Jake Borelli Explains 'Grey's Anatomy' Exit After Levi's Final Episode, Implies It Wasn't His Choice to Leave

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Jake Borelli‘s final episode as Levi Schmitt on Grey’s Anatomy just aired and he’s breaking his silence on his exit from the long-running ABC medical drama series.

News of Jake‘s departure from the show was first leaked at the end of season 20 back in May 2024. He returned for season 21 in a limited capacity to wrap up his character’s storyline. SPOILER ALERT! Don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened. Keep reading to find out more… In his final episode, Jake‘s character Levi decided to leave Seattle and move to Texas after accepting a new position elsewhere.

His new boyfriend James (Michael Thomas Grant) is joining him in the move. Jake spoke to Deadline about his exit from the show and implied how it wasn’t his choice to leave.

It sounds like his exit was story-driven. “Essentially, me and my team got a call from the showrunner [Meg Marinis], and she told us that this was the route that they were thinking about taking for Levi — to round out his growth and to give him a place to be outside of Grey Sloan, someplace that could see him for who he was, and for the audience, to be able to see him grow, finally, into the doctor we’ve all known he could be,” Jake said.