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Veteran actor and musician @OfficialTCCarson sits down for his first one on one with Comedy Hype and opens up about his role as Kyle Barker on Living Single and why he ultimately left the series.

Living Single's T.C. Carson reveals he was fired from the show (https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/t-c-carlson-reveals-he-was-fired-from-living-single-s-1842615034)

Carson left the 1990s Fox sitcom after Season 4 and didn't return until its series finale. In an interview with Comedy Hype (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpZc5fiVqWA), Carson says he became a "spokesperson" for the cast's problems with the show, which led to him getting the boot. One of the cast's issues was the portrayal of the two leading men, Carson's Kyle and John Henton's Overton Wakefield Jones as buffoonish. Another issue was the wage gap between Living Single and the Friends cast. “We were getting less than all the way around, and then they created Friends and gave them everything,” Carson said. “And both shows were Warner Bros. shows on Warner Bros. lots, so to watch that was really kind of a slap in the face.”

I never thought of the 2 main male characters as being buffoonish or at least no more buffoonish than any other male character on a 1990's era sitcom.

Friends had a lot higher ratings than Living Single. Naturally the Friends cast was going to be paid more.

Friends had a lot higher ratings than Living Single. Naturally the Friends cast was going to be paid more.

The 2 leads of New York Undercover tried to pull that Friends move, but the show had terrible ratings, so Dick Wolf just fired them and hired 2 more leads.