement from voicing the role of Cleveland, a role that he’s played for decades on The Cleveland Show and Family Guy.
His announcement followed white actors Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell, who announced they would step down from voicing two Black characters on the animated shows Big Mouth and Central Park.
Just prior to his Cleveland tweet, Pierce called out Trump for retweeting a video of supporters chanting “White power!”