Richard Flood Confirms 'Grey's Anatomy' Exit, Explains How He Feels About Leaving the Show

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Richard Flood, who plays Dr. Cormac Hayes on Grey’s Anatomy, has confirmed that he is leaving the show.

The final episode with Hayes aired on Thursday (March 3) after it was revealed last week that the character would be moving away. Richard opened up about his exit in a new interview and explained how he feels about saying goodbye to the character. Click inside to read more… While talking to Deadline, Richard revealed he wasn’t the one who decided to leave, but he’s happy how is exit was handled. “They came up with the exit.

I didn’t know until closer to when we were shooting how it would actually happen but there’d been a few conversations during the summer as far as how the season would unfold and then during the season there were more conversations about what might be good [for the show] and what might be good for me,” Richard said. “Having three years on the show felt right for me, and I think that the arc of the character with all the developments in the story was probably coming to its natural end, which was great.

I was very happy that everybody felt the same, and they just got to it.” Richard was asked if he had mixed emotions about finding out that he would be leaving. “Honestly, I was very happy.