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Sophia Bush<\/a> is sharing more about her high profile exit from NBC\u2019s Chicago P.D., where she portrayed the role of Erin Lindsay. She starred for four seasons, and left in 2017.<\/a><\/p>\n In her book, \u201cAnd I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress,\u201d she wrote about being sent to New York City to promote the book.<\/p>\n About this time, she wrote, \u201cAn inappropriate comment. A raised voice. A hair pull. A held breath. A clenched jaw. A clenched fist. Fist connecting with flesh. And then, worse. Much worse. Things done when there were fewer people in the room, but the rooms were never empty. Averted eyes, silenced protests, and whispers when something went wrong. Knowing our set was the one talked about on all the others. Bracing for conflict, for screaming, for humiliation when something, anything, triggered outsized rage.\u201d<\/p>\n She looked back on her time working on One Tree Hill, and said she used that experience to put the show above her feelings.<\/p>\n Sophia continued, \u201cAt the time, nobody knew. Not really. Not enough. That\u2019s what I told myself, anyway. I\u2019ve been told I am alarmingly high functioning, but up until then, I had just called it \u2018being a professional.\u2019 I\u2019d learned it on my first show: Put the job, the family, above all else, and never let a guy who can\u2019t control himself ding your work ethic or your integrity. You can take it. I\u2019d had a few years of lovely sets in between, but a decade of training never leaves you \u2014 and in this heightened version of having my ability to perform tested? I snapped right back into that rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, she started exhibiting physical signs of stress such as hives, and weight issues. She ultimately decided to leave the show, and gave them notice in the summer of 2016.<\/p>\n She wrote that she was eventually contacted by a journalist who had heard she was leaving the show due to \u201can assault by one of her costars.\u201d The piece never ended up running with the allegations leveled by another co-star.<\/p>\n By the way, Sophia never named this co-star but revealed she allegedly received a text from \u201chim.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy stomach dropped when I saw his name on my lock screen. I wondered what he could possibly want to say to me. I opened it and saw the message only contained the link to the clean-up piece. No other words. As if my boogeyman on the other end was saying, \u2018Gotcha, you ******* little *****,\u2019 as he\u2019d called me more than once at work. The article contained an assertion that he was remorseful and he\u2019d apologized to everyone he\u2019d hurt. Not to me, I thought. Not ever. Not that it mattered. I was done holding my breath.\u201d By the way, in 2017, a report was published suggesting Sophia exited the series <\/a>due to one male co-star.<\/p>\n Variety<\/a> published an apology from Jason Beghe<\/a>, a Chicago P.D. star, in 2017. Sophia did not name anyone in her book.<\/p>\n \u201cI am deeply sorry for my behavior, which I know has been hurtful to my friends and colleagues,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI have struggled with anger issues for some time, and over the past year, I have been working with a coach to help me learn how to mitigate my temper. It\u2019s an ongoing process, and it has been a humbling one. It is a source of great pride for me to be part of Chicago P.D.\u2018s incredible cast and crew. I have personally apologized to anyone who I have upset, and I am committed to doing what is necessary to make up any damage that I may have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n You can grab Sophia\u2018s book, \u201cAnd I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress,\u201d out now.<\/p>\n Posted To:Chicago P.D.<\/a> Chicago PD<\/a> Sophia Bush<\/a> Television<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Getty Images
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