Hilarie Burton Morgan is moving on from “Drama Queens.” The White Collar actress, 42, revealed that she’s stepping back from the hit One Tree Hill rewatch podcast she’s hosted with her OTH costars Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz since 2021. Robert Buckley , who joined the cast of the long-running drama from season 7 to season 9, will be taking her place.
“We have reached the end of my behind-the-scenes experience on the show, and so I really started to question what I brought to this, but also how we keep that storytelling alive and important,” Burton Morgan told Bush, 42, and Lenz, 43, during the Monday, July 8, episode of “ Drama Queens .” Burton Morgan, who left the show after its sixth season, continued, “And so as we head into seasons 7 through 9, it was important that we introduced a new queen who could take over for me. I’m still gonna pop in here and there, but [someone] who represented the same things that I’ve brought to this show.
” The trio then introduced Buckley, 43, who Burton Morgan called “probably one of my favorite humans on the planet.” The news was also announced on the official “Drama Queens” Instagram account, which posted a video of Buckley hilariously donning a queen costume. The Chesapeake Shores actor also posted the video via his own Instagram , which he captioned, “Very excited to be entering my Queen era.
” Fans were quick to share their opinions in the comments section of both posts, with one social media user .