CallMeKat has brought in 30Rock alum and sitcom favorite Jack McBrayer to step in as the new baker for Kat’s cafe following Leslie Jordan’s death. Watch his introduction here:
A new baker is stepping in to fill the void left by Leslie Jordan's Phil in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat. 30 Rock alum Jack McBrayer will step in for the foreseeable future as Gideon, a delightful Amish man who's experiencing much of the outside world for the first time and will now be manning the oven at Kat's cat café. With the announcement came a short teaser that sees Kat introducing Gideon to her friends at a bar where he quickly shows off that he has no filter.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Of course, McBrayer enters the series under unfortunate circumstances. Jordan tragically passed away late last year and the show has since opted to honor him with its winter premiere. In an off-screen wedding, Phil married his new boyfriend Jalen and the two started a bakery together in Tahiti. Bialik ensured that with this ending, "his character will live forever, and he can have whatever adventures we all imagine.
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