Showtime Reveals Fate of Jason Mitchell on ‘The Chi’

Jason Mitchell on The Chi (Credit: Showtime)

The character Jason Mitchell portrays on The Chi will meet an untimely death when the series returns for its third season.

A Showtime executive made the revelation on Friday at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills, according to The Wrap.

“There is a lot of great life in ‘The Chi’ and there’s also death in ‘The Chi’ and that’s how we’ll be dealing with it,” Showtime Networks co-president of entertainment Gary Levine told reporters.

A journalist then asked for Levine to elaborate about the fate of Mitchell’s character, Brandon Johnson.

“So he’ll be killed off?” — the reporter asked. Levine nodded yes in response.

Related Story: ‘The Chi’ Showrunner Says She Was a Target of Jason Mitchell

News that Mitchell had been fired from the series surfaced on May 20, amid multiple allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behavior.

Tiffany Boone, who played his on-screen girlfriend on The Chi, was said to be one of “several actresses on the series who had issues with Mitchell,” an insider told The Hollywood Reporter at the time. Boone reportedly left the Lena Waithe-created series after telling producers she could no longer work with Mitchell.

Mitchell remained on the show following Boone’s departure. But he was later dropped when other actresses reportedly said they had problems working with him.

Season 2 showrunner Ayanna Floyd was among those who came forward to express concerns about Mitchell.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Floyd said she set up multiple meetings with Human Resources (HR) to address the situation.

“Ultimately, everyone was well aware of Jason’s behavior and his multiple HR cases, including Lena, the creator and an executive producer of the show, who is very involved at the studio and network level,” Floyd said.

She also alleged that Mitchell began to act inappropriately with her.

“As showrunner, I did everything I could to deal with his behavior, by speaking with the studio’s HR department multiple times and instructing one actress to call HR herself, before I became a target of his rage and inappropriateness, and had to report him to HR, as well,” she stated.


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