Jesse Metcalfe Talks Firing From 'Desperate Housewives' & Why He Was Fine With It

Jesse Metcalfe shot to fame as teen gardener John Rowland on Desperate Housewives season one and now he’s opening up about being “fired” from the show.

After serving as a main cast member for season one, John returned as a recurring character for season two and then a special guest in seasons 3, 4, and 6.

Jesse opened up about his firing in a new interview on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast.

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“I was fired from Desperate Housewives,” he said. “After the first season, they didn’t really know where else to take my storyline.”

Jesse added, “And our creator Marc Cherry was kinda like, ‘Hey, this isn’t Desperate House-gardeners. This is Desperate Housewives. So, unfortunately, you know, you’re not gonna be a series regular moving forward on the show. We’re gonna bring you back intermittently. And at that time, I had been offered John Tucker Must Die from 20th Century Fox. So I was like, ‘Hey, cool, no big deal, I’m gonna be a movie star.’”

Jesse made his feature film debut in the 2006 movie, but his film career never took off after that movie. Thankfully, he’s had big success in the TV world since then.

Following Desperate Housewives, Jesse starred in the TNT reboot of Dallas and then the Hallmark Channel series Chesapeake Shores.

He recently opened up about on-set drama for the ABC series.