So Apparently The ‘Desus & Mero’ Split Had Something To Do With A Toxic Manager
The brand has left the building.
Everyone stop what you’re doing because The Kid Mero of Desus & Mero has finally weighed in on the show’s sudden dissolution.
“It’s just a natural progression,” Mero said of the split on the New York radio station WFAN. “It’s like we said on the podcast, ‘It’s Hollywood, baby.’ You develop strengths and things that you want to explore and do. And then things just happen naturally.”
“It’s like Spike Jonze said on the Viceland show, ‘Everything is finite’. What’s the corny cliché? Don’t be sad that it’s gone. Be happy that you experienced it.”
Mero! Stop saying silly quotes and get the The Bodega Boys back together! There is still time to turn this around!
Alas, Mero — who’s real name is Joel Martinez — continued to pontificate. “Everybody grows,” he said. “I’m sure [Desus has] got his things that he wants to do. I got my things I want to do. And they’re very specific to us. We’ve been a duo for a long time. I love everything that he’s done. It’s just natural.”
“I’ve got my life, my world view, my things going on, and he’s got his. So it’s only right that, instead of just staying like, ‘we’re only going to do this one thing’, we explore. Let’s break out. Let’s see what we do as individuals, and then form like Voltron later on. Who knows?”
After last week’s abrupt end to Desus & Mero, speculation among fans was rife; with some even suggesting that actor Anna Kendrick may have somehow been involved. Since then, Puck News dropped an exclusive, suggesting that Desus and Mero are going their separate ways due to a dispute regarding their mutual manager, Victor Lopez.
“Lopez had been accused of asshole behaviour, including bullying, screaming and generally making people on the show feel bad,” wrote Puck‘s Matthew Belloni, stating that the account was corroborated by five different sources.
Showtime reportedly asked Lopez to keep a wide berth from the show, and no longer attend tapings or meetings. While Desus allegedly agreed with that decision, Belloni reckons that Mero wanted to stay loyal to their long-time manager, who had been with them for many years.
It’s unclear whether this is what actually went down, but it does sound more plausible than Anna Kendrick barging in and somehow putting a halt to The Bodega Boys’ reign, for no reason whatsoever, which — to be clear — would have been hilarious.
Photo credit: Desus & Mero on Showtime, Facebook