Katie Lai is getting candid about her days on Degrassi: The Subsequent Era.
Followers of the long-running Canadian teen drama keep in mind Lai as Kendra Mason, the adoptive sister of Gavin “Spinner” Mason, performed by Shane Warren Kippel.
Greater than 20 years after exiting the present after starring on it for 2 seasons from 2002-2004, per IMDb, Lai, 35, opened up about her departure throughout an look on The Degrassi Child Podcast.
“The rationale I gave is that I used to be underneath contract however not getting lots of display screen time,” stated Lai.
The actress stated she approached Degrassi co-creator and producer Linda Schuyler and stated she “want to be launched as a result of because of the contract I am on maintain, which implies I can not audition for different issues, and I need to form of discover extra roles.”
“I need to do extra in theater and I can not if I am tied down by this contract,” Lai recalled saying on the time.
Nevertheless, Lai claimed on the podcast that the “precise motive” she left the present was “as a result of I used to be bullied so badly I needed to throw up each time I needed to go to set.”
“I liked appearing a lot, however the bullying was to the extent that I didn’t need to rise up and do my favourite factor on the planet as a result of I could not deal with arriving on set and having all of it begin once more,” she stated.
Lai stated she did not need to inform any of the producers “the actual motive” she was exiting the present, “as a result of I did not need any of the forged members to be referred to as up on something.”
“I did not need it to get out into the media that this was taking place, I did not need to have to take a seat by he stated, she stated,” Lai stated. “I did not need to must provide you with proof or proof. I simply needed all of it to cease.”
Whereas Lai did not give any particular particulars concerning the alleged on-set bullying, she claimed that “it wasn’t everyone” who was doing the bullying, but it surely was one thing that was taking place “on a regular basis.” She stated she believed the one option to get it to cease was to “stroll away.”
“And sadly that was additionally basically the top of my profession as a result of you understand I by no means labored on this city once more. I could not deal with going by what I knew would have been a troublesome investigation and any form of allegations or rumors that will come out of it,” she stated.
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Lai, nevertheless, famous that she displays on her time on Degrassi as “bittersweet,” and makes use of it as a “springboard,” each time in comes up in dialog to debate her different pursuits like theater and music.
