Grey’s Anatomy Fires Lesbo Character Brooke Smith (Photos/Video)

Dr. Erica Hahn, the lesbian character on Grey’s Anatomy played by Brooke Smith has been fired from the show. Read more on Brooke Smith below.

Dr. Erica Hahn’s will no longer be seen on the television show, Grey’s Anatomy. Executive producer Shonda Rhimes issued a statement saying Brooke Smith has been dismissed from the show.

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Grey’s has had a major bisexual/lesbian storyline this season in the relationship between Hahn, played by Smith and Callie, played by Ramirez. That storyline will end in this Thursday’s episode, which will be Smith’s last appearance on the series.

“They don’t really give her a goodbye,” an ABC source tells me. “It ends rather abruptly.”

Executive producer Shonda Rhimes issued the following statement:

“Brooke Smith was obviously not fired for playing a lesbian. Clearly it’s not an issue as we have a lesbian character on the show—Calliope Torres. Sara Ramirez is an incredible comedic and dramatic actress and we wanted to be able to play up her magic. Unfortunately, we did not find that the magic and chemistry with Brooke’s character would sustain in the long run. The impact of the Callie/Erica relationship will be felt and played out in a story for Callie. I believe it belittles the relationship to simply replace Erica with ‘another lesbian.’ If you’ll remember, Cristina mourned the loss of Burke for a full season.”

E.W.’s Michael Ausiello first broke the news of Brooke Smith’s being fired today. “I was very excited when they told me that Erica and Callie were going to have this relationship,” Brooke told E.W. “And I really hoped we were going to show what happens when two women fall in love and that they were going to treat it like any heterosexual couple on TV. And so I was surprised and disappointed when they just suddenly told me that they couldn’t write for my character any more.”

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