Supriya Ganesh responds to fan uproar over Pitt exit

Supriya Ganesh Are frankly expressing that they want to leave Pete — and the ensuing online reaction.

“I tried to take a step back because it was so surreal,” Ganesh, 28, told us type We talked about this reaction in an interview published on Sunday, May 10. “The day the news broke, I saw my name trending on Twitter and I was like, ‘Gotta put the phone down and get out there.'” So, to be honest, I didn’t really keep track of it, but I kept getting such sweet, lovely messages from people, and I was honestly surprised that people loved the character so much and saw a little bit of themselves in her, and that’s what I’m going to miss. “

Ganesh can’t confirm any future projects just yet, but he said there are “a few things in the pipeline.”

In April, it was revealed that Dr. Samira Mohan, played by Ganesh, will be logged out following the thrilling Season 2 finale. It was reported at the time that Ganesh’s exit was a “story-driven” choice as the show is set in a teaching hospital.

Speaking to JoySauce later that month, Ganesh was asked Where Mohan might end up future.

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“I want (Samira) to go to a place where there’s an attending physician who thinks she’s appropriate to go into the emergency room,” Ganesh said at the time. He suggested Mohan go with Sepid Moaficharacter. “Maybe if Dr. Al-Hashimi took over. It would be really interesting to think about how different her experience in the emergency room might have been if she had had a different primary care physician.”

That same month, Ganesh spoke about the “discrimination” he experienced as an actor, Talk openly about gender dysphoria in an article vulture. Now, Ganesh shares that the post prompted people to reach out and led to a “validating” experience.

“It was definitely a scary thing because it was such a complex experience and something so personal that I remember when I was writing it, I was like, ‘I don’t know if anyone is going to get this. But that’s OK, because even if one person does, it’s like, I’m writing for that person,'” Ganesh told Variety on Sunday. “I got private messages like, ‘I’m going to bring your paper to my queer theory class and discuss it in class tomorrow.’ That was so surreal to me because I remember discussing and debating ideas in women’s and gender studies classes. It was so nice to be part of the conversation.”