“Fits” star Patrick J. Adams appeared on the most recent episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast and opened up about his exit from “Fits.” Adams was a sequence common on the USA authorized drama for seven seasons. He performed Michael James Ross reverse Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter. Adams returned for the ultimate two episodes of the sequence however in any other case absent from its closing two seasons.

“I wasn’t taking excellent care of my psychological well being and I used to be ingesting an excessive amount of [at] the tip of season seven,” Adams revealed about his exit. “I used to be in a zone of dwelling a reasonably unexamined life. Fairly depressing [and] I’d say, fairly depressed. I didn’t have the instruments to cope with that despair past simply spending cash and ingesting an excessive amount of, and probably not figuring out learn how to speak about it.”

“I’d numb myself [to] cope with my insecurity and my fears,” he continued. “And so they simply weren’t working. And so they had been taking a toll on my relationship, for positive, but in addition simply making me a really not current father. That for me was a breaking level once I was like, ‘I believe I ought to cease ingesting most likely, as a result of I don’t wanna be that dad.’ The most effective factor I believe I ever did for myself was cease cease ingesting. It simply wanted to occur to ensure that all these different issues to occur.”

“Fits” aired 134 episodes between 2011 and 2019. The present’s recognition was renewed final 12 months when it arrived on Netflix. Adams mentioned on the podcast that by the point Season 8 was gearing up, the one cause he might consider for staying was due to the monetary achieve. He consulted his mother, who suggested him in opposition to returning if it was just for cash.

“The one cause to remain was … cash,” Adams mentioned. “I didn’t know what else to supply. Typically I get up in the midst of the night time and take into consideration the cash [Gabriel Macht] made these final two years, however I by no means regretted the choice for a second. It was the best factor for my marriage … it was time.”

The “Fits” franchise is now being revived with the upcoming spinoff sequence “Fits: LA,” which is about to premiere Feb. 23, 2025 on NBC. Macht is returning as Harvey Specter in a recurring position throughout three episodes. Adams, in the meantime, hosts a “Fits” rewatch podcast with co-star Sarah Rafferty.

Regardless of the private troubles he confronted throughout his “Fits” run, Adams mentioned that he’s “full of a lot compassion for myself” when he seems again on the sequence, including: “[I’m able] to be kinder to myself and notice how superb this whole group of individuals had been.”

Take heed to Adams’ full interview on the “Dinner’s on Me” podcast right here.