EXCLUSIVE: It’s already fallen for your record label and possibly your agency, Marilyn Manson’s bloody spell at Starz’s American gods it’s over now too.
The ax comes after Evan Rachel Wood publicly accuses the shock rocker of “horribly” abusing her and “preparing” her when Westworld actress was still a teenager.
“Due to the allegations made against Marilyn Manson, we decided to remove her performance from the remaining episode he’s in, scheduled to air at the end of this season. Starz is unmistakably with all victims and survivors of abuse, ”a Starz spokesman told Deadline tonight.
On Monday morning, Wood shared an Instagram post detailing his allegations of abuse against Manson.
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The actress previously spoke about being a survivor of domestic violence. “He started to prepare me when I was a teenager and he abused me terribly for a year,” wrote Wood. “I was brainwashed and manipulated until submission. I’m tired of living in fear of retaliation, slander or blackmail. “
In response to Wood’s social media post, at least three other women shared his allegations against Manson.
In addition, AMC’s Shudder removed the Manson episode from its horror anthology series Freak show. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, was set to appear in one of two segments of an episode of the second season of the Shudder show. A Shudder representative told Deadline that the Manson segment will be replaced.
As Deadline reported exclusively in late 2019, Manson joined the Starz series based on the 2001 Neil Gaiman novel for his third season as a guest star as bloodthirsty Johan Wengren, lead singer of the death metal Viking band Blood Death. The singer was actually a key part of the episode “The Unseen” that aired in the premium cabler last night.
With the singer’s character set for just one more appearance on the American gods, showrun Chic Eglee’s long third season has some breathing space to discover exactly how to remove Manson from what should be a significant part of the “Sister Rising” episode. Postponed a week because of the Super Bowl, American gods does not return until February 14.
However, Manson’s agency, CAA, is also considering cutting ties with the singer, we hear. No final decision has been made yet. Accordingly, the CAA did not respond to the request for comment on the situation.
The uberagency kept its client a few years ago when Manson was investigated by the LAPD for unspecified sex crimes that allegedly occurred as early as 2011. In August 2018, the LA County DA’s office under the now former prosecutor Jackie Lacey decided not pursue the case because of “no corroboration” and the expiration of the statute of limitations for such crimes at the time.
In addition to losing his shows on TV, Manson’s music label, Loma Vista Records, dropped the singer like a rock today amid the accusations – as they said on social media:
In the past, Woods, several Emmy nominees, had talked about being the survivor of domestic violence and even testified before Congress on the subject. However, until today, she had never identified her attacker. Manson and Wood made their relationship public in 2007, when she was 19 and she 38, and the pair had a brief engagement in 2010. In a 2009 interview, Manson said of Wood: “I have fantasies every day about breaking your skull with a sledgehammer. ”Observations that the singer’s representatives tried to minimize as mere hyperbole in promoting his then last album.
This move by Starz and producer Fremantle to erase Manson from his show comes just over an hour after one of American godsThe main stars Yetide Badaki made it clear what their position is on the subject. “I’m with Evan Rachel Wood and these brave women”, bluntly tweeted the acclaimed actress who plays Bilquis, a goddess of love in the series.
Even before the Starz / Fremantle statement and Badaki’s tweet on Monday, it was obvious that something was going on and actions were being taken on the charges against Manson. The American gods potion from the media site Starz was practically out of photos and cast information for season 3. For more information, a #MoonMonday event on Instagram with AG leader Ricky Whittle and Herizen Fawn Guardiola was suddenly canceled earlier today.