It’s been quite a year for Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Chelsea Peretti, who has played administrative assistant Gina Linetti since the sitcom’s launch, will not be returning as a series regular in Season 6.
In a tweet Wednesday, Peretti announced her departure from the NBC comedy after a brief stint on Season 6, with some possible guest appearances hinted at for the future.
“B99 fans. Hiiiiiiiiiiii. Chelsea Peretti, here. I won’t be doing a full season of Brooklyn Nine Nine in Season 6,” she tweeted. “But that doesn’t mean I won’t ever be back, winky face emoji, heart emoji. I want to thank you for the hours you spent watching Gina be Gina. confident, idiotic-but-smart, pithy, and infused with rhythm and cell-phone radiation. ❤️?It is hard for me to know exactly what to say.”
Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s creator Dan Goor wrote shortly afterwards on Twitter saying: “From the moment Mike Schur and I decided to create the show, we wanted Chelsea Peretti to be a part of it, and she always will be.
“She has brought so much to her amazing, hilarious, unique portrayal of Gina Linetti, which is not surprising since she is one of the funniest people in history. We have tried really hard to create a storyline for her departure that lives up to the character that can only be described as ‘The human embodiment of the 100 emoji.’
“While it’s sad to see a member of the family leave, we are so proud of Chelsea and excited for what she does next. Also, I know for a fact this isn’t the last we’ll see of Gina Linetti. I mean she got run over by a frickin’ bus, and she only missed like a week of work.”
https://twitter.com/djgoor/status/1047532954304438272
Peretti has appeared in basically every episode of the show aside from a stint on maternity leave during the fifth season of the show.
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