Goodbye, Harrison! Actor Columbus Short has been fired from ‘Scandal’, in light of his real life scandals. The news comes after Columbus was charged with battery for allegedly attacking and threatening to kill his wife.

This is one scandalous story that Shonda Rhimes did not write — Columbus Short, who stars as Harrison Wright on ABC’s hit drama Scandal, has officially been fired from the series, after making real-life headlines for domestic violence. Keep reading for all of the breaking details, plus Columbus’s emotional statement.

Columbus Short Fired From ‘Scandal’

The season finale of Scandal suddenly all makes sense — Harrison, an employee at Olivia Pope’s (Kerry Washington) crisis management firm, was held at gunpoint, but was unclearly killed off the series. Well, now it’s safe to say that Harrison will not survive the season’s cliffhanger because the actor has just been axed from the show!

Fans have vocalized their... to be cut, in light of his shocking real-life crisis.

Columbus Short Charged With Battery After Allegedly Attacking His Wife

Columbus’s wife, Tuere Short, filed for divorce, after she was allegedly attacked by her famous husband who threatened to kill her and himself on April 7 in their Los Angeles home.

Tuere claimed that Columbus threatened to hit her with a bottle of wine, poured the wine all over her, choked her and then grabbed a knife for a game called “Truth or Truth,” which put her at knifepoint with Columbus threatening to stab her in the leg, if she lied, according to TMZ. This was all prompted by Columbus believing that his wife had cheated on him.

This is not the first time that Shonda has fired one of her actors, during the run of a hit series. The show creator cut Isaiah Washington from Grey’s Anatomy, after he made anti-gay slurs at co-star T.R. Knight.

Does Columbus Short deserved to be kicked off of Scandal? Will you miss his character?

[Edited 4/27/14 8:19am]

Well I knew something was up behind the scenes because he was being written out for a while.



Hope he doesn't go the way of Christian Slater, he's star went for a crash landing.

I was sad to hear that he's exiting the show, but had an inkling that this would happen amid all of his personal "scandal". Hope the allegations aren't true and that he'll be okay.

its a loss for the show he is very talented and so damn fine so many homos watch that show b/c of him i would love 2 be his lover

Look like the show has to deal with its own scandals...

Then again we didn't actually see what happened, so maybe if he gets it together then suddenly he'll reappear on the show.

I doubt it! He has been killed off. Plus Shondra don't play! I was working on her show "Grey's Anatomy" right before Isaiah Washington was fired years ago.

hopefully he will get help for his anger management issues

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I doubt it! He has been killed off. Plus Shondra don't play! I was working on her show "Grey's Anatomy" right before Isaiah Washington was fired years ago.

Hey, ain't Isaiah suppose to be coming back? At least for a hot minute. Obviously Shonda's wrath isn't permenant, unless...uh, Imma leave that alone and just say up until there is a funeral service or something, even that isn't a guarantee on Scandal, then the writers have wiggle room.