Rebecca Romijn Moved To ‘Recurring’ On Ugly Betty

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As you’ve probably heard, Rebecca Romijn recently made some comments to the New York Post about taking a smaller role on Ugly Betty. The headlines about this have been all over the place. I’ve seen that she’s “quitting”, or that she’s being “fired”, or any other number of things. When we look at what she actually said, we know none of these are true.

(Full disclosure – I made a big deal out of the possibility that Romijn might be pregnant. I obviously was mistaken, but was also very clear that I was NOT reporting it as fact but conjecture).

Here’s what Romijn told the Post:

“They made a tremendous amount of changes, especially with the writing staff [during the writers' strike]. And while I know I’ll be coming back next season, with all the changes, I’m not sure they can take care of my character they way they have been. So I’ll be leaving, back in a recurring capacity, but time for me to leave and find something else.”

EOnline’s Kristin comfirms that the ‘demotion’, if you want to call it that, was not Romijn’s idea.

As an aside, I still think the young teen who looks like Daniel is going to be Alexis’ son.

Now, I will miss Rebecca Romijn greatly, because Alexis had an incredible potential as a character that I think she never quite reached. The playful way that Romijn played her transgendered character was refreshing.

But, to be honest, Silvio Horta has been quite vocal about simplifying the plots and focusing on Betty, which meant that story lines that barely intercepted Betty’s might have to go. Alexis definitely falls in that category. (For that matter, so do Cliff and Kenny, but they are already recurring characters).

So, we’ll be seeing less of Alexis next season, but we will be seeing her. In a way, this ‘demotion’ is sad, but I really thought last night’s episode struck the right balance, and to be honest, I think the whole “Claire launches menopausal focused magazine with an entirely ex-con staff” has more potential, so I’d rather see Judith Light stick around.