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“TWO decades of friendship and respect. The best. I love you @M_Weatherly Always and forever,” she added.
Weatherly, who currently stars inBull, played field agent Anthony DiNozzo onNCISfrom 2003 to 2016.
Alexander, who played Special Agent Caitlin Todd on the show, also voiced her support for Weatherly.
“I have been in trenches w/ my friend @M_Weatherly. Always laughs, true friend & [a heart] as big as they come,” she wrote on Saturday, hours after Perrette’s message, alongside a photo of the pair.
Reps for Perrette, Alexander, and Weatherly did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
The actress, 37, joined the CBS primetime drama in March 2017, playing a character that had a major three-episode arc, with plans to be added as a series regular.
Not long after her start, however, Weatherly, 50, allegedly commented on Dushku’s appearance, brought up a threesome, and made a rape joke in front of other cast and crew members, according to theTimes.
However, shortly after she allegedly confronted Weatherly about his behavior, she learned she had been written off the show. As a result, Dushku signed a confidential settlement, granting her $9.5 million — approximately the same amount she would have made as aBullcast member for four seasons, theTimesreported.
Michael Weatherly and Eliza Dushku on Bull.David M. Russell/CBS via Getty
Weatherly told theTimeshe regrets what he said and how he made his costar feel.
“During the course of taping our show, I made some jokes mocking some lines in the script,” Weatherly said in the statement to the publication. “When Eliza told me that she wasn’t comfortable with my language and attempt at humor, I was mortified to have offended her and immediately apologized. After reflecting on this further, I better understand that what I said was both not funny and not appropriate and I am sorry and regret the pain this caused Eliza.”
“The settlement of these claims reflects the projected amount that Ms. Dushku would have received for the balance of her contract as a series regular, and was determined in a mutually agreed upon mediation process at the time,” they added.
Dushku’s accusations and the settlement came to light as part of an investigation that is examining the behavior of the company’s former chief executiveLeslie Moonvesand the culture as a whole at CBS.
source: people.com
