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In 2018, it was announced that Patrick J. Adams – and his onscreen wife Meghan Markle – were departing their hit TV show Suits. Many believed the pair were exiting together in a planned move that had to do with their characters moving on. In real-life, Meghan was about to marry Prince Harry, and Patrick and his wife Troian Bellisario would be welcoming their first child later that year as well. Now, he’s giving more of a backstory about why he decided to exit the series. Keep reading to find out more… On the newest episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast, he explained the real reason why he left was for his mental health and because he had been drinking too much. He shared, “I wasn’t taking good care of my mental health and I was drinking too much [at] the end of Season 7. I was in a zone of living a pretty unexamined life. Pretty miserable [and] I would say, pretty depressed. I didn’t have the tools to deal with that depression beyond just spending money and drinking too much, and not really knowing how to talk about it.” He continued, “I would numb myself [to] deal with my insecurity and my fears. And they just weren’t working. And they were taking a toll on my relationship, for sure, but also just making me a very not present father. That for me was a breaking point when I was like, ‘I think I should stop drinking probably, because I don’t wanna be that dad.’ The best thing I think I ever did for myself was stop drinking. It just needed to happen in order for all these other things to happen.” Troian and Patrick met back in 2009 when they were starring in a play together and tied the knot in 2016.
