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| ICYMI, here's Jason Alexander from today's Howard Stern Show on why "Seinfeld" killed off Susan. #Howard |
Jason Alexander and Heidi Swedberg in Seinfeld. Their faces also represent how the actors felt working together. (via NBC)
Seinfeld fans have long discussed the death of Susan Ross, George's longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend. The characters became engaged at the start of season 7, much to George's chagrin. The arc continued for so long that the fans assumed they were going to be married. Then, in a major twist, she died in the season finale, poisoned by cut-rate wedding invitation envelopes bought by George. It was a shockingly dark turn for a show that was already one of the darkest comedies on TV.
Since then, rumors have swirled that Susan died because of behind-the-scenes drama. The theory was that Jason Alexander so disliked Heidi Swedberg, he demanded the character be axed. And today, for the first time, Alexander finally told his side of the story publicly, in an interview on The Howard Stern Show. Here's the clip:
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