Overview
- Speaking on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast on March 17, Metcalfe said the show let him go after its first season.
- He recalled Marc Cherry explaining that the series would not keep him as a regular, joking it was about housewives, not gardeners.
- Metcalfe said he took the decision in stride because he had been offered the lead in John Tucker Must Die by 20th Century Fox.
- He later returned for intermittent guest appearances on the ABC series, which ran from 2004 to 2012.
- He noted the role made him a 2000s heartthrob with Teen Choice recognition and has previously discussed the pressure to maintain his physique.