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Ashlee Simpson will official leave the famous 90210 zipcode early next year. That’s kind of sad…let’s blame the recession!
In an interview with executive producters Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer, they explained to EW.com the reasoning behind the departures (someone else is leaving),
What was behind the decision to let Ashlee and Colin go?
TODD SLAVKIN:Well, we always knew that this murder mystery would end in episode 12. And we always knew that [Ashlee’s] character of Violet would be instrumental in that as a suspect, and [Colin’s character of] Augie as well. And once that murder mystery was solved, she would go on her way. That was the original plan going into the development of the show.
So it was always the plan for Ashlee to leave after episode 12?
SLAVKIN:Yes. Because we felt that once the murder mystery was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift into a much more fun, romantic, sexy upbeat kind of show, and [her] character would move on.
