Malcolm-Jamal Warner Is Honored for ‘Endless Curiosity and ‘Warmth’ in Podcast After His Death

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has been honored by his friends and former colleagues in a live podcast almost a week after his death.

A live episode of his “Not All Hood” podcast dropped on Friday, July 25 and was led by his cohost Candace Kelley.

Actress Jessica Miesel, who worked alongside Warner in The Resident, paid tribute while appearing on the podcast.

“I was so struck by his endless curiosity and his warmth and his elegance, but mainly his ability to make me and others feel like an equal. I never felt like he was looking down at anybody else,” Miesel said.

Miesel added that adored his laugh and said that his humor contributed to an enjoyable working experience with him.

“His laugh was just one of my favorite sounds in the whole world, and he was the king of adding a button to the end of a scene, you know even doing a serious surgery scene and he would add something completely silly to the end of it,” she continued.

Meanwhile, Kelley gave credit to the late actor for pushing for diverse portrayals of Black characters on-screen.

“He really was on a mission to make sure that the tropes about the Black community are not continued,” Kelley recalled. “We’d have these conversations because all the dramas on TV are about gangs and the street and drugs and kingpins,” she continued. “But a lot of people don’t know that he often turned down a lot of parts in these types of shows. He’d say, ‘It’s good writing, but it’s not a good message.’ “