Jennifer Morrison has broken her silence on her unexpected removal from the cast of medical drama “House”. The actress, who played Dr. Alison Cameron since the show began, left the show under strange circumstances early in the new (sixth) season, with conflicting reports as to whether she was axed or left voluntarily.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Morrison, who is returning to the series for a one-off guest appearance, praises the series but also makes it very clear that the decision to leave was not her own. “I love the show, and I love (Cameron),” Morrison was quoted as saying. “Under no circumstances would I ever decide on my own to leave.” The actress’ comments appear to directly contradict one of the series’ executive producers, Katie Jacobs, who barely a fortnight ago suggested to the press both that Morrison’s absence may be temporary, and was at the actress’ own request in order to do a play. It would seem both those statements were falsehoods – Morrison did indeed request time off to do a play… but only after producers had already told her that she was being axed from the series. Although Morrison still has a contract for next year’s season as well, the actress says “I don’t believe they have plans to pick up my option.”

The revelation is unlikely to calm the anger of many fans, who believe that the actress, one of the original cast who helped to make the show a success in the first place, has been shoddily treated, first by being reduced to little more than an extra for the past two seasons, and then, just as it seemed the character was to be reintegrated (as producers had been promising for two years), unceremoniously dumped. Comments on the EW.com site reveal that most fans now regard the producers as outright liars. One poster, Kutner’s Ghost, did however find room for a little humour in the situation, noting, “I heard she wanted to stay, but Jay Leno wanted to take over the role of Cameron.”

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