The 2000s phenomenon had two short-tempered stars at the same time. Watros (pictured) and Rodriguez were also both separately arrested for drunk driving in 2005, and on the same night too!
Watros and Rodriguez (pictured) were too much of a menace, and the result was their characters ending up buried next to each other after being shot by the despicable Michael in season two.
Shonda Rhimes' TV universe is once again more scandalous off-screen. Short was arrested twice for alleged domestic violence and substance abuse, and his character was soon murdered off-screen by a government agent.
Charlie Harper gets hit by a train, and if that wasn't enough, he has a completely disrespectful funeral where it is revealed that he was, among other things, attracted to animals.
Polito complained one time too many about his character, and Steve Crosetti soon killed himself by drowning. Polito later apologized and was welcomed back in the film adaptation as a ghost.
Cordelia had the largest presence across both ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and its spin-off 'Angel,' but her beloved character suddenly went into a coma and died in the fourth season. What did Carpenter do? She got pregnant!
The legendary comedian clashed repeatedly with producers and cast members, making offensive and critical public remarks about the show. He lasted five seasons as Pierce, a narrow-minded character that many believe was based on Chase himself.
Even animated characters aren't safe! Due to a pay dispute between Fox and Roswell, when the network reportedly failed to even cover her travel costs, Maude Flanders met her maker in a T-shirt gun accident.
In Jeff Garlin's case, he upset many more of his co-workers on the set of the ABC sitcom 'The Goldbergs,' on which he played the patriarch, Murray. Garlin had allegedly engaged in a pattern of verbal and physical conduct that included behaving in a demeaning and unprofessional manner, touching or hugging people without their consent, and using language that was degrading to women, Vanity Fair reported in December 2021. All of this led to an HR investigation, which Garlin chalked up to a "difference of opinion" between him and Sony Pictures Television, but soon after it was announced that he would be exiting the show.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunners Chris Bishop and Alex Barnow explained that for the 10th season of the sitcom, Murray will be dead. "[Murray] will have passed, and we are sort of starting from a place of multiple months removed from his death. The family has already grieved," they said. "It’s an opportunity for this interesting emotional basis for the way people are behaving. But Jeff won’t be in the series this year, and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back.”
If you're lucky enough to film a long series, maybe don’t insult the writers who wield the future of your career in their pens! Check out this gallery to see which actors from your favorite shows exhibited particularly bad behavior that ended up sending their popular characters down for a dirt nap.
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If you're lucky enough to film a long series, maybe don’t insult the writers who wield the future of your career in their pens! Check out this gallery to see which actors from your favorite shows exhibited particularly bad behavior that ended up sending their popular characters down for a dirt nap.