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The cast, however, initially felt differently about ending the sitcom.
That day was a point of contention for the cast.
“When he came by, he just jumped right into it.
I certainly didn’t see it coming.
I said, ‘Oh.
OK. Well, this is kind of a big conversation.
A big conversation that impacts hundreds of people.'”
“I couldn’t breathe.
With the news came tension between Jim Parsons and Cuoco.
Her emotions were so strong that she requested that the first run-through back on set be canceled.
“In the dating world, this would be called a blindsided breakup,” Winter said.
“But the manner by which the cast discovered this unexpected news made the rupture even more horrific.”
“I was so shocked that I was literally like, ‘Continue on with what?'”
said Cuoco of the moment Parsons said he would not go on playing Sheldon.
“Like, I didn’t even know what he was talking about.
I looked at Chuck: ‘Wow.
I thought we were I’m so blown away right now.'”
“We were just blindsided that day,” he said.
But that’s the cost of real friendship,” Winter told us.
“Being the bearer of bad news is an unenviable position.
But not speaking up and blindsiding people creates deeper fractures.”
Fortunately, the script for the series finale brought a sense of closure to her departure.
And to do it in front of people and to give of himself like that was unreal."
As for where she stands with Jim Parsons, it seems like the pair have made amends.
In November 2024, Cuoco even surprised Parsons during his Broadway run in the play “Our Town.”
It is beyond!"
with a little caption on the bottom, which read: “I surprised him.”
