Eric Dane who played Mark « McSteamy » Sloan for six seasons of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ says he was « let go » from the ABC show while battling addiction.
Eric Dane has revealed that it wasn’t his choice to leave Grey’s Anatomy back in 2012.
The actor, who played Mark “McSteamy” Sloan for six seasons of the ABC sitcom, says he was “let go” from the medical drama.
“I didn’t leave so much as I think I was let go,” he told Dax Shepard during an episode of the Armchair Expert podcast.
He added that he had been struggling with drug addiction at the time.
“They didn’t let me go because of that,” he added, “although it definitely didn’t help.”
Dane then clarified that he was “probably fired” from the show due to financial reasons. “I was starting to become, as most of these actors who have spent significant time on a show, you start to become very expensive for the network,” he said. “And the network knows that the show is going to do what it’s going to do irrespective of who they keep on it. As long as they have their Grey, they’re fine. I wasn’t the same guy they had hired, so I had understood when I was let go.
