Chicago Fire Down a Member as Taylor Kinney Takes Leave of Absence

Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney is currently on an unexplained hiatus, with no word given on his return.

Chicago Fire is currently in its 11th season. However, actor Taylor Kinney will not return to the series… at least not anytime soon. Deadline reports that the 41-year-old actor informed NBC network officials that he would be on hiatus from the show due to a “personal matter.” That personal matter has yet to be disclosed by Kinney or the network. What is apparent is that the series will see him written out for an uncertain period.
Fans of the hit series will know that Kinney has been a part of the show since it originally aired in 2012. Kinney plays the heroic and charismatic firefighter Kelly Severide. The hit TV series portrays the private and professional lives of a Chicago-based Fire Department’s firemen, emergency responders, and paramedics. The series proceeds season one, in which an experienced firefighter named Andrew Darden dies. There becomes a rift in the ranks as Lieutenant Matthew Casey and Lieutenant Kelly Severide place the blame for Darden’s death on the other.

Further details about Kinney’s further involvement in the show have not been divulged by anyone involved with the series. Fans of the show are already lamenting his absence as they flock to social media to express their concerns and well wishes.