Supriya Ganesh just revealed whether she plans to watch The Pitt after her surprise exit from the show.
“I mean, fan for life,” Ganesh, 28, told E! News on Thursday, September 10. “They also gave me such a start to my career. I will watch it to the extent that I watched season 1 and season 2.”
She added: “I might watch it more. I get self-conscious about my work so now I don’t have the barrier of watching myself.”
Ganesh also reflected on the lessons she learned from working with Noah Wyle, saying, “He was really great about talking about his experience and what it was like being on ER and I feel like I learned a lot about that through him.”
News broke in April that Ganesh would be written out of the show after season 2. The decision received backlash from fans who were still upset about Tracy Ifeachor‘s exit after season 1. Both departures were referred to as a creative choice.
“It’s sort of the nature of the show. Unfortunately, the way the medical profession works, you come in, you learn, you move on, and we want to try and be as truthful to that process as possible,” creator R. Scott Gemmill explained to Us at the time. “So we’re going to turn over our cast. But I think it’s a great launching pad for people, and that’s the best we can do.”
In a separate interview, Gemmill addressed the criticism surrounding multiple women of color leaving The Pitt.
“It eliminates the false jeopardy some shows have,” he told Vulture. “[Mohan] is somebody who doesn’t have a job lined up and might not know where she’s going next, and we’re trying to build up the uncertainty that these young physicians face.”
The interviewer pointed out to Gemmill that the show’s two major departures have both been women of color. In response, Gemmill called it “just a by-product of having a diverse cast,” adding, “We have a lot of women, and a lot of women of color. It’s just a coincidence more than anything else.”
Wyle, 55, also defended the casting shakeup.
“Emergency rooms have a high revolving door,” Wyle told Variety at PaleyFest’s screening of The Pitt earlier this month. “As always, we try to bring in new characters or promote from within as we go through these cast changes and try to keep the story lines fresh.”
Wyle didn’t rule out more departures before the show starts filming season 3, adding, “It’s an inevitability that’s going to happen every season with this show, because as writers we’re hard-pressed to figure out what a lapse of time we can have and keep most of the ensemble together realistically.”
He concluded: “Obviously Supriya has been a huge part of our show since the beginning. Dr. Mohan is a beloved character, and I love playing with her and working with Supriya, and we wish her all the best in her next endeavors, and we’re going to miss her.”
The Pitt is currently streaming on HBO Max.
