‘Teen Titans’ Actor Claims WB Fired Him for Having Parkinson’s

Greg Cipes, the voice actor for Beast Boy in Teen Titans and different animated DC tasks, alleges he was fired from his longtime position earlier this 12 months after publicly revealing his Parkinson’s illness analysis.

On Sunday, web journalist and DC fan Emmauel Newsome tagged Superman director James Gunn in an Instagram submit about “upsetting particulars” regarding Cipes allegedly being dropped by Warner Bros. following his analysis with Parkinson’s illness.

Cipes introduced his analysis in March, and in Newsome’s submit, the actor claimed that WB fired him quickly after. In line with Newsome, Cipes was axed by longtime WB Animation president Sam Register, regardless of Cipes’ fellow Titans actors calling for the choice to be overturned.

“It’s like a dying to me that solely followers can carry again to life,” Cipes mentioned. In addition to voicing Beast Boy in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go, the actor has reprised the position in Younger Justice and DC Tremendous Hero Ladies, and may be heard in Ben 10, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Final Spider-Man.

Newsome’s submit additional alleged that Cipes could also be doubtlessly changed by a mimic within the upcoming Go season, and the journalist has created a petition to assist the actor get his job again.

In line with a supply talking to TheWrap on Sunday, Teen Titans Go’s producers reportedly talked with Cipes about him presumably stepping down as a result of “efficiency points.” The supply claimed that the actor’s efficiency was now not appropriate for the position of Beast Boy, however the producers reportedly wished to maintain Cipes on by creating a brand new character for him to voice. Negotiations had been apparently ongoing previous to Newsome’s explosive Instagram submit.

And that’s all we all know at time of writing. io9 has reached out to each Warner Bros. and Cipes, and this story will likely be up to date if and after we be taught extra.

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