Original ‘Suits’ star “never regretted” leaving: “The only reason to say was money”

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Suits star Patrick J. Adams has opened up on his exit from the hit legal drama – see what he had to say about why he’s “never regretted leaving” below.Adams had led the series from seasons one as protagonist Michael Ross opposite co-lead Gabriel Macht’s Harvey Specter, but left at the end of season seven due to personal reasons.

The show would go on to continue for two more seasons before coming to an end in 2019.Speaking to Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Dinner On Me podcast, revealed more about his exit from the series.

Adams explained that he was going through a dark period and was dealing with depression and a drinking problem.“I wasn’t taking good care of my mental health and I was drinking too much [at] the end of season seven,” Adams said to Ferguson. “I was in a zone of living a pretty unexamined life.

Pretty miserable [and] I would say, pretty depressed. I didn’t have the tools to deal with that depression beyond just spending money and drinking too much, and not really knowing how to talk about it.”He continued: “I would numb myself [to] deal with my insecurity and my fears.