Originally Posted by LHolmes:
“Like what?
I think the deal breaker was the fact it happened at the studios, if it had happened in the privacy of his own home it might've been a different story. That's not to mention the fact he slagged half the cast off.
The press would not have dropped it had he stayed in the show. I think if the press had gone quiet about it they might've left it at his suspension. According to Leslie, he only planned to stay until the 20th anyway but I'm not sure I believe that.”
“Like what?
I think the deal breaker was the fact it happened at the studios, if it had happened in the privacy of his own home it might've been a different story. That's not to mention the fact he slagged half the cast off.
The press would not have dropped it had he stayed in the show. I think if the press had gone quiet about it they might've left it at his suspension. According to Leslie, he only planned to stay until the 20th anyway but I'm not sure I believe that.”
I am not going to list the various drug and other scandals that have gone on over the years.
However I see your point.
But I still think there was no need to kill off the character for good - he could simply have left.
But TPTB treated all of the legends (apart from the screeching banshee) like dirt, Pauline, Pat, Den, Steve etc.
