10 Actors Who Shockingly Quit TV Shows After The First Season
6. Anita Barone - Friends
Someone who doesn’t get the comfort of avoiding the FOMO however is Anita Barone, the actress first cast as Ross’ wife Carol in the hit sitcom Friends.
Barone appeared in Season One and made quite the impression, her one episode being the ‘The One With The Sonogram At The End’ in which Ross finds out he’s going to be a father. In the episode we get to meet Carol and her girlfriend Susan, with Ross coming to terms (very badly) with the fact that the mother of his child hasn’t changed her mind and is still, in fact, a lesbian.
As the series went on, we got to know Carol more and more alongside Susan and Ben (Ross’ son). However at the start of everything, there was no way to know how consistent a role it would be. Barone wanted to find something more permanent, and so opted to leave the show at the end of the first season, then being replaced by the Carol we all know and love played by Jane Sibbett.
She chose to leave the show that went on to be the most famous sitcom of a generation, and if that doesn’t make you kick yourself I’m not sure what will!