Girlfriends castmember Keesha Sharp (who plays the role of 'Monica Dent') has given her two cents on Jill Marie Jones (who will forever own and brought life to the 'always keeping it real' Toni Childs Garrett character since the show made its debut in 1999) sudden and unexpected departure from the successful sitcom which is now in its eighth and final season. 'We all missed her. It's hard to come up with storylines when you're missing a main character.' However, Sharp still believes that Jill should've reached out and personally explained to her fans...as well as to the fans of the show as to why she made the choice to leave and never return. Because seriously, how many of you all were hoping and praying that Toni Childs would show up at Aaron's house when he threw Joan that surprise engagement party in which he brought back all of her closest friends in last season's finale back in May? I know I did!Anywhoo, Keesha went on to say, 'One thing that was bad about it was that more conversation didn't happened. Jill just decided to move on, which I totally understand as an actor. But I just wish more people knew. Because then (viewers) were angry, thinking the network did something or that Monica was trying to replace Toni.' Jones walkout from the show before the start of the seventh season alleged stems from irreconcilable contract negotiations as well miscommunication a.k.a. 'he say/she say' bouts between she and the other three stars of the show, Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks and Persia White.
Keesha is elated now that the show has gotten over its most difficult obstacles since Jones left, and gives a handful of kudos to the writers of the show for implementing more realistic episodes regarding Toni and Joan's friendship ending on such a sour note.
One thing that can never be disputed is the fact that there's no actress in the industry or anywhere else who will ever have the chops to take over the role of Toni Childs Garrett.
AFTER THE JUMP, FIND OUT WHAT KEEPS KEESHA BUSY WHEN SHE ISN'T ON THE SET OF 'GIRLRIENDS' + PIC OF SHE AND HER HUBBY.
Here's a few tidbits you may not have known about Keesha: These days when she isn't on the set, you can usually find her spending time with her 2-year-old son, Solomon and her singer/songwriter husband of 10 years, Bradford Sharp. Also, before branching out into acting, the 34-year-old actress was also a singer. As a matter of fact, that's how she met her husband. 'He saw me onstage and we were both performers at the time,' Keesha said. However, it wasn't until after she graduated from The Boston Conservatory, that the actress stopped singing supposedly due to pressure from the folks who loved her voice so much. Sounds crazy, right? She says, 'People would be like, 'Oh, you've got to hear Keesha.' And you'd walk in the room and everybody's anticipating you. You could either rise to it or you could crumble and I started to crumble, to be honest. I started to feel like I couldn't be as good as everybody's expectations were already, so I eventually stopped singing.'In the meantime, when she isn't acting, she stays heavily involved in the church. She has even entertained the idea of doing missionary work in foreign countries during the show's hiatus. Will she ever return to her singing roots? Who knows?
Until then, you can catch her portraying the role of Monica Dent on Girlfriends on The CW on Monday nights beginning at 9 p.m.
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