Shonda Rhimesonly has well wishes for Rege-Jean Page after his departure fromBridgerton.
I’m good!'"
She said, “I don’t blame him for that.
Shonda Rhimes suggested Regé-Jean Page’s exit from ‘Bridgerton’ was ‘really smart.'.George Pimentel/Getty Images; LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
I think that he was really smart to leave the perfection as the perfection.”
“My assumption of what people knew of romance novels was…
I overestimated a great deal,” she says, before suggesting their response “means success.
But I do understand their despair.”
“And here’s why,” she explained.
“He’s an enormous star now.
‘What would he do?’
is what I like to say.”
Page previously tweeted that his time on the show was a “pleasure and a privilege!
An honour to be a member of the family.”
Later adding inanotherVarietyinterview, “I have nothing but excitement forBridgertoncontinuing to steam train off and conquer the globe.
But there is also value in completing these arcs and sticking the landing.”
He’s just waiting to be binge watched all over again."
Read Variety’s full interview With Rhimes here.Bridgertonwill return to Netflix for Season 2 in 2022.
