Days of Our Lives: “Cancel It,” Says Fired NBC Soap Actor

File this under: Kid, You’ll Never Work in this Town, Again. From October 2015 to September 2016, Jonathon McClendon briefly played a SORAS-ed version of Chase Jennings on Days of Our Lives. Hyrum Hansen and Connor Kalopsis previously filled the role. Despite his short time on the NBC soap opera, this fledgling actor is speaking up about his former employer. McClendon says NBC should cancel Days of Our Lives, noting, “52 years is too long,” and “I’m watching General Hospital from now on.” The irony of those sentiments is, of course, April 1st will mark GH‘s 54th anniversary on ABC.

In his time at Days of Our Lives, McClendon’s character raped Ciara Alice Brady (Vivian Jovanni). Ciara was not only Chase’s potential love-interest and temporary step-sister (yes, yuck), she is also the daughter of DOOL super couple Bo and Hope (Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso) as well as the great-granddaughter of Alice and Tom Horton (Frances Reid and Macdonald Carey), on the NBC daytime drama. In addition, Chase also had the misfortune to be the son of Aiden Jennings (Daniel Cosgrove), who tried to kill Hope, just moments after consummating their marriage. Oh, and we forgot to mention, Chase raped Ciara on the late Alice Horton’s couch, which is a touchstone for Days fans, to say the least.

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Jonathon McClendon Lashes Out About Days of Our Lives on Twitter

Last week, the young and woefully ill-advised McClendon went on a foul-mouthed Twitter rant — encouraging NBC to cancel Days of Our Lives. Check it out. (His language is NSFW.)

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I love how @nbcdays finally used one of @BradEYoung's photos, but decided it was ok to cut his logo. #plagiarism #classy #noshame #pathetic

— Jonathon McClendon (@JonathonMcClen) January 18, 2017

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It's time for the fans to know the @nbcdays is fucking everyone over. The fans, loyal people like @BradEYoung, and the actors.

— Jonathon McClendon (@JonathonMcClen) January 18, 2017

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52 years is too long #downWithDays
I'm watching @GeneralHospital from now on

— Jonathon McClendon (@JonathonMcClen) January 18, 2017

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They also let one of my friends go without even telling her. There was just a different actress name next to her character.#classy @nbcdays

— Jonathon McClendon (@JonathonMcClen) January 18, 2017

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I didn't want to be chase the rapist.

— Jonathon McClendon (@JonathonMcClen) January 18, 2017

Because sometimes social media posts disappear, here are McClendon’s words (with expletives modified):

I love how @nbcdays finally used one of @BradEYoung’s photos, but decided it was ok to cut his logo. #plagiarism #classy #noshame #pathetic

It’s time for the fans to know the @nbcdays is f*cking everyone over. The fans, loyal people like @BradEYoung, and the actors.

52 years is too long #downWithDays
I’m watching @GeneralHospital from now on.

They also let one of my friends go without even telling her. There was just a different actress name next to her character.#classy @nbcdays

I didn’t want to be chase the rapist.

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Now honestly, we don’t know what McClendon is referring to, regarding Brad Everett Young‘s photos. To be clear, Young and I follow one another on Twitter. I have examined his Twitter feed. He has continued to post photographs of Days of Our Lives cast members, and hasn’t raised an issue about uncredited pictures.

We also don’t know which McClendon friend was fired without prior notice. It could be Jovanni, although as she tells it, her exit was a mutual parting of the ways. He could also be referring to Paige Searcy. According to the soap press, Searcy recently opted to depart Salem. The soap has since recast Gabrielle Haugh in the role of Jade Michaels, Joey Johnson’s (James Lastovic) girlfriend, so we can’t be sure.

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Regardless, McClendon’s agent, or parents, or friends need to remind him Twitter is forever. Honestly, while I hated the SORAS-ed Chase Jennings, McClendon showed some talent and acquitted himself of the (admittedly despicable) role quite well. Still, venting about backstage drama on social media does not seem like a career-building move.

Finally, it’s unseemly to see any actor (or crew member) root for a show’s cancellation. While it’s sad (for him) that McClendon was let go, has he no empathy for his fellow cast and crew members? When a network cancels a TV series, that cancellation means a whole lot of people are out of work.

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What do you think? Do you agree with McClendon, or should he be more mindful of his words?  Should NBC cancel or renew the Days of Our Lives TV show for another season? Sound off in the comments.