is recalling how she and costar found out they weren’t returning for season 7 of the long-running series – and fans are surprised by her candid admission. During the Sunday, May 19, episode of her “ , Burton Morgan, 41, told cohosts and former costars and the story of how she and Murray, 42, allegedly weren’t asked back when the show was renewed for another season. Noting that they were filming a flashback scene in a diner with their respective characters, Peyton Sawyer and Lucas Scott, for season 6, episode 21, Burton Morgan explained that “all of a sudden” their producer, , announced to everyone that the show had been picked up for a seventh season.
“Chad looks at me and he’s like, ‘Have you even gotten an offer? I was like, ‘No,’ and he’s like, ‘I haven’t gotten an offer,'” she began. “And so around us, everyone is hugging and high-fiving. I mean, it felt like balloons were dropping from the ceiling.
Everybody was so f–king pumped. And he and I just kind of sat there and we knew it was coming.” She added, “And he and I were the highest paid actors on the show, and we knew we were on the chopping block.
” Later in the episode, Burton Morgan went on to tell Bush, 41, and Lenz, 43, that the decision to not have her return to the show was a blessing in disguise. “I think this is the closure that I needed because I always knew that I was right to walk away from this situation because it was awful – and my life is awesome because of tha.
