Vanessa Lachey is having a troublesome time explaining to her 9-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, that NCIS: Hawai’i was canceled.
“Attempting to clarify this information to my daughter … and he or she makes me Mickey ears so I can ‘smile,’” Vanessa, 43, shared in an Instagram Story submit on Sunday, April 28. “This resolution was greater than a TV present.”
Vanessa shares Brooklyn and sons Camden, 11, and Phoenix, 6, with husband Nick Lachey.
Us Weekly confirmed on Friday, April 26, that NCIS: Hawai’i was canceled forward of the present’s season 3 finale.
“Gutted, confused, blindsided,” Vanessa shared by way of her Instagram Story on Saturday, April 27, reacting to the information. “Grateful, assured, beloved followers!”
NCIS: Hawai’i was a 2021 spinoff of the unique NCIS sequence, which is at present in its twenty first season. Vanessa starred as Particular Agent in Cost Jane Tennant, making historical past inside the NCIS franchise because the first-ever feminine lead. (NCIS spinoff sequence additionally embody NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Sydney and NCIS: Origins.)
Vanessa concluded her submit on Saturday by telling followers that she’s nonetheless “processing this information” whereas being “current” along with her household.
“I like you all!” she concluded. “Mahalo Nui Loa.”
Half 1 of the season 3 finale is ready to air on Monday, April 29, with the second half — now appearing because the present’s sequence finale — airing on Monday, Could 6. Vanessa beforehand opened up about her character’s significant impression in a 2021 interview.
“This function is unquestionably a transfer in the best route for ladies and particularly Asian-American actresses who need to safe main roles in tv and movie,” she stated on the time. “Rising up, I by no means noticed a feminine lead on tv that regarded like me. My hope is that younger women, like my daughter, Brooklyn, will develop up in a world the place extra actresses seem like them.”
Vanessa starred alongside Noah Mills, Alex Tarrant, Yasmine Al-Bustami and Tori Anderson. LL Cool J, who beforehand performed Sam Hanna on NCIS: Los Angeles, reprised his function for the present’s third season.
Fellow NCIS: Hawai’i star Jason Antoon solely advised Us earlier this month that he hoped the present would obtain a season 4 order.
“I feel CBS likes it, and it was profitable after we’ve finished them with L.A. as effectively and [regular NCIS],” he stated of the present, discussing attainable crossovers with the opposite franchises. “And that’s simply cool. It’s just like the Marvel universe. It’s like, ‘Why not?’ It’s best to dabble in that. It’s actually cool.”