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Why Eric Dane Was ‘Let Go’ From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

While it seems so Grey’s Anatomy The show has been on the air for almost forever (19 years, to be exact), but there’s one character that has never been forgotten: Eric DaneDr. Mark Sloan.

ABC’s long-running medical drama had many memorable deaths over the course of nearly two decades, but none were more chaotic than the death of Sloan, also known as McSteamy.

The character was introduced in a 2006 Season 2 episode and remained until the 2012 Season 9 premiere, where she tragically died due to injuries sustained in a plane crash.

Dane, 51, recently appeared Dax Shepard‘S “Armchair Podcast” Where he openly told how he got out shonda rhimes-The produced show went down.

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“I think I was let go,” Excitement The actor said that, at the time of his departure, he was suffering from addiction problems.

In 2011, Dane entered the treatment center to deal with his drug problem in California.
However, he insisted that the producers “didn’t let me go because of that.”

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“It certainly didn’t help, though. I was starting to become that, too, because most of these actors who have spent a lot of time on a show start to become very expensive for the network,” he said.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die The star added: “And the network knows the show will do what it’s going to do no matter who they put in it. As long as they have their Grey’s, they’re fine.”

Ellen Pompeo She has played the role of Dr. Meredith Grey since the show’s inception in 2005. took a step back He’s been a regular on the series since last year, but he’s still an executive producer, frequently guest-starring and narrating each episode.

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Dane added: “I wasn’t the same person they hired. So I understood when I was let go. And Shonda was really wonderful. She defended us fiercely. She defended us publicly. She defended us privately. … But I guess I got fired. It wasn’t formally like ‘You’re fired,’ it was just like ‘You’re not coming back.'”

He then went on to explain that when he first signed on for the drama, he had been sober for a few years. But the instant fame that came with starring in a hit network series took a toll on him.

“If you take the whole eight years Grey’s AnatomyI was drunk for a lot longer than I was sober. And that was when things started going in the wrong direction for me,” he confessed. “It was very overwhelming, and I think I just wanted to pretend that it wasn’t like that and that I was comfortable with it. Act like you’ve been through that, but you haven’t been through that.”

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