{"id":23725,"date":"2019-05-15T14:20:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1041743"},"modified":"2019-05-15T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T20:20:14","slug":"why-jim-parsons-decided-he-was-done-with-the-big-bang-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/why-jim-parsons-decided-he-was-done-with-the-big-bang-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jim Parsons Decided He Was Done With The Big Bang Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019415\/rs_600x600-190515131654-600x600.the-big-bang-theory-finale-jim-parsons-lp.51519.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.285611510791\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"19.851798561151\">\n<p>Sometimes, even if you&#8217;re the star of one of the most popular shows on TV, you just want to do something else.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jim_parsons\">Jim Parsons<\/a><\/strong> decision to walk away from CBS&#8217;&nbsp;<em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em> after 12 seasons, which meant that the show itself would end after 12 seasons, since it would be weird for <em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em> to go on without Sheldon Cooper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was the first time in my life of doing this show that it occurred to me that I might want to not do another contract after 12 was up,&#8221; Parsons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/big-bang-theory-why-jim-parsons-walked-away-one-tvs-biggest-hits-1209940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m an Aries or just because maybe I&#8217;m in touch with myself. Whatever it is, once I had that thought, I was like, well, that&#8217;s your answer.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;There was no factor; there was no situation that I was like, well I&#8217;ve had enough of that,&#8221; Parsons continued. &#8220;No. There was nothing like that. It as just&#8230;when you know, you know. And you&#8217;re susceptible and thrown around by the whims of your own existence and getting to a certain age and your life changes and suddenly you just think different. It has been fascinating to think about who I was 12 years ago. And sometimes when I have trouble learning a line or saying a line of Sheldon&#8217;s right now, it&#8217;s hard to know why specifically. But it&#8217;s like, you&#8217;re not the same person you were. There is a possibility that this actually became more difficult for you in a way. And I don&#8217;t know what that means but it&#8217;s like you just change.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"17\">\n<p>Co-creator Chuck Lorre said he couldn&#8217;t imagine keeping the show going without Parsons and Sheldon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t wrap my head around the idea of going on without the whole ensemble,&#8221; he told <em>THR<\/em>. &#8220;In pulling it apart and re-approaching it as a fraction of what it was just never felt right to me. I&#8217;ve seen other shows try and fail to take a character out of their realm and carry on.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hourlong series finale, which airs tomorrow,&nbsp;has a whole lot going on: &#8220;Sheldon and Amy await big news (about the Nobel Prize); Bernadette and Wolowitz leave their kids for the first time; Penny and Leonard try to keep a secret; Sheldon and Amy stick together; Koothrappali makes a new friend; the gang travels together into an uncharted future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t there just something about that last line that brings a tear to your eye?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"53.368421052632\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6.3859649122807\">\n<p>The finale will air at 8 p.m. on CBS,&nbsp;followed by&nbsp;the season finale of Young Sheldon (where young Sheldon has a party for the Nobel Prize announcements), followed by a half-hour special called &#8220;Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell,&#8221; hosted by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/johnny_galecki\">Johnny Galecki<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kaley_cuoco\">Kaley Cuoco<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1041743\/why-jim-parsons-decided-he-was-done-with-the-big-bang-theory?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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