Emily VanCamp Breaks Silence On Leaving 'The Resident'

After months of silence regarding her imminent departure from "The Resident," Emily VanCamp revealed that she decided to exit from the medical drama so she could have more time for her family.

After four years, the beloved character of Nicolette Nevin in “The Resident” said goodbye in Tuesday’s emotion-charged episode. Emily VanCamp’s character Nic was pronounced dead due to the injuries she sustained from a car accident.

According to VanCamp, taping schedules in different cities and restrictions brought by the pandemic led her to reflect on her priorities in life. VanCamp’s turning point was when she gave birth to her first child, Iris, in September. The “Revenge” alum said the experience further solidified her decision to withdraw from the show so she could focus on her growing family.

"I spent so many years on network television, but then suddenly priorities shifted," she told Deadline.

"I think there comes a moment in every woman's life—in every person's life—where it becomes less about work and more about family, and that's what happened while I was making the show. Doing that many episodes in a different city and then you add COVID to that, most of us couldn't see our families for almost a year. It really solidified for me that family is where my heart is at the moment,” she continued.

In the first episode of season 5 of “The Resident,” Nurse Nic went away on a spa trip and left her daughter Gigi to Conrad, the child’s father, played by actor and series co-producer Matt Czuchry. But Nic’s spa trip turned into horror after she got into a car accident that left her brain dead.

On Tuesday, Conrad said goodbye to his longtime love, Nic, who succumbed to her head injuries. Episode 3 also saw several of Nic’s organs being donated, including her trachea being given to a patient suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19.

VanCamp told Deadline that her withdrawal from the show was a “bittersweet moment” and that discussions on her exit were going on for quite some time.

"I loved doing 'The Resident' so much for the four years I was on it," she said. "Oftentimes you hear about someone exiting a show because something bad had happened or there was some bad blood. But in this case, it's the exact opposite. There's nothing but love and respect between all of us and this decision was not an easy one for anybody but it was the right one for me, personally," the actress told the outlet.

Czuchry said he had known all along that VanCamp’s priorities were shifting and that she was going to say goodbye to the series soon.

“I actually knew a while ago. I was one of the first people she had told, and she said she wanted to start a family. I was completely supportive of that and had been, of her, from the beginning, in terms of our partnership and relationship on the show and also as friends,” Czuchry told TVLine.

On her Instagram page, VanCamp wrote a farewell to "The Resident" with the teaser trailer of Episode 3.

"Thank you so much for four beautiful years!" the actress began her lengthy post. She thanked the show's crew, cast and real-life nurses she said were her inspiration for her character.