The elder Riggs did some of his own celebrating on Facebook and Instagram about his son having completed his seven-year contract with The Walking Dead, but the original FB post was reportedly soon deleted and replaced with something shorter.
Conversations about Chandler Riggs departing The Walking Dead started earlier this month after the actor took to Twitter with his celebratory news that he’d gotten into Auburn University, and those conversations were strengthened by social media posts from his father, William.
According to MoviePilot, that first post was more detailed about the hardships that Chandler Riggs dealt with during productions shoots, such as leaving behind friends and working in the freezing cold, which has some inferring the actor would no longer have to worry about such things.