Marvel fans have often wondered why Terrence Howard so abruptly disappeared from the “Iron Man” franchise. Well, he says “F**k ‘Em.”

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Howard is quite displeased about the way Marvel allegedly handled his renegotiation after Robert Downey, Jr.’s Iron Man became an enormous hit.

According to Terrence, Marvel did him TOO dirty after guesstimating that Iron Man 2 would be a smash hit “with or without him.”

During an interview with Andy Cohen, Howard clears the air regarding the movie franchise. After an audience member asks if Terrence — since he’s cool with Downey again — would ever reconsider any Iron Man roles, he responds.

“You know what’s so funny?” Howard rhetorically asks.

“Even though I love Don Cheadle so much and I love what he’s done, I still hear a lot of fans asking, ‘Am I going to come back and be War Machine? Am I going to come back and be War Machine?’…I think they could have a huge franchise off of it.”

But that answer isn’t good enough for the host and fellow guest, Elle Macpherson.

Howard proclaims, “F**k ‘Em” — further answering the question concerning his possible Marvel return.

ROBERT DOWNEY Jr. DID HIM DIRTY?

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According to Terrence Howard, as aforementioned, Marvel “pushed him out” after allegedly undercutting his contract.

E! News reports that Howard spoke briefly about it in 2013 via the same talk show Terrence mentioned, concerning Downey as follows:

“This is going to get me in a lot of trouble, but it turns out that the person I helped become ‘Iron Man,’ when it was time to re-up for the second one, took the money that was supposed to go to me and pushed me out.”

“We did a three-picture deal, so that means that you did the deal ahead of time,” Howard elaborated. “It was going to be a certain amount for the first one, a certain amount for the second, a certain amount for the third.”

“They came to me with the second and said, ‘Look, we will pay you one-eighth of what we contractually had for you because we think the second one will be successful with or without you.'”

“And I called my friend that I helped get the first job, and he didn’t call me back for three months,” Terrence said.

Check out Howard’s interview below.

However, even though Howard isn’t up for working with Downey, Jr. again in that capacity, he maintains that he loves the actor as a person.

“God’s going to bless him,” Terrance told Andy Cohen, as reports E! News.

All in all, you know the Iron Man franchise — including the way Marvel has pieced together its movies — has done astonishing numbers.

And you know Don Cheadle, aka War Machine… aka “Iron Patriot,” has made several appearances — even in Captain America and the Avengers.

Would that have been an amazing gig for Terrence Howard? Of COURSE!

Yet, at the same time, you can’t help but understand Terrence’s position — if they really offered him only one-eighth of his originally-negotiated money.

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Empire’s head honcho, Terrence Howard, had a serious problem with actor, Robert Downing, Jr. in recent years. In fact, he put the dude all the way on blast in interviews and such. What was their beef about? It was about Robert jackin’ Terrence out of millions- $100 million to be exact, according to Terrence. We’re a little tardy for the party with this update on their repaired friendship, but better late than never.

Why T. Howard Accused Downey Of Robbing Him

It all started when Terence Howard was the highest paid actor on the first installment of the Iron Man movie franchise. He was paid $3.5 million at the time, with another $5 million waiting for hiM in the wings if ever a sequel were to be made.

That’s where Downey comes in, Terrence revealed to Rolling Stone magazine (in 2015), that the producers didn’t wanna do business with Downey because of his past drug issues. Howard then told them he’d take a $1 million pay cut if they gave Downey a shot in the movie. “Robert was so thankful and dadadadada,” says Howard.

By the time it was sequel time (Iron Man 2), Terrence blasted Downey for leaving him high and dry. He says his agent got a call, telling him they were cutting his role down and reducing his pay. Howard said his attorney shot them down by saying “F**k you,” and hung up the phone.

The next day actor, Don Cheadle, took Howard’s spot for Iron Man 2.  Howard said he then reached out to Downey for help to get his role back, thinking that Downey would help him in the same manner he’d helped him for Iron Man 1. Then this happened:

Via Rolling Stone: “And so,” [Terrence Howard] says, “I called Robby and was like, ‘Look, man . . .’ Leaving messages with his assistants, called him at least 17 times that day and 21 the next and finally left a message saying, ‘Look, man, I need the help that I gave you.’ Never heard from him. And guess who got the millions I was supposed to get? He got the whole franchise, so I’ve actually given him $100 million, which ends up being a $100 million loss for me from me trying to look after somebody, but, you know, to this day I would do the same thing. It’s just my nature.”

Beef Is Squashed

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Fast forward to today and many millions later, plus a hit TV show on Fox and our man, T. Howard has officially forgiven his former friend-turned-rival-turned-friend-again. Last year (2016), Howard posted the below Instagram photo of him and Robert Downey at a friend’s wedding, with the caption, “Nice to see my old friend again… #lifestooshort #allgood.”

Guess time really does heal all wounds…or maybe it was the extra millions Howard went on to earn, that made it a little easier to forgive and forget.

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