‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Sarah Drew clarifies her comment after the show’s firing

Former Grey’s Anatomy Star Sarah Drew has clarified comments she made after being fired from the show in 2018.

Appears in an episode of Call it like it is On the podcast, Call It With Sarah Drew, Drew spoke to hosts and former co-stars Camilla Luddington and Jessica Capshaw about what it was like transitioning from her role as Dr. April Kepner to be fired.

Luddington joined Grey’s Anatomy In 2012, Dr. Josephine “Jo” Wilson and Capshaw played pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins and were regulars on the series before departing in March 2018. Drew and Capshaw’s write-off went hand in hand, as both departures were included in the series’ Season 14 finale.

Drew previously openly expressed that she wasn’t ready to leave the hit show in September 2018 vultureShe compared being fired after nine seasons of the long-running series to her own funeral.

Now, she has expanded on her previous comments while speaking to Luddington and Capshaw, talking about how she dealt with what she said was “unceremoniously let loose in a way that felt really mean and unfair.”

Newsweek sent an email to reps for Drew and Shondaland, who produce Grey’s Anatomyfor comment on Wednesday outside of normal business hours.

“When the result was that we were fired from our family, I had to do a lot of interviews and walk red carpets because the web series I directed was nominated for an Emmy,” Drew explained.

“So three months after my release I was literally on the wrong foot Grey’s Anatomy.”

“It’s one of those weird moments in the industry,” Luddington joked, to which Drew agreed, before continuing: “But that’s what I wanted to do, I did a lot of interviews and everyone wanted to know, ‘How?’ did it feel?’ Whatever, and of course the one line that everyone picked up and that was plastered across all the headlines was, “Sarah compares being fired to attending her own funeral.”

While Luddington thought it was a “great quote,” Drew took the opportunity to explain what she meant by her comments.

“What I was trying to describe was like being unceremoniously let go in a way that felt really mean and unfair, and because of that the love was so enormous that it was like sitting there and watching,” people say everything they love about you, [it was like I was] dead,” she said.

When Luddington asked Capshaw and Drew if returning to the show as guest stars felt like “coming home,” Drew said, “Absolutely.” However, she clarified that she no longer has an “attachment” to the program.

“So there’s peace…when you’re on the show you never know what’s going to happen, you never know if they’re going to lose interest in the plot or if you’re going to piss off the wrong person, then something’s going to happen.” “It will happen. You never know,” she continued.

“But if I just come back to say hello, I’m no longer afraid and don’t need anything from anyone on set. They’re no longer responsible for my livelihood, they’re not responsible for my success or my happiness, it feels very, very liberating to check in again because I’m like, ‘Hey! This is a great place to visit!’”

In an August 2018 with The Hollywood ReporterDrew said that after learning she had been fired, she “went back to my trailer and I was crying and calling my people.”

She expanded her thoughts as she spoke to them vulture at the BAFTA pre-Emmys party in September of that year, where she said: “In a way you almost feel like you’re attending your own funeral. Strange. But in a really nice way.”

“I think the outcry of support from the fans, my cast, my crew when I was fired was so extraordinary. I’m talking about a love bomb. It’s like letting go before something ends and when it’s not your decision, people come up to you and tell you why they love you and how much they love you and what you meant to them.

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