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50 Cent Calls Omari Hardwick a ‘Strange Bird’ After ‘Power’ Criticism

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*Actor Omari Hardwick still feels some way about his “Power” character, James “Ghost” St. Patrick, and how he was killed off. 

The hit Starz TV series ran from June 7, 2014, to February 9, 2020. Ghost, the main character in the show, was shot by his son Tariq and died in the arms of his best friend Tommy.  During a recent panel discussion at the Uninterrupted Film Festival, Hardwick called out the show’s writers and executive producers, Courtney A. Kemp and 50 Cent, for misleading him about the trajectory of his character.

“I have so much empathy for the fans, bro,” Hardwick said on July 10, Vibe reports. “Because you were sold and told a story that did not continue, guys, in the way that it was sold and told to me that it would continue. So, you have every right to be hitting me up at every airport, every bus stop…”

Hardwick told the room, “If I didn’t die, it means I’m still working, right? And my damn checks don’t have Power on it no more.”

He added, “I’m with y’all in this sense. I’m with you in the sense that the way the story was sold and told to me is not befitting of the way it ended, guys. So y’all have every right to be like, ‘It didn’t end right.’ And because we don’t honor fans enough, and I know Matt and Trae are different. We honor y’all. We honor our fans, man. We often forget that the fans are being sold and told a story that has a genesis and that it has to end the way that it was sold and told to end.”

Omari claims that Kemp and 50 Cent deviated from the initial character arc they had promised him. 

“This was everybody’s uncle,” he said of the character’s relatability. “Whether Jamie or Ghost, he was everybody’s uncle who was, more importantly, trying to go right from going wrong,” he continued. “And I loved him, and I always will love him. But I just want fans to always remember I played the guy. I’m a little bit bigger than him. So it’s better to follow me than a character.”

When 50 Cent saw the now-viral video, he expressed his confusion on social media.

“This [ninja emoji] is a strange bird. The f**k is he talking about, [raised-eyebrow emoji] I never done nothing but look out for him,” he wrote on Instagram. “If he needed something I gave it to him. I understand now, that sh*t didn’t matter.”

READ MORE FROM EURWEB.COM: Omari Hardwick Earned $150K Per Episode on ‘Power’ | VIDEO 

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