

This sounds like Hollywood bullshit to me, a nice PR cover for both the actor who may want work again in the future, and the show-runners who are typical dirt-bags. He appeared in the Conner’s series, and his “arc” should have at least been finalized, or acknowledged. It is like they totally written him out, which they did.
Good, at least we will get a good meme out of the billions of tax payer money lost to sea.