Sorry, Regé can’t answer now, he’s too busy auditioning for his next role as my boyfriend.
At 9 am PT on Friday, April 2, it was announced that Regé-Jean Page would not reprise his role as Simon, the Duke of Hastings in the second season of Bridgerton.
I don’t think I’m going into limbo when I say that RJP was the star of the escape from the sassy drama of the Regency era, so to speak that the Bridgerton hive has been shaken is an understatement:
Like, as a fan of the series and a Regan stan, I’m a little upset that we won’t see him raise his adorable son or share a loving look with Daphne or lick more inanimate objects next season:
So, here are some funny tweets about the departure of our favorite duke:
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Okay, so we’ll never hear Simon say I love you to Daphne? Will we never see him teach his son his letters and numbers? the pall mall scene? Daphne “a devoted wife” without her husband does not make sense. I’m sad and disappointed, let me be #Bridgerton
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You know what they say, with every black cloud …
it makes perfect sense to me that regé-jean page is leaving bridgerton … to become one of the biggest stars on the planet in the next five years
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… comes a silver lining:
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