Hugh Leaves House?
Looks like Hugh Laurie left the set with little notice on Thursday! Rumors immediately started flying that he was unhappy with the producers or the script, but his representative was quick to tell the press that Hugh was going nowhere.
“He’ll be back on the set on Monday,” she said.
So why would Hugh leave in the middle of filming so suddenly?
“Hugh had family obligations in England to attend to, but production is continuing in his absence.” A representative for the show said. He also replied that Hugh, “asked for time off and they were happy to facilitate it.”
A family emergency? Let me first say that I hope his wife and children are all right. Hugh has a well-publicised history of dealing with depression, and I hope that his return to England has nothing to do with a recurrance of that difficult condition. Hugh, your fans hope that everything is okay and we send you our support!!
Thanks NW for the tip!
October 26th, 2007 at 9:28 am
I hope there are no marriage problems.
October 26th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Can’t he take a few days off without people wondering what’s wrong? Of course there are marriage problems. Of course he has a life. So what? It’s probably nothing to do with depression either. He’s human. He’s a private man. Why does this even need to be talked about? Leave him alone.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Then why are you even reading this blog? That’s what people who read fan blogs do - talk about their favorite stars.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Oh come on, every marriage has problems! He just probably wanted to be with his family.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Instead of arguing, why don’t we all say a prayer for Hugh and his family???
October 26th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Good idea, Grace.
October 27th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
D is right! Leave him alone… Hugh, do what you want, is your life! we love you and we want the best for you and your family!
October 28th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
If he’d wanted people poking their noses in to his life, he’d have given his publicist something more substantial than “family obligations” to tell the media. He doesn’t want us to know why he left!! He hates that people have to know his whereabouts every second of every day. If he had his way, he’d just disappear forever, and so would we! lol That being said, talk away. It is a free country.
October 28th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Carol, why do you hope there are no marriage problems? Do you think he’s beyond having the same problems the rest of the world have to deal with? Would it really matter to you? I’m genuinely just curious if it would alter your opinion of him if you found out that his marriage wasn’t a happy one. I’m not trying to be mean, honestly. I’ve noticed a lot of people who are “very concerned” about Hugh’s private life, and it always makes me giggle. Some even go a step further, during a run of recent…*ahem*…rumors, and say that they didn’t think they’d watch House any more if Hugh was being naughty. It’s just riduculous. Bleh. I’ll shut up now.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:29 am
D, I have read that there may be marital problems - that’s why I mentioned it. I hope that’s not true. Even he has said that his situation has put a strain on his personal life. No, it wouldn’t change my opinion of him. Geez, I’m sorry I said anything! I hope and pray all is well with Mr. Laurie.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:31 am
And if all of you are so concerned about Mr. Laurie’s privacy, then you shouldn’t be reading a blog that reports on him and his personal life!
October 29th, 2007 at 11:40 am
This blog is nothing compared to what I already know about Hugh Laurie. I wasn’t critisizing you, Carol, really. I was just curious.
November 8th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Can you share with us what you know about Hugh, D?
January 4th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Depression is a very difficult illness - it impacts everything in one’s life just as any chronic illness can, and it becomes most times a life-long struggle.
Coping with it takes resolve from the moment one wakes up to the moment one goes to bed - if you can sleep at all - and it can (and often does) “flare-up” regularly through out one’s life, often manifesting itself in ways just as difficult as before and sometimes in worse ways depsite regular medication.
Exhaustion, stress from within and especially stress from without can trigger an episode of deep depression/anxiety that can leave one devestated and wishing so much to just walk away and leave every demand upon one’s person behind - even for a while. But the depressed do not have that option just as most others do not - our jobs and families not only hardly see the struggle, it is difficult for them to understand (really - it is almost impossible to comprehend the agony a clinincally depressed person goes through unless one experiences it for oneself), and difficult for them when, even after all their encouraging words, you for some reason are not “getting better”.
Often other’s attempts at comfort - “Buck up” and “Things’ll be better tomorrow” - are offered and then they turn that hopeful face to you to see if they were a help so they can feel better for helping, and then their stark disappointment when you do not appear to have been refreshed by them! Such comfort, though well meaning, becomes an extra burden to the sufferer rather than a help).
There is a common thread of belief through out much of the medical community that it is necessary to get a person off depression med’s as soon as possible - as though the ultimate goal is for a patient with a chronic illness to be drug free rather than symptom free.
Thankfully I managed to find a physician who is more inlcined to keep me on Welbutrin indefinitely, rather than allow me to go through relapse after relapse until the med’s no longer make a difference.
Clinical depression is not an “emotional state” but a bonafide physical disorder that can have grave consequences if left untreated.
Underlining this reality - it is not only the clinically depressed who, after years of their suffering being disregarded, that seek relief from the pain in the only way they have left - suicide. Those who live with chronic pain can testify they sometimes think of suicide as a possible solution - and some end up taking that same course - usually after years of seeking help only to be dismissed, as though the agony in their leg or back is “only in their mind”.
I feel for Mister Laurie and admire the killer schedule he regularly undertakes regarding his profession and family time while coping with this often debilitating and misunderstood illness.
My heart and moral support go out to him and any who must struggle with this disease.