Sid Wilson has posted publicly for the first time since TMZ reported he was permanently fired from Slipknot — and the post is a promotional video for his updated independent merch store, sidthe3rdshop.com. It contains no mention of Slipknot, the reports, or his status in the band.
As of publication, neither Slipknot nor Wilson has confirmed or denied anything, and no reason for the reported dismissal has been given by anyone. The only responses from inside the band’s orbit have come from guitarist Jim Root, who urged fans not to believe everything they read, and Stacy Thomson, wife of guitarist Mick Thomson, who posted a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gag about secondhand rumors.
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Three days. Still nothing.
We covered the initial TMZ report on Friday and Jim Root’s response on Saturday. Here’s day three, and it’s the strangest installment yet.
Sid Wilson finally posted. Everyone leaned in. And it was an ad.
What He Actually Posted
Wilson returned to Instagram with a short promotional video pointing fans at his revamped independent merch store, sidthe3rdshop.com.
That’s the whole post. No statement. No mention of Slipknot. No mention of the reports. No acknowledgement that the entire metal internet has spent 72 hours arguing about whether he still has a job.
Just: here’s my store, go buy something.
You can read that as tone-deaf. You can read it as opportunistic — his name recognition is at a genuine all-time peak this weekend and a merch launch has never had better free promotion.
But there’s a third reading, and it’s the one worth sitting with: that is not how someone behaves when their career just got detonated.
A man who’s actually been cut loose from a band he’s been in since the late ’90s, permanently, with no warning, does not spend the next 24 hours cutting a merch promo. He goes quiet, or he lawyers up, or he posts something raw at 3am. Wilson did the most boring thing imaginable. He went back to work.
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Add Up The Signals
Here’s what almost nobody is doing with this story: counting.
Signal one — Jim Root. Saturday night, the guitarist posted to his Instagram Story telling fans not to believe everything they read, to stop, think, take a breath, and wait for more information. He never named Wilson or TMZ. He also soundtracked it with “‘Til We Die,” the All Hope Is Gone closer about this band being bonded to the end. That song choice was not an accident.
Signal two — Stacy Thomson. The wife of guitarist Mick Thomson followed with her own Instagram Story: the famous Ferris Bueller’s Day Off bit where a rumour gets relayed through a chain of somebody’s friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend, ending with the punchline that it’s apparently pretty serious. She followed it with a second post telling people not to believe everything they read on the internet, and noting for the record that it’s a great movie.
That’s not cryptic. That’s mockery. She is openly taking the piss out of the reporting.
Signal three — Sid himself. Business as usual.
Three data points, all pointing the same direction: nobody close to this band is behaving like a man just got fired.
Meanwhile the band’s official channels show no lineup change. No replacement named. No statement. Nothing removed.
The Reading That Cuts The Other Way
Now let’s be honest, because a one-sided article is a worse article.
Silence from Slipknot does not automatically mean the report is wrong. It can just as easily mean lawyers.
Slipknot is not a band, structurally — it’s a substantial business with corporate entities, publishing splits, merchandising rights and touring agreements attached to it. Removing a member who’s been there since the late ’90s is not a phone call, it’s a legal process. And while that process is running, the correct advice from any attorney is to say absolutely nothing publicly.
Under that reading, everything above still fits. Root’s post could be him protecting a friend from a pile-on rather than denying the news. Stacy Thomson could be mocking the speculation about why rather than the fact of it. And Wilson posting a merch link could be exactly what someone does when they’ve just lost their primary income and need their independent revenue working.
We’ve seen this band do the quiet exit before. Craig Jones simply stopped being there in 2023 and it was never really explained. Jay Weinberg found out and the announcement came later.
So: two plausible readings, both internally consistent, and no way to choose between them from the outside.
Where This Actually Stands
Precisely, because precision is still in short supply:
Reported: TMZ, July 31, citing one unnamed source with direct knowledge, says Wilson was told Friday afternoon that he was permanently removed from Slipknot.
Confirmed: nothing. No statement from the band. No statement from Wilson. No reason given by anyone. No replacement. No change to the band’s official channels.
Pushback: Jim Root urging patience without denying anything, and Stacy Thomson openly mocking the rumor mill.
Wilson’s own contribution: a merch ad.
That’s it. That’s the sum total of three days.
There’s also been speculation spilling into Wilson’s personal life this weekend built on an Instagram repost that wasn’t even originally written by the person who shared it, with no stated context. We’re not touching that, and we’d suggest nobody else should either. There is a child in that situation, nobody has connected it to anything, and if this whole report turns out to be wrong, that’s going to look very ugly in retrospect.
What We’re Watching For
A formal statement is now overdue. When it comes, it’ll tell you which reading was right.
If Slipknot confirms the departure, expect the usual: a short, warm, uninformative post thanking Wilson for his years of service. If the report was wrong, expect something sharper — and expect Root to be first through the door, because he’s already halfway there.
Either way, Wilson himself will speak eventually. He always has.
For the full context on his role in that band — the scratching under “Eyeless,” the industrial texture that gave the debut its unsettling edge — our Slipknot albums ranked and mask deep dive both cover how much of #0 is baked into the band’s DNA.
Our Slipknot lineup page is being held at unconfirmed until somebody puts their name on a statement. Three days of cryptic Instagram Stories is not a source.
TL;DR
- What happened: Sid Wilson posted publicly for the first time since the firing reports — a promo video for his merch store, sidthe3rdshop.com
- Did he address the reports? No. Zero mention of Slipknot or his status
- Official confirmation: still none, from the band or from Wilson, three days in
- Jim Root’s response: urged fans not to believe everything they read and to wait for more information — soundtracked with “‘Til We Die”
- Stacy Thomson’s response: the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off rumour-chain gag, plus a follow-up telling people not to believe everything on the internet
- Original report: TMZ, July 31, one unnamed source, no reason given
- Slipknot’s channels: no lineup change, no replacement, nothing removed
- Two readings: the pushback suggests the report may be wrong — or the silence is legal counsel while a member exit is formalised
FAQ
Has Sid Wilson said anything about being fired from Slipknot?
Not directly. His first post since the reports was a promotional video for his merch store, sidthe3rdshop.com, with no mention of Slipknot or his status in the band.
What is Sid Wilson’s merch store?
sidthe3rdshop.com, his independent merchandise store, which he relaunched in an updated form and promoted on Instagram over the weekend.
Is Sid Wilson still in Slipknot?
Unconfirmed. TMZ reported on July 31 that he had been permanently removed, but neither Slipknot nor Wilson has confirmed or denied it, and the band’s official channels show no lineup change.
What did Jim Root say about the Sid Wilson reports?
Root posted to Instagram Stories urging fans not to believe everything they read and to wait for more information. He never named Wilson or the report, and did not deny it. The post was soundtracked by Slipknot’s “‘Til We Die.”
Who is Stacy Thomson and what did she post?
She’s the wife of Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson. She shared the well-known Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gag about a rumour passing through a long chain of friends-of-friends, followed by a post telling people not to believe everything they read online — widely read as mockery of the reporting.
Has Slipknot made an official statement?
No. As of publication the band has said nothing, named no replacement, and made no change to its official channels.
Why was Sid Wilson reportedly fired?
No reason has been given by anyone — not the band, not Wilson, and not the source who spoke to TMZ.
Three days, two cryptic posts from the Slipknot camp, one merch ad, and still not a single official word. What’s your read — is Sid out, or is this whole thing wrong? Let us know in the comments.
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