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Negan Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan Says The Walking Dead Fans Still Swear at Him in the Street for Killing Glenn 10 Years Ago
Jeffrey Dean Morgan says that a decade after his character Negan bludgeoned fan-favourite Glenn to death on The Walking Dead, he still encounters angry viewers who swear at and confront him in public, blaming him personally for the killing. Negan's brutal Season 7 debut, in which he also killed Abraham, was a defining moment for the show at the height of its popularity, and Morgan says fans continue to conflate him with the villain despite Negan later becoming an anti-hero in the spin-off Dead City.
Speaking on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, Morgan recalled being struck with a purse and sworn at by an elderly woman in a Georgia coffee shop while out with co-star Norman Reedus, and said he still gets shouted at and gestured at while walking through New York today. Glenn's death had actually been foreshadowed in the comic books four years earlier, which Morgan says makes the intensity of fans' reaction surprising. He now takes the hostility in his stride, describing it as "hilarious" and noting that online opinion of Negan remains roughly split 50/50 between love and hatred.
In short
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan still faces public abuse over Negan killing Glenn.
- An elderly fan once hit him with her purse and swore at him.
- He says reactions to Negan remain about 50/50 love and hate.
Explained simply
The Walking Dead is a television drama about people trying to survive after a zombie outbreak has devastated society. Jeffrey Dean Morgan played Negan, a violent leader who first appeared in the seventh season. Negan killed Glenn, a popular character, and Abraham, another member of the group.
The show is based on comic books, where Glenn’s death had already happened years before it appeared on television. Negan later became a more complicated character and features in the spin-off Dead City. The story reflects how strongly some viewers connect actors with the characters they play.