Producers of Desperate Housewives have confirmed that Drea De Matteo will not be returning next season. Apparently in November rumours had surfaced that Drea was fired because of lackluster ratings but the producers are saying that isn’t the case at all (as to her being fired..I have no idea if the ratings are bad or what..and I’m kind of too lazy right now to look).  Executive Producer Marc Cherry:

“Part of the deal when (we) hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season. She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York.”

Drea was brought in to play the wife of an Italian family who have some type of skeleton in their closet that we don’t know yet.  Although I still haven’t watched Sunday’s episode so possibly something more has been revealed.

I thought her character and the dynamics surrounding that brought a lot to the show. Drea’s last episode will air in May.

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