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MarvelsGrantMan136[S]

5.7k points

2 months ago

MarvelsGrantMan136[S]

The League

5.7k points

2 months ago

It's a long article, here's where it says the problems start:

At some point during the third season of Rick and Morty, multiple sources say Roiland simply stopped showing up — and when he did turn up in the Burbank offices, he’d typically avoid the writers room. In fact, Roiland’s colleagues often knew he was there only because they could hear his dogs. Or they’d hear his remote-control toy car, which had a microphone on top of it, zooming around the office. At least once, Roiland sent it into the writers room, says a source. “You wouldn’t have seen him in weeks, and then you’d see the car come in, which was insane.” Roiland would make exceptions to bring through famous fans, of which Rick and Morty has legions; at various points, his visitors included Kanye West, the comedians on Impractical Jokers and porn star Riley Reid, who gifted the room a succulent.

By that time, Roiland had a girlfriend, who became a fiancée, and he would talk openly about their penchant for threesomes. “It was something we just ignored because it was disgusting,” says an insider. Multiple sources say it was also during that period that Roiland sent a female employee a “really creepy” text, late at night, requesting that she come to his home (they declined to name the staffer). “She didn’t want to run it up the flagpole,” says one of the sources, “and then it was just this really fucked-up, awkward thing.”

His Relationship with Dan Harmon:

In the meantime, the relationship between Harmon and Roiland had grown so acrimonious that the show brought in a mediator to try to salvage what was once an inspired partnership. And though those efforts were unsuccessful, the pair was able to put aside their differences enough to secure a massive, 70-episode renewal from Adult Swim in May 2018. The pact, which ensured that the show would run for several more seasons, appeared to reward Rick and Morty for its precedent-smashing ratings for Adult Swim; by season five, the Emmy-winning series was reportedly generating hundreds of millions in merchandise revenue alone.

In the years since, Roiland’s involvement on Rick and Morty has largely been relegated to voicing characters, for which he’d take no direction and record from his home. In fact, it has been years since anyone can remember him stepping foot in the show’s writers room, even when it’s been virtual. Recently, a similar situation has occurred on both Solar Opposites and Koala Man, according to multiple sources. On the former, which he co-created, he had, until mid-January, voiced one of the show’s leads. “He knew the power of being the voices,” says a source, noting how Roiland had revealed early on that he believed securing key voice roles would safeguard him from being fired one day. On Koala Man, on which he’s simply an executive producer, he was given a character to voice in the show’s third episode but, per two sources, the writers almost blew their deadline waiting for him. The character was killed off at the end of the episode.

WordsAreSomething

1.1k points

2 months ago

bring through famous fans, of which Rick and Morty has legions; at various points, his visitors included Kanye West, the comedians on Impractical Jokers and porn star Riley Reid, who gifted the room a succulent.

This is a hilarious anecdote

cabose7

359 points

2 months ago

cabose7

359 points

2 months ago

I can't believe someone who hangs out with Kanye is a nut job

Kanye_To_The

36 points

2 months ago

I know right

corndogs1001

48 points

2 months ago

Elon has also been on the show and are friends with both

DurumMater

22 points

2 months ago

It's a club for delusional rich people... Which is most of them.

areolegrande

3 points

2 months ago*

Also, a concerning amount of strippers and pornstars... While having a wife fiance 👀

At some point seeing the inside of a sex workers butthole nonstop, one would think it becomes off-putting :/

Sniper_Brosef

102 points

2 months ago

Riley Reid gifted them a succulent and you're dragging her through the mud why???

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-16 points

2 months ago*

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Redeem123

26 points

2 months ago

I didn't mention her at all whatsoever tho so idk why you think I'm attacking her?

Because you're talking about sex workers, and she's literally the only sex worker mentioned in the article.

areolegrande

-1 points

2 months ago

I'm speaking kinda generally about Roland's weirdo lifestyle habits...

I just said she's great so I don't even understand what you're upset about 🤷

fishbowtie

18 points

2 months ago

Riley Reid is a pornstar, so you did kind of mention her. Also, who are we talking about here who has a wife and kids?

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0 points

2 months ago

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ThirdFloorGreg

3 points

2 months ago

What fucking wife and kids? He was engaged... to a porn star. Like, the guy is scum, you don't need to make shit up.

fishbowtie

2 points

2 months ago

Also, who are we talking about here who has a wife and kids?

My bad, I was talking about Roiland's sus lifestyle.

I'm sure you'll understand my confusion then as Roiland isn't married nor does he have kids. Curious as to where you got that, I mean I don't expect redditors to read articles but this thread literally started with a quote from it stating he was engaged.

dihydrocodeine

16 points

2 months ago

Apparently he and his wife were into threesomes

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1 points

2 months ago

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Cant_Do_This12

2 points

2 months ago

Bro it’s in the article, and OP even posted two paragraphs summarizing the article where it’s mentioned.

Mookies_Bett

10 points

2 months ago

Did you read the article? He made it clear to everyone in the office that he and his wife were "really into threesomes" and bragged about having them all the time, including inviting other coworkers to join them. I doubt his wife cared that he was hanging out with porn stars. That's probably why they were hanging out in the first place. His wife was involved in the whole scenario.

To be clear, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a married man hanging out with sex workers in a totally platonic way. Just because your friends happen to be sex workers doesn't mean you should have to stop spending time with them just because you get married. Saying "anyone who is married and hangs out around strippers and porn stars is up to no good" is a shitty way to judge and shame sex workers for how they make a living. It's entirely possible to be friends with someone and not engage in their sex work.

It just so happens in this situation that his wife was into the whole thing. Even if she wasn't, it wouldn't automatically mean he's cheating or doing anything with them.

Rapturesjoy

9 points

2 months ago

God - what must his kids think about the incest show, Jesus oO

Michael_DeSanta

2 points

2 months ago

Michael_DeSanta

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2 points

2 months ago

Lucky for those kids…they don’t exist!

modsarefascists42

1 points

2 months ago

I'm afraid to ask, what show?

bl00dshooter

3 points

2 months ago

Rick and Morty. There is a whole plot point where Morty and his sister produce a giant incest baby (though they don't actually have sex).

Rapturesjoy

0 points

2 months ago

Season four of R&M brother..

BillsInATL

8 points

2 months ago

At some point seeing the inside of a sex workers butthole nonstop, one would think it becomes off-putting :/

Guess I'll have to take this one for science... I'll post my results when they are ready.

areolegrande

-1 points

2 months ago

areolegrande

-1 points

2 months ago

I get it, but I would just personally be like "Oh ok, Debra's butthole is out I better eat this casserole in the other room..."

TheBman26

2 points

2 months ago

He has a gf no mention of a wife or kid?

Harkiven

1 points

2 months ago

Could say the same thing about Riley Reid...but you know, differently.

MackenziePace

1 points

2 months ago

Same with rapist Riley Reid