Damon Wayans Jr. is leaving Zooey Deschanel’s New Girl for a second time. That means whoever spent time putting him into the show’s new title sequence is going to be really disappointed.
Wayans played Coach on the show’s pilot back in 2011, in case ABC’s Happy Endings didn’t get picked up for another season. When it did, he left and was replaced by Lamorne Morris’ Winston character. However, when Happy Endings was cancelled in 2013, Wayans came back and was later promoted to series regular. He was even put in the new boring title.
Now though, he’s leaving once again, Wayans told TV Line.
“I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to come back to New Girl in Season 3 to reprise the role of Coach,” Wayans said. “Working with this incredibly talented and funny cast and crew has been one of the best experiences of my career.”
New Girl executive producer Liz Meriwether promised that her team is working on a funny way to have Coach leave “especially since Coach is our resolution to the upcoming ‘Who’s Jess’ Baby Daddy?’ storyline.” (That’s a joke in reference to Deschanel’s pregnancy.)
Wayans will remain on the show for the rest of the fourth season. The show airs on Fox on Tuesdays at 9 p.m.
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