Shonda Rhimes addresses Sara Ramirez's exit

[ardnasu]

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[withoutyoursmil]

I, too, call BS. Shonda has had two seasons, 3 "years" in Grey's time, to build towards a Calzona reunion. If she was seriously prolonging this reunion based on the assumption that Sara and Jessica would continue to blindly renew their contracts then she's an idiot - and I don't believe Shonda is that.

What couple has been separated on GA for two+ years and then reunited with no show of lingering feelings on either side? None.

I don't believe that she had a Calzona reunion in store at all. She's saying this to bait Calzona fans and keep them watching in the event of a Sara return

[keebs26]

But you do realize that had Shonda put Calzona back together for the 2nd time after the divorce, then we'd still be sitting here with Sara wanting to take a break with the prospect of having Calzona yet again break up. To be honest, she didn't need to say this to bait the Calzona fans. Sara's tweet did that all by itself by her specific wording of "but for now I'm taking some welcomed time off". They already had faith that Sara would come back. That's how loyal the Calzona fanbase is. The only thing that Shonda did was make the Calzona fans feel better. I don't think Shonda would want to give Callie Torres this exit. Demoting Callie career wise after working so hard to make it where she is just to follow a resident. There's a reason why the finale didn't look like a real final exit. Because it was clearly supposed to be a cliffhanger which is exactly what it looked like. If you're a casual viewer who doesn't go online, you'd never know whether Callie left or not.

[withoutyoursmil]

But you do realize that had Shonda put Calzona back together for the 2nd time after the divorce, then we'd still be sitting here with Sara wanting to take a break with the prospect of having Calzona yet again break up.Yes, obviously. The difference between Shonda's statement and Sara's is that Sara is speaking specifically to her character alone. Callie could come back a million times between now and the series finale and never renter a relationship with Arizona again. Sara's comments made no reference to the pairing

[keebs26]

I never implied that Sara referenced the pairing. I saw Shonda's statement about her plans for Callie completely aside from her saying she had always planned for Calzona to get back together. She never specified when that would've taken place, but it's obvious that the plans she had for Callie would be in S13 had Sara not left

[withoutyoursmil]

I admire your faith! LOL

[keebs26]

I'm not really showing faith in anything. It all comes down to whether or not Sara wants to come back. If she does, I do think Shonda sticks to her word & ends Calzona together. There's really nothing crazy about believing that. We're talking about a couple who were together for 7 years & literally paved ways in the tv world. Do you really believe that the poorly written Penny was Callie's happy ending? If you do, then so be it. I personally don't. If Sara didn't leave, I would bet anything that we would've never seen Penny again

[i_fly_solo]

LOL! Thank you, I needed that laugh. :)