Jesse Metcalfe has revealed why his time on the primetime series was short-lived.
The 47-year-old actor was a guest on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast this week, where he looked back on the early days of his career.
'I was fired from Desperate Housewives,' he told host Amanda Hirsch about his breakout role. 'After the first season they didn't really know where else to take my storyline.'
Metcalfe played John Rowland, a gardener with whom 's character Gabrielle Solis was having an affair.
He said on the podcast, 'Our creator Marc Cherry was like, "This isn't Desperate House Gardeners, This is Desperate Housewives, so unfortunately you're not going to be a series regular moving forward on the show."'
Instead, he was brought back intermittently.
Jesse Metcalfe has revealed why his time on the primetime series Desperate Housewives was short-lived
Metcalfe played John Rowland, a gardener with whom Eva Longoria's character Gabrielle Solis was having an affair; pictured in 2004
'At that time I had been offered [the lead role in] John Tucker Must Die from 20th Century Fox, so I was like, hey, cool, no big deal. I'm going to be a movie star,' he recalled.
The revelation comes after last August Metcalfe opened up to People magazine about getting his big break on Desperate Housewives.
The 47-year-old actor was a guest on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast this week, where he looked back on the early days of his career
'I was fired from Desperate Housewives,' Metcalfe told podcast host Amanda Hirsch. 'After the first season they didn't really know where else to take my storyline'
The drama series starred Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Nicollette Sheridan
Elsewhere on the Not Skinny But Not Fat episode, Metcalfe got candid about his relationship with Helene Immel, who goes by the professional name Lenachka.
The couple has been together for two and a half years and the actor gushed that the romance is 'going really good.'
'I certainly haven't dated for my career,' he explained about dating women who are not famous.
He noted about his love life, 'I've been very luck in love. I've had a lot of incredible women love me and support me in my life, but this one's the best one.'
Last July his ex fling Scheana Shay published her memoir My Good Side and wrote about their brief connection.
When the former Vanderpump Rules personality dated the actor in 2007, she said 'it felt like I was living a real-life fantasy with this guy I’d watched on TV and in movies for years.'
'It’s always nice when people speak highly of you,' he later told Us Weekly about Shay's kind words.
