In a tweet following the Season 5 finale, the 63-year-old clearly stated that the decision to remove Pete from the series wasn’t his. "Wonderful fans of PPP. Shonda informed my agent today that Pete [won’t] be returning for season 6. It was a great 5 yrs. R.I.P. Pete Wilder," he wrote on May 29, 2012.

At the time, Kate Walsh — who played protagonist and Pete’s former love interest Addison Montgomery — showed support for her co-star, tweeting, "I love u tim daly." A month later, she announced that Season 6 would be her last.

Tim still wasn’t over the firing when asked about the role two years later. "Um. Oh, boy," he said in an interview with The A.V. Club before taking a long pause. "You know that old saying, 'If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all?'" the Madam Secretary star added before moving on to the next question.

You can stream all six seasons of Private Practice on Netflix now.