Jesse Metcalfe has relived his firing from one of the most sensational shows of the noughties, Desperate Housewives.
In 2004, Metcalfe played John Rowland, the hunky gardener whom Eva Longoria's character Gabrielle Solis was having an affair with and whose rippling abs made audiences drool.
however he continued making appearances on the series over the years.
Now Metcalfe has recounted the experience in an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail, theorizing his part was diminished to avoid restricting Longoria's role to merely a woman having an affair.
'I was a series regular on the first season, and then they changed me to a reoccurring character for the remaining seasons,' he told The Daily Mail at Clarins' Night of Extra soiree at the Academy Museum's Dolby Terrace on Friday.
'I came back over the course of nine seasons, really. I just think they didn't want to limit 's storyline to just having an affair. Marc Cherry, our creator, told me that it wasn't Desperate House Gardeners, it was Desperate Housewives.'
Jesse Metcalfe has relived his firing from one of the most sensational shows of the noughties, Desperate Housewives
Metcalfe made audiences drool as the hunky gardener who Eva Longoria's Gabrielle Solis embarks on an affair with in Desperate Housewives
From 2004 to 2012, Desperate Housewives was a smash success that followed the lives of women living in the suburbs of Wisteria Lane - where drama abound.
It catapulted Longoria, then a rather unknown actress, into superstardom, as well as her co-stars Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Nicollette Sheridan.
Metcalfe was joined at the bash with girlfriend Helene Immel
Helene wowed in a silky pale pink dress while Metcalfe wore a pinstripe suit
The couple has been together for two and a half years and the actor gushed on the Not Skinny Not Fat podcast that the romance has been 'going really good.'
