Kris Marshall opens up about quitting Death In Paradise and confirms he left for the sake of his family
After The Sun revealed Kris had quit the show he’s given an emotional interview explaining just why he walked away
KRIS Marshall has opened up about leaving hit BBC One show Death In Paradise after The Sun confirmed his departure.
On Tuesday we confirmed the Love Actually star had walked away from the drama – which is filmed in the Caribbean – because he wanted to spend more time with his wife Hannah Dodkins and their two young children.
During an interview on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Chris confirmed The Sun's story and said he had to quit because he felt “bereft” when he wasn’t with his family.
Last year, the 43-year-old welcomed his first daughter, Elsie, with Hannah and now their son Thomas has just started school.
Chris explained: “This last series I did do on my own, which was quite tough.
“Skyping just leaves me bereft and then I have to go and drown my sorrows in the bar.”
“In previous years I’ve been able to take my family with me but we had a daughter this time last year and so bringing her and my son, he’s about to start school and it all became a bit of a juggling mission.
“So that was really the reason behind it.”
Kris joined the programme at the start of the third series after actor Ben Miller left.
Details of what will happen to Kris’s character Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman are being kept a closely guarded secret.
Kris recently spoke about the pressures starring in the hit series.
He said: “My one concern about taking this job was that I didn’t want to turn a show that gets nearly eight million viewers into a show that gets four million viewers.
“That’s not going to look good for me.”
Ardal will start filming for series seven on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this spring.
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