Johnny Knoxville reveals he was ‘stunned and shocked’ when Hulu canceled Reboot

Just weeks after Hulu surprisingly canceled his hit sitcom Reboot, after much critical acclaim, series star Johnny Knoxville is speaking out.

The 51-year-old actor (born Philip John Clapp) played Clay Barber, an actor and comedian with a history of substance abuse, who starred in the hit sitcom Step Right Up which was being rebooted into the Hulu series.

The show was his first scripted series in which he served as a series regular, though he revealed to Vulture is still processing the cancellation.

The cancellation was first announced in late January, though creator Steve Levitan had tried to find a new home for the show.

Earlier this month, he announced that the show was completely dead, after efforts to find a new home failed.

Johnny’s character: The 51-year-old actor (born Philip John Clapp) played Clay Barber, an actor and comedian with a history of substance abuse, who starred in the hit sitcom Step Right Up which was being rebooted into the series from Hulu.

Knoxville revealed: “Of course I would have liked it to end differently, but I realize that I am a very lucky human being.”

“We put on a great show, and it will be there for people to see forever. That’s a very good thing,’ she added.

‘Hopefully he doesn’t seem angry or sad. I’m very grateful for everything that has happened, but of course I’m a little angry about the way it ended,” Knoxville admitted.

He admitted that he has “a lot of feelings about it” and while he’s “grateful and thankful” that he got to do the show, he’s still “stunned and shocked that it’s over.”

‘I’m still trying to process it. I mean, come on, it was a Steve Levitan show. We delivered a very strong first season. This is my first series so I was spoiled,” he said.

“Everyone told me that it is rare to work on a program of this caliber with people you like. We all get along very well. We thought, “Oh, it’s going to be fun to do it for five or six seasons,” she admitted.

We took it for granted. Boy were we surprised. Oscar Wilde said, “Life imitates art much more than art imitates life, but he didn’t see what happened with Reboot,” Knoxville continued.

“We are disappointed that it has been cancelled, but I am not deaf either. People have real problems in this world. The cancellation of an actor’s show is not the end of the world. That being said, we loved it and were hopeful that it would continue,” he said.

Disappointed: Knoxville revealed: “Of course I would have liked it to end differently, but I realize that I am a very lucky human being.”

The series followed the cast of a hit early 2000s sitcom called Step Right Up being rebooted with the original cast facing a world that changes faster than they had realized.

The cast also included Keegan Michael Key, Rachel Bloom, Judy Greer, Calum Worthy, Krista Marie Yu, and Paul Reiser.

The show earned rave reviews from critics and garnered two Critics Choice Award nominations, one for Outstanding Comedy Series and one for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Keegan Michael Key.

When asked if he had any idea why the show was cancelled, Knoxville admitted, “I have no idea why it was cancelled.”

‘Everything is played very close to the vest. I know we make fun of Hulu a lot on the show, but I give the execs more credit than canceling it for such a dumb reason,” he said.

When the interviewer suggested that the reason might be “Hulu has a very arbitrary algorithm and Reboot didn’t meet their requirements,” Knoxville thought that might very well be true.

He added that creator Steve Levitan had written two scripts for the second season at the time of the cancellation, but has not read them.

“I know there are two scripts, and I could ask Steve to read them, but I’m afraid it would be too painful to read them knowing they’re not going to be filmed,” Knoxville said.

Insight: When asked if he had any idea why the show was cancelled, Knoxville admitted, “I have no idea why it was cancelled.”

Silly: ‘Everything is played very close to the vest. I know we made fun of Hulu a lot on the show, but I give the executives more credit than canceling it for such a dumb reason,” he said.

Arbitrary: When the interviewer suggested that the reason might be “Hulu has a very arbitrary algorithm and Reboot didn’t meet their requirements,” Knoxville thought that might very well be true.