“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Ice-T took to social media to set the record straight about why he has less screen time this season.

Since 2000, the rapper-turned-actor played Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the long-running NBC drama, but his role was significantly cut down in season 27. After sharing his perspective, which landed like an unfiltered admission, the show was hit with a level of backlash few seemed to anticipate.

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TMZ caught up with the “Colors” rapper in November, where he explained why he’d only been in four of eight episodes so far this season. Ice-T claimed that the producers wanted to bring back actress Kelli Giddish full-time

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