If I had a 2023 bingo card, I can guarantee that 'the voice actor for Arthur Morgan got in a TikTok feud with the Florida Joker' would not be on it. It feels like a sentence written by putting a bunch of names on a corkboard and throwing darts at it.
For context: last week the «Florida Joker», otherwise known as Lawrence Sullivan, told Rockstar Games that they «gotta talk» about his send-up inclusion in the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer. Sullivan went viral back in 2017 after his interesting choice of tattoos—inspired by Jared Leto's Joker—went viral via a mugshot. I'm not here to cast judgement on what someone chooses to do with their body—though Sullivan feels like he has grounds to demand compensation from Rockstar.
This is despite the fact that GTA 6 confidently sends-up a few real life examples of famous viral videos of characters from Florida, like the "Racist Karen" who dual-wielded hammers and smashed up some cars, also back in 2017.
Arthur Morgan's voice actor, Roger Clark, posted a direct response to the Florida Joker. Which is, uh—is certainly a thing that has happened on the internet. As far as I can tell, Clark has apparently since deleted the TikTok. The links and embeds I can find to it are broken, and it's missing from his page. However, this is the internet, and videos are forever: it's been preserved on the game's subreddit, and it's also been making the rounds on Twitter.
«You don't need to talk to them … they are lawyered up, man. They know exactly what they can and cannot get away with. If I were you, I would use the notoriety they just threw your way to your advantage. Capitalise on it somehow. You ain't getting a job at Home Depot with that face.»
I'm not joining the Sullivan defence squad or
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