‘You Ain’t Gonna F— My Brother’: Marlon Wayans Exposes Shocking Reason His Family Left ‘In Living Color’ In Protest Despite Network Offering ‘Big Checks’
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“In Living Color” helped launch the careers of numerous Hollywood stars. Most notably, the Keenen Ivory Wayans-created sketch comedy television series made the Wayans family household names.
In addition to Keenen Ivory Wayans, “In Living Color” introduced Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Marlon Wayans, and Shawn Wayans to a nationwide audience.
(L-R) Marlon Wayans reveals why his he and his siblings, Kim Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Damon Wayans, not pictured, walked away from “In Living Color” in 1993 (Photo: Neilson Barnard/WireImage)
While speaking on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast this week, Keenen’s younger brother Marlon gave his perspective on why he and his siblings walked away from the iconic show.
“I remember when we left ‘In Living Color’ because Fox was syndicating the show and it was hurting Keenen’s pockets. Keenen was like, ‘Nah, you ain’t gonna do this to me.’ My family said, ‘F—k this money.’ And we all left ‘In Living Color,'” Marlon recalled.
The 52-year-old actor went on to say that his siblings all wore black glasses during the “Driving Miss Schott” Christmas episode from Dec.& 20,& 1992, in protest of the network’s treatment of Keenen.
“We’re going, ‘You ain’t gonna f—k my brother....
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