Chris Meloni Concedes Law & Order: SVU Fans Got 'Rug Pulled Out From Under Them' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-18-2012, 09:35 PM

Chris Meloni has been gone from Law & Order: SVU for more than a year now, but his abrupt departure remains a sore subject among fans — many of whom felt cheated out of a proper farewell between his character Stabler and longtime partner in crime Benson (Mariska Hargitay).

Well, Meloni feels their pain.

“The fans really got the rug pulled out from under them,” he tells TVLine in his most candid remarks yet about his May 2011 exit. “I am absolutely very empathetic about that; I get it.”

And while Meloni confesses that he doesn’t personally share viewers’ need for closure, he would absolutely consider a comeback down the road. “No one has approached me or anything like that,” he says. “But I’m open to all possibilities. I love those people, I love the actors, it was a magnificent ride. I’ll cross that bridge when it comes.”

Meloni left SVU at the end of the show’s 12th season after contract talks between the actor and NBC broke down. In the year since, he shot a top-secret role in the upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel, and just wrapped a five-episode stint as Vampire Authority boss Roman on True Blood. He next appears in the big-screen comedy They Came Together opposite Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler.

http://tvline.com/2012/07/18/chris-m...n/#more-345984

Mr. Television · 07-18-2012, 09:38 PM

I stopped watching after he left. If he comes back for the finale I'd watch it.

TMC · 04-17-2017, 09:38 PM

It was like the producers were mad at Chris Meloni for leaving so they basically assassinated his character's reputation. They wrote it like Stabler never told Benson that he was retiring, even though that would be very unlike him. I mean, they were partners for over 10 years and friends after-all (through good and bad) It would be very unlike him to not tell her of his retirement . then thru the remaining seasons without him, he was never mentioned to interact with Benson and his former detectives. I know they couldn't show him, but they could of at least mentioned that he talked to them from time to time.

07-18-2012, 09:35 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Chris Meloni Concedes Law & Order: SVU Fans Got 'Rug Pulled Out From Under Them' Chris Meloni has been gone from Law & Order: SVU for more than a year now, but his abrupt departure remains a sore subject among fans — many of whom felt cheated out of a proper farewell between his character Stabler and longtime partner in crime Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Well, Meloni feels their pain. “The fans really got the rug pulled out from under them,” he tells TVLine in his most candid remarks yet about his May 2011 exit. “I am absolutely very empathetic about that; I get it.” And while Meloni confesses that he doesn’t personally share viewers’ need for closure, he would absolutely consider a comeback down the road. “No one has approached me or anything like that,” he says. “But I’m open to all possibilities. I love those people, I love the actors, it was a magnificent ride. I’ll cross that bridge when it comes.” Meloni left SVU at the end of the show’s 12th season after contract talks between the actor and NBC broke down. In the year since, he shot a top-secret role in the upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel, and just wrapped a five-episode stint as Vampire Authority boss Roman on True Blood. He next appears in the big-screen comedy They Came Together opposite Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler. http://tvline.com/2012/07/18/chris-m...n/#more-345984
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TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,965	It was like the producers were mad at Chris Meloni for leaving so they basically assassinated his character's reputation. They wrote it like Stabler never told Benson that he was retiring, even though that would be very unlike him. I mean, they were partners for over 10 years and friends after-all (through good and bad) It would be very unlike him to not tell her of his retirement . then thru the remaining seasons without him, he was never mentioned to interact with Benson and his former detectives. I know they couldn't show him, but they could of at least mentioned that he talked to them from time to time.