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TwitterWho's leaving 'Grey's Anatomy,' round 37
The stream of speculation about who's staying and who's leaving Grey's Anatomy has been so constant and so contradictory that it's hard to keep track of what's what. The latest bit of news on that front, though, comes from an actual named source, so here goes.
Grey's actor James Pickens Jr. tells Us Weekly that Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight, who have been the focus of most of that speculation, will both be leaving the show at season's end.
"Yes, she is," Pickens said in response to a question about Heigl leaving at an NAACP Image Awards lunch over the weekend. "Wherever Katherine goes, I wish her nothing but the best."
Heigl's character, Dr. Izzie Stevens, recently found out -- courtesy of her dead, not-a-ghost boyfriend, Denny (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) -- that she's sick and spent much of the last episode surreptitiously trying to diagnose herself. Reports that Heigl was on her way out (or not) of the ABC have been swirling for some time, particularly after Heigl's remarks about not being given "material ... to warrant an Emmy nomination" last summer.
Knight, meanwhile, has been pushed to the show's margins of late, only appearing in one or two scenes per episode. Pickens tells Us that the actor who plays George O'Malley "just wanted to pursue other career paths."
Pickens' statement on Knight's potential departure counters recent remarks by ABC boss Stephen McPherson. Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour last month, McPherson said he expected Knight to be back next season.
Grey's Anatomy has already written off cast regular Brooke Smith this season. The show and ABC took some heat for writing off a gay character (Smith's Dr. Erica Hahn had recently begun a relationship with Sara Ramirez's Callie Torres), although McPherson said the move was made because of "the dynamic with the relationship was not working."
Grey's ends its season in May, which is presumably when we'll have definitive answers to the two actors' future on the show.
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And of course there's already denials on other sites about them leaving from ABC reps. I just wish they'd announce it one way or the other already! I used to love both characters but Grey's ruined them, in my opinion.
Hopefully, this will be the end of show. The show was so unrealistic.
Unrealistic??? Just like almost every show on the air and every movie that comes out. If you want realism watch The Discovery channel or The History channel. I just love when people say things like that. The whole idea of a TV show and a movie is to take you out of reality.
I would'nt be shocked to learn if they've wanted to dump him since his, "I'm a victim!" talk show rounds that got Washington fired. I'm not defending Washington, it just that T.R. would'nt shut up.
T.R. Had every right to talk about the incident with Washington. It was Washington who in fact made those statements and then pubicly kept talking about it. T.R. Was a victim so why shouldn't he be able to talk about it. I am sure if someone on the cast made a racial comment to Washington he would have been on every talk show discussing it!
Goodbye queer boy and your hag! Bring back Burke.
Goodbye ***guzzler! Take your hag with you... Bring back Burke
Good!
Show lost it's steam last season.
Now it's a bore
The show has become an X-Ray of what it used to be....this is just a couple of final treatment plans to enable me to cure myself of the illness and no longer watch.