Eric Dane has a theory about his exit from “Grey’s Anatomy.”
The 51-12 months-old actor appeared on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast last week and opened up about why he was fired from the strike ABC series in 2012.
“I did not leave so significantly as I assume I was enable go,” he explained.
Dane performed the handsome and charismatic Dr. Mark Sloan on “Grey’s Anatomy” from Seasons 3 to 9. His character was killed in the deadly plane crash together with Chyler Leigh’s Lexie Grey.
The actor said that he was “struggling” with medication and alcohol dependancy at the time that he was published off the present.
“They did not allow me go simply because of that, even though it unquestionably did not assist,” he said.
“I was starting to become — as most of these actors who have invested major time on the show — you start out to develop into incredibly expensive for the community,” Dane continued. “And the network knows that the present is likely to do what it is heading to do irrespective of who they keep on it — as extensive as they have their Grey they were wonderful.”
“I wasn’t the similar dude they experienced hired, so I experienced comprehended,” he added.
Inspite of shedding his occupation on the clearly show, Dane had absolutely nothing but praise for creator Shonda Rhimes.
“She protected us fiercely,” he explained. “She safeguarded us publicly, she protected us privately… I really like Shonda Rhimes and she safeguarded me but I was in all probability fired. It was not ceremoniously like, ‘You’re fired,’ it was just like, ‘You’re not coming again.’ “
Dane said he was sober for various yrs before he was forged on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Nevertheless, he relapsed for the duration of the Writers Guild of The us Strike in 2007.
“If you just take the entire 8 years I was on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ I was f–ked up longer than I was sober and that was when matters begun going sideways for me,” he recalled.
Dane went into rehab in 2011 for an habit to painkillers subsequent a sports personal injury.
“Actor Eric Dane voluntarily checked himself into a treatment method facility to help him get off of agony medicine that he was prescribed for a sports activities injuries that he suffered above the latest hiatus,” his rep said at the time, for every CBS Information. “He studies back to do the job subsequent week. Company as regular.”
He declared his exit from the beloved Tv set collection the adhering to yr.
“I am incredibly grateful to every person at ‘Grey’s,’ ABC and Shondaland for the practical experience and recollections I have had in excess of the system of this run,” he mentioned in a assertion to TVLine at the time. “It has been superb to perform alongside and learn from a inventive drive these types of as Shonda Rhimes.”
Dane returned to the show for a visitor visual appearance on Year 17 in 2020. His character popped up in Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) dream sequence when she was in a coma from COVID-19.
“Grey’s Anatomy” has been on the air considering the fact that 2005. The present was renewed for Season 21 which will premiere in September.
