If you haven’t watched Sunday’s episode, How It’s Gotta Be, you may want to do so before reading the story below, because SPOILERS.
Last night’s Walking Dead revealed that Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) was bitten by a zombie. He’s still around around has some time left on the show but, sadly, he will not be around for much longer.
As always, it was an emotional farewell to another Walking Dead character. And this one is giving fans a lot of feelings, especially considering Carl is one of only five remaining original characters.
That said, Riggs’ father took to social media to explain that show runner Scott M. Gimple fired Riggs.
“Watching Gimple fire my son 2 weeks before his 18th birthday after telling him they wanted him for the next 3 years was disappointing,” Riggs’ father wrote on Facebook. “I never trusted Gimple or AMC but Chandler did. I know how much it hurt him. But we do absolutely know how lucky we have been to be a part of it all and appreciate all the love from fans all these years!”
Riggs previously confirmed that it was not his choice to leave the show: “I’m taking a gap year right now to focus on acting for a while. Leaving Walking Dead wasn’t my decision,” Riggs told The Hollywood Reporter. “It was all story related. It made sense story-wise for it to happen for Rick and Michonne and all the other characters.”
There will be some time before it is time to say goodbye. “It’s very important to Carl’s story and the entire story, what happens in the next episode,” Gimple explained on Talking Dead. “I’m just focused on the fact that Carl right now is alive and he has some business to attend to. That is a one-way ticket. But I’d like to think that the things we see in the next episode are so important to his life and the other characters’ lives.”
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