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Post by flyboyla on Jun 25, 2020 7:01:32 GMT
According to TV Line:
Days of Our Lives actress Melissa Reeves is catching heat from her co-stars and the long-running soap’s fans for coming out against the Black Lives Matter movement. Earlier this week it was revealed that Reeves — who has played Jennifer Horton on the NBC sudser on and off for the past three decades — “liked” several anti-BLM posts from right-wing activist Candace Owens on Instagram.
Reeves’ Days cousin, Linsey Godfrey, wasted little time responding. After one Twitter user defended Reeves’ right to express her opinion, Godfrey countered, “Nah there is no difference of opinion on racism, homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia.” When another fan noted that she found Reeves to be “completely lovely and non-judgmental” after encountering her at several Days fan events, Godfrey responded, “Yea but even the nicest people can have awful views. Plenty of nice people have awful moral compasses. I can’t associate w/ it because it makes me a hypocrite. I condemn all those hateful & harmful beliefs. Days actor Lamon Archey, who is Black, liked Godfrey’s post taking Reeves to task. He then shared the following rather pointed gif.
This is not the first time Reeves has come under fire for her controversial views. Several years ago, she incurred the wrath of the LGBTQ community when she expressed support for antigay fast food chain Chick-fil-A, tweeting, “Land of the free and home of the brave. Love that we all appreciate free speech, right?” The proprietor of the popular Instagram fan account “Days of Our Lives Classics,” condemned Reeves’ stance in an early Wednesday post. “Being a racist/bigot is not something we should tolerate/ignore/accept,” read the caption. “I know Missy is Days vet and a lot of us have loved her every since she came to Salem in 1985. But I just can’t support this kind of behavior. It’s not acceptable.” Despite being on a production hiatus since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Days has enough original episodes banked to last into fall. Reps for Days, NBC and Sony Pictures Television declined to comment for this story.
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Post by leafs27 on Jun 25, 2020 17:47:19 GMT
Oh man. She's going to get fired from the show now. First Chik-Fil-A now this...
I have seen some of Linsey's posts on Insta and she is FIERCELY passionate about this and has been very vocal in her support of anti-racism.
Linsey is right, there is no difference of opinion on racism, etc. You're either racist or you're not. If you like a racist statement from someone, what does that say about you?
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Post by glozone on Jun 25, 2020 18:42:13 GMT
Yeah, hard to see a way back for her at this point. Maybe if she issues an apology, but I think even that may not be enough, and I don't know that she'd even be willing to do that. It's a shame, but she brought this on herself. All over Twitter there's all these calls to recast Jennifer.
I really, really hope if they fire her they don't decide to fire Matt too and just get rid of Jack and Jennifer both.
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Post by flyboyla on Jun 25, 2020 19:03:15 GMT
It’s just upsetting when an actor has to go that route. You’re not only destroying your own reputation but that of the character you play. I always wondered what Missy was thinking when she had to do scenes with Will and Sonny? After all, she was in full support of Chik-Fil-A. If they get rid of her, I really hope they recast. I want Jack and Jennifer on the show. I know she’d be hard to replace but this doesn’t bode well for her.
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Post by leafs27 on Jun 25, 2020 21:11:22 GMT
I want her on the show as well and I try not to let an actor's personal views impact my feelings on their performance however there are certain things where there's a pretty clear line in the sand: bigotry, hatred, homophobia, racism, misogyny. Those things are reprehensible characteristics in anyone.
I don't care that she's a Christian, or even if she's a Trump supporter (I assume based on her views) but being a racist and homophobe is pretty gross. It's 2020, why in GOD'S NAME DO YOU CARE?! I'll never understand these "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" people or those who want to keep BIPOC marginalized. It's also so bizarre to be that she can say she's a Christian and be so hateful. Isn't that the exact opposite of living in God's love?
The comments Missy liked from Candace Owens weren't outright racist but they were anti-BLM which is not a good look in the current climate, and Candace Owens is exactly someone I'd want to be throwing my support behind.
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Post by leafs27 on Jun 25, 2020 21:12:57 GMT
Also I will say, she rarely interacts with anyone on the show aside from MA, MBE, SN, KA, KM, BF...when was the last time we saw her in a scene with Will, Sarah, Eli? All people Jennifer is related to (Sarah sort-of).
There's also been some scenes of Jack on his own with other people. He doesn't need Jennifer to be a viable character.
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Post by leafs27 on Jun 29, 2020 15:57:55 GMT
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Post by leafs27 on Jul 14, 2020 21:24:19 GMT
So apparently TV Line posted an article that MR was fired and then took it down. SOD is saying she has not been fired... DAYS’S MELISSA REEVES: NOT FIREDWonder what is going on....hhmmmmmm
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Post by flyboyla on Jul 16, 2020 17:08:45 GMT
I saw the headline about her being fired, then I saw the retraction. I don’t think she should be fired over this, but an apology on her part would be nice. I definitely don’t see her having any upcoming scenes with Abe, Sarah, Lani or Eli for sure.
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Post by leafs27 on Jul 17, 2020 14:27:35 GMT
I don't even know if she needs to apologize. I mean, I don't agree with her views at all but she hasn't outright SAID or posted anything. She's just super passive aggressive with those likes. Whatever.
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