The comedy rock band Green Jellÿ (formerly known as Green Jellö) has reportedly fired member Michael “Fr33to F33t” Snyder from the band after Snyder allegedly posted a meme that mocked Ozzy Osbourne’s battle with substance abuse.
The meme, which was shared to Green Jellÿ’s official social media accounts shortly after the late Black Sabbath frontman’s death on July 22nd, featured what appears to be an AI image of Ozzy holding a sign that reads “One Day Sober.”
In a statement regarding the inappropriate meme, Snyder’s firing, and the backlash that he is receiving as a result, frontman Bill Manspeaker said in part:
“Long story short…I allowed a green jello member control of my green jello page. […] Recently he posted a extremely rude video about Ozzy Dying that I found highly offensive & I immediately took it down…the guy lost his mind & instantly started to demonize me on Facebook…Now it’s gotten beyond the point of non stop harassment…
“[…] Everything was fine until the moment I take down his distasteful meme about Ozzys death…
“Now it’s has turned into let’s try to cancel out Bill Manspeaker & all the nice things he’s ever done for people…This person decided to defame Ozzy with a terrible joke about his death on my green jello social media page & I removed it…Now all this hate is the result…ask yourself 1 thing who is the real issue…the guy who has no respect for a man’s death and mocked Ozzy or the guy who immediately took it down because it was disrespectful.”
This statement, originally posted to the band’s Facebook page, has since been removed.
Past members of Green Jellÿ include Maynard James Keenan and drummer Danny Carey, who performed and recorded with the band in the early ‘90s before going on to found their band Tool.
