Hugh Laurie has fired back at false reports that say he's to blame for the end of hit medical drama House because he grew tired of playing the cynical title character Dr Gregory House.
The actor, who has been the lead for the entire eight year run of the series, released a statement last week confirming that this will be the last season of the US drama, but he has since had to release another statement correcting reports that it’s ending because he’s bored with the character.
In a statement sent to TV Guide magazine, Hugh writes: “For anyone who's interested, I'd like to correct some naughty misrepresentations of the circumstances surrounding the end of the TV show House.
“Some newspapers, obviously dissatisfied by the sincere statement of fact and feeling that we released last week, have said that 'the truth' - modern journalistic slang for 'not even remotely the truth but it sounds creepy so I'll go with it' - behind the decision was that I was sick of going to work.
“Let me state, publicly and unequivocally, that I love my job, and work much harder at it than most journalists work at theirs. As described in the press release, we wanted to preserve some of the character's mystique. We never wanted to out-stay our welcome.
The House actor added: “We wanted to keep the band together and go out with as much dignity as we could muster.”
Hugh Laurie has been anxious to defend the show that has turned him from a fairly well-known British comedian into a household name worldwide, which is why he has decided to publicly address rumours that he believe tarnish his reputation and that of House.
At the end of the long statement Hugh has written: “The record should be put straight, even if it's a record nobody wants to hear. In the words of House himself: everybody lies.”
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