▁int im id ated , ▁u h ▁h uh . ▁OK , ▁well , ▁check ▁this ▁out ." ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁announ cement ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁had ▁been ▁written ▁out ▁of ▁Grey ' s ▁An atom y , ▁Mary ▁Mac nam ara ▁wrote ▁a ▁critical ▁LA ▁Times ▁editor ial ▁on ▁the ▁decision . ▁She ▁de emed ▁Smith ' s ▁firing : ▁" a ▁gr im ▁rem inder ▁that ▁certain ▁pre jud ices ▁are ▁still ▁asc endant ▁in ▁television ", ▁writing ▁that ▁" most ▁gay ▁characters ▁are ▁allowed ▁to ▁have ▁sex ▁on ▁network ▁television ▁only ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁single - ep is ode ▁story ▁line , ▁and ▁all ▁act ively ▁sexual ▁les bian ▁characters ▁must ▁be ▁s yl ph like , ▁g orge ous ▁and ▁prefer ably ▁under ▁ 3 0 ." ▁She ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁assess ▁that : ▁" Smith ▁probably ▁got ▁the ▁boot ▁not ▁because ▁her ▁character ▁wasn ' t ▁interesting ▁enough ▁or ▁sympath etic ▁enough ▁but ▁because ▁she , ▁especially ▁when ▁pa ired ▁with ▁Ram ire z , ▁just ▁didn ' t ▁fit ▁the ▁visual ▁template ▁of ▁" G rey ' s " ▁or ▁indeed , ▁of ▁most ▁of ▁network ▁television . ▁She ▁is ▁a ▁character ▁actress , ▁not ▁a ▁tab lo id ▁star . ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁words ▁I ▁deeply ▁regret , ▁Ram ire z , ▁with ▁all ▁her ▁lip gl oss ed ▁l us cious ness , ▁may ▁be ▁beautiful ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁bi , ▁but ▁Smith ▁is ▁not ▁beautiful ▁enough ▁to