Former ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Sarah Drew calls out ‘brutal’ firing from show

 

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Sarah Drew is opening up about being unexpectedly fired from the series.

Drew was on the podcast “Women In The Nude” and spoke about her dismissal from the hit ABC medical drama.

“It was pretty brutal because it came out of nowhere… absolutely no idea,” she told host Sasha Pieterse.

During an exit meeting, Drew asked the show’s bosses why she was being fired around 19 times and was only told that they had “run out of stories to tell.”

“What I’ve come to realize is my nine years on the show was amazing and I never would have left if they hadn’t have written me off,” she told Pieterse.

Drew played Dr. April Kepner on “Grey’s Anatomy,” joining the show during its sixth season in 2009.

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“It was such a weird dichotomy because it hurt a lot in the moment but then the outpouring of love was so unbelievable and extraordinary from cast and crew,” the “Mistletoe Murders” star said.

“That was so exactly what I needed for that full circle closure. It was healing.”

Drew was let go from the show at the end of season 14 in 2018 and has guest-starred since then, last appearing on “Grey’s Anatomy” in 2022.