'Grey's Anatomy' alum Eric Dane explained why he doesn't 'blame' the show's producers for dropping him while he was struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.
'Grey's Anatomy' alum Eric Dane opened up about how he overcomes difficult times without leaning on drugs and alcohol after embracing sobriety. During an interview with Fox News Digital, the 58-year-old actor who is starring in the new movie, 'One Fast Move,' reflected on his approach to getting through hardships after battling addiction. 'Sometimes you just hang on and understand that this too shall pass,' Dane said.
Dane joined the show as a series regular in season three after his character generated buzz in a sizzling towel scene in the second season. 'I think the net-net is I didn't really handle it very well,' he said. 'Because if you take the whole eight years on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,' I was f---ed up longer than I was sober. And that's when things started going sideways for me.
was struggling with some personal things, and they affected me outwardly,' the 'X-Men: The Last Stand' actor admitted. 'And they affected how I was doing my job,' he continued. 'And so, that's what I meant by I wasn't the same guy that they had hired.' 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR ERIC DANE ENTERS REHAB FOR PAINKILLER ADDICTION 'I didn't necessarily blame them for letting me go,' Dane added. 'I understood.
Fox News Digital's Caroline Thayer contributed to this report.
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