YouTube star Kian Lawley fired from Fox's 'The Hate U Give' after racist video resurfaces https://t.co/SmWlBgEwij
— Variety (@Variety) February 6, 2018
Kian Lawley is a YouTuber who gained fame through the collaboration channel O2L and has recently found moderate success in acting (so don't "who?" me, I just told you). He was cast in Twentieth Century Fox's The Hate U Give, an adaptation of Angie Thomas' book centering on a police shooting. Days ago, a video resurfaced of Lawley using the N-word and other racial slurs. “We’re all black drinking purple Kool-aid and eating Kentucky fried motherf—king chicken."
Twentith Century Fox has officially cut Lawley from the film and plans to recast.
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