Justin Roiland destroyed his career
Justin Roiland at the Raleigh Supercon in 2017 where he speaks to the crowd taken by Super Festivals via CC2.0
February 17, 2023
Voice of characters in Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites, Gravity Falls, and Adventure Time, and having an estimated net worth of four million dollars, is Justin Roiland. However, it seems that he might lose the fame, glory, and spotlight due to recent allegations.
On Jan. 24, the Rick and Morty Twitter page announced that Adult Swim, the network in which Rick and Morty airs, had cut ties with Roiland and that he had been fired. Prior to this, Roiland was charged with domestic violence in a court case.
According to NBC News, he had been charged with one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury, and one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit. The accusations came from an unnamed Jane Doe who claimed the event happened to her on Jan. 19, 2020.
However, this is far from the only accusation that has been made of Justin Roiland. Countless women have recently shared their stories about Roiland being sexual with them while they were still a minor.
For example, Justin Roiland allegedly contacted a 16-year-old fan and called her nicknames like “jailbait,” saying that she was “teasing him” with her attractiveness. He continued to make inappropriate comments towards her, telling her that she should get into pornography once she was older.
Twitter user @opossumopunk also shared their story about being manipulated by Roiland. In their tweet, they stated that the voice actor first contacted them on Twitter Jan. 16, 2019, when they were 16. A bit later, Roiland would tell them that they were ‘“hot” after they had mentioned that they were only 18.
In June of 2019, Roiland informed them that he was finally in town and they allegedly met up. Later, he attempted to convince her to drink alcohol at a party, and asked her to kiss another woman; they ended up leaving early.
On the podcast The Grandma’s Virginity, in 2011, he even talked about his attraction to minors who ‘look’ 18, and justified it by saying that, in previous times, 13 year olds would often be married and have kids. Only to say afterwards: “I’m not a pedophile, though.”
Justin Roiland had not only been fired by Rick and Morty, but by other shows he voiced, like the Hulu animated shows Koala Man and Solar Opposites. It is quite a shame how someone who’s been the voice of a show, part of many childhoods, has turned out to be a very bad person.
This phenomenon seems like it happens with a lot of famous people. Maybe the old saying is true: “Never meet your heroes.”
Jacob • Mar 7, 2023 at 2:02 PM
This article was written wonderfully. A lot of people won’t be happy seeing him like this, especially people that really enjoyed him. It helps show that you can’t judge someone by how they look. He has been apart of a lot of peoples childhoods and they don’t want to see him from this point of view. This really shows how bad some people can really be.
alyssa • Mar 7, 2023 at 2:01 PM
I think that this article was very detailed. I feel like the concept is not good because it is disappointing that public figures turn out bad. He deserves being fired for that if not worse. I feel like it was absolutely disgusting and not acceptable.
Haley West • Mar 4, 2023 at 1:41 PM
I thought this article was very informative. I think that it’s disappointing so many widely loved famous people turn out to bad people. It’s honestly, disgusting that the most common allegations are almost always pedophilia or domestic abuse. It really does show that, as stated, you never should meet your heroes. Even people who have been people literal childhoods from tv shows or movies, or seem like really good people can turn out not to be who we think they are.
Tim-Luca Kellner • Mar 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM
It is a shame. He’s been a part of my childhood and it is so sad to see what a bad person he actually is. He deserves being fired for that. I liked the article. It was very interesting and informative.