“NCIS: New Orleans,” one of the many spinoffs of “NCIS,” lost original cast member Zoe McLellan, the actress who played Meredith “Merri” Brody, after just two seasons, and shortly after Season 3 began, reports began to surface in regard to why theformer “NCIS” cast memberleft the scripted CBS series.
Fans saw the last of McLellan, whose character served as an agent transferred from Chicago’s Pride team to New Orleans, when she quit the team after being tricked into “Sleeping With the Enemy,” as the last episode of Season 2 was named.
It was then reported that CBS showrunner Brad Kern may have been responsible for McLellan choosing to leave the show.
Zoe McLellan has remained silent on why she left NCIS: NOLA
“Kern allegedly engineered the exit of Zoe McLellan, an original cast member who did not return for the third season, because, in his view, men didn’t find her ‘f***able,'” multiple sources explained toVarietyin 2017.
In addition to the claims of sexual harassment against Kern, it was also noted byTVLinethat McLellan potentially quit her role on “NCIS: New Orleans” to pursue other career opportunities, including a role she landed as a series regular on the second and final season of “Designated Survivor.”
Unfortunately, because McLellan has remained silent, we don’t really know why she truly left “NCIS: NOLA.”
