The Masked Singer Cancels John Schneider's Post-Finale Interviews After Threat Against Biden

The Masked Singer Season 10 Finale

The Masked Singer just crowned a new winner, but it's runner-up John Schneider who's getting most of the attention right now for all the wrong reasons. During The Masked Singer season 10 finale, Cow, Gazelle, Sea Queen and Donut delivered their final performances. After the first round, Cow and Donut advanced to the Final 2. Sea Queen was unmasked as singer Macy Gray, while Gazelle turned out to be Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish. Then the Final 2 went head-to-head, and Cow came out on top. When his mask was removed, he was none other than singer Ne-Yo. Runner-up Donut ended up being John, star of The Dukes of Hazzard.

The Masked Singer's Donut posing during promo shot

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The Controversial Post-Finale Twitter Post

John's ability to celebrate his second-place finish on The Masked Singer season 10 has been cut short after FOX canceled whatever remaining media appearances he had scheduled, according to THR. This abrupt move comes amid John's controversial post on Twitter just after the finale in which he said, 'Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be public hung [sic].' While the post was eventually deleted, screenshots have been making the rounds on social media. The Secret Service is now investigating the matter, with a source telling Deadline, 'This falls under the definition of a threat.'

John Schneider's Denial and Response

John adamantly denied that he threatened President Joe Biden, telling Deadline, 'I absolutely did not call for an act of violence or threaten a U.S. president as many other celebrities have done in the past.' He wants critics to 're-read' what his social media post said and 'pay attention to the words before believing this nonsense.' It's easy for social media comments to get misinterpreted. However, the words in his original comment were extremely clear. According to Deadline, if the Secret Service finds that he made a credible threat and he is found guilty, he could land in jail for as long as five years and have to pay a fine of $250,000.