The Walking Dead: Negan actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan slams Primark t-shirt controversy
The high street chain removed a t-shirt range referencing the series after complaints of racism
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Your support makes all the difference.The Walking Dead actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan has responded to the news that high street chain Primark has pulled a range of t-shirts from its stores after complaints of racism from customers.
The piece of clothing in question bears the bloodied baseball bat of Jeffery Dean Morgan's villain Negan and references the intense season six finale which saw him select which character to kill by using the rhyme 'Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.'
Many expressed their confusion over the news on Twitter with Morgan, who plays the fearsome Negan, adding: “Holy crap people are stupid.”
Sheffield couple Ian and Gwen Lucraft complained to store bosses that it was 'offensive' after spotting the range last week with boss Paul Marchant deciding to pull it completely.
Mr. Lucraft claimed that the image “...relates directly to the practice of assaulting black people in America“ stating that ”...it is directly threatening of a racist assault, and if I were black and were faced by a wearer I would know just where I stood.’”
The word 'tiger' has since replaced the racial slur in a modernised version of the rhyme.
The latest episode of The Walking Dead - which airs in the UK on FOX every Monday at 9pm - saw an emotional reunion between two characters who have been on the show since season one.
Here's the trailer for episode ten, 'Hostiles and Calamities.'
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