On Friday it was announced that after 15 years and over 300 episodes, Justin Chambers is leaving Grey's Anatomy.
In a statement to Deadline, the 50-year-old actor said, "There’s no good time to say goodbye to a show and character that’s defined so much of my life for the past 15 years."
For the first time since his announcement, Justin's costar Ellen Pompeo is reacting to the news.
In a tweet on Saturday, the Grey's star quote-tweeted an article that referred to Justin's exit as "one of [the show's] biggest losses yet," saying, "Truer words have never been spoken 💔."
Truer words have never been spoken @VanityFair 💔 https://t.co/KgoCS9TeVU
Ellen on the inside:
And she's not the only one who's distraught by the news. Fans have expressed their feelings on Twitter, and let's just say not even a surgeon could fix these broken hearts:
finding out justin chambers/alex karev is leaving grey’s anatomy like... don’t contact me for the next 5-8 business days, I am not ok.
I said kick Owen or Maggie off the show not Alex Karev #GreysAnatomy
I just found out alex karev is leaving #greysanatomy 😭
THIS IS FOR GREYS ANATOMY U BIG FAT WHITE NASTY SMELLIN WHITE B!*%H, WHY YOU TOOK ALEX KAREV OFF THE MOTHAF**KIN SCHEDULE WIT YO TRIFLIN DIRTY WHITE RACIST ASS BIG FAT B!*%H, OOMPA LOOMPA BODY ASS B!*%H. I’m COMIN UP THERE AND IM GONNA BEAT THE F**K OUTTA U B!*%H.
@VanityFair Not karev! 😭
since Alex Karev is done with greys, I guess I will be too just kidding imma keep watching but I am sad
this is fucking me when they announced that Alex Karev is leaving Grey's 💔
The whole greys anatomy fandom rn after they announced Justin chambers is leaving greys and we won’t see Alex karev anymore!😭😭😭
what the hell we gonna do now 🙂
Y'all comparing ALEX KAREV leaving to April Kepner leaving??? 😂😂😂😂 STAAAAP smoking weed kids 😂😂 #GreysAnatomy
finding out justin chambers (alex karev) is leaving greys anatomy
Me after seeing why Alex Karev was trending:
So Alex karev is just leaving with no proper goodbye? And Mer’s people are all gone now? HE DESERVES BETTER #GreysAnatomy
In the unforgettable words of Cristina Yang, somebody sedate me!!!
