First Twitter, then TBS: CeeLo Green feeling the fallout over rape comments

First Twitter, then TBS: CeeLo Green feeling the fallout over rape comments

Green's unscripted series "The Good Life" debuted this past June and ran for six episodes.

CeeLo Green made some insensitive and controversial comments about rape via Twitter, prompting him to delete his account afterward. Now the TBS network has dropped his TV show The Good Life after just one season.

It all stemmed from his plea, last week, to charges he slipped a woman the recreational drug Ecstasy before going back to her hotel room, where she claimed he sexually assaulted her. He was cleared of the assault violation but charged with felony possession of the narcotic. Green pleaded no contest to the drug charge, all while insisting he was innocent of anything else.

The singer then took to Twitter with a number of incendiary tweets in a response to the proceedings of his case.

“People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!,” tweeted Green. He followed that with another missive. “If someone is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent.”

Green continued on, comparing sexual assault to a home invasion robbery. “When someone brakes on a home (sic) there is broken glass where is your plausible proof anyone was raped,” added Green.

Fans were outraged, prompting the singer and former judge of NBC’s The Voice to delete his Twitter account entirely. But not before offering what most considered a tepid apology. “Let me 1st praise god for exoneration fairness & freedom! Secondly I sincerely apologize for my comments being taken so far out of context,” tweeted Green. “I only intended on a healthy exchange to help heal those who love me from the pain I had already caused from this. Please forgive me as it was your support that got me thru this to begin with. I’d never condone the harm of any women. Thank you.”

But the damage had been done. By Monday morning, his controversial statements were being decried across social media. Then just hours later, TBS announced his show The Good Life, had been yanked from the network’s lineup. The unscripted series, documenting Green in his professional and private life, debuted this past June and ran for six episodes.

The show averaged an audience of around 400,000 within the 18-49 demographic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, sources say the decision to cancel the show was based on the series’ low ratings and not on Green’s commentary.

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