Norman Reedus defends Melissa McBride's exit from The Walking Dead's Daryl and Carol spinoff

Variety

AMC announced last week that McBride exited the spinoff because moving to Europe, where the spinoff will be filmed, proved “logistically untenable” for her. The announcement, however, resulted in Reedus receiving some backlash. Speaking on The Tonight Show, The Walking Dead star told Jimmy Fallon of McBride: "Twelve years is a grueling schedule. She wanted to take some time off and she’s doing that. She deserves it.” Reedus added: "I imagine those characters are going to meet back up at some point, and they might even meet up with some other characters down the road. In the meantime, (AMC) was like, ‘Hey, you wanna go on a mission?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, let’s go on a mission.'”