Why Is Daisy Leaving 'Madam Secretary'? The Details Behind Her Resignation

Publish date: 2024-05-15

Why is Daisy Grant leaving 'Madam Secretary'? Here's what led up to the press secretary's unexpected resignation.

Allison Cacich - Author

CBS drama Madam Secretary kicked considered one of its major characters out of the oval office on the Nov. 3 episode following a lovely really extensive political scandal.

Press Secretary Daisy Grant, who’s played by way of actress Patina Miller, discovered herself in scorching water when evidence tied her to the leak of damaging knowledge right prior to the election, which ultimately cost Senator Miller the presidency — and now appears to be costing Daisy her job. 

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Why is Daisy leaving Madam Secretary?

There’s been no indication that Daisy gained’t seem in the sequence’ final 5 episodes, but she’s no longer President Elizabeth McCord’s right-hand girl. 

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Even though Daisy insisted she wasn’t the person who leaked Senator Miller’s affair with an intern to the press, she decided to resign in order to not impact the legitimacy of Elizabeth’s presidency any further. 

It all started with Daisy’s testimony about the bar struggle that took place all the way through Elizabeth’s campaign. She purposefully left Claudine Bernard’s title out of the story as a result of Claudine, who grew to become out to be a spy for the Iranian govt, had given Daisy the recordsdata about Senator Miller’s affair. 

She admitted to taking the onerous power and protecting it from the authorities, but mentioned she had no section in liberating the incriminating information. Despite her claims, Mike B. recommended that Elizabeth fireplace Daisy, which the former secretary of state refused to do. 

Instead, she had her crew monitor down Claudine so to prove Daisy’s innocence. But before Elizabeth could clear her title, Daisy resigned from her place.

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Meanwhile, Valerie Guillen — the journalist who broke the Senator Miller tale — refused to surrender her supply despite being subpoenaed by means of the Department of Justice. 

Elizabeth eventually granted Valerie a presidential pardon, later asking if Daisy was her supply. Valerie replied no, confirming Elizabeth’s droop that Daisy wasn’t fascinated by the leak. 

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Though Daisy officially stepped down from her function as press secretary, Patina Miller is scheduled to seem in the subsequent episode, meaning that the loved character’s journey on the show isn’t over.

In Madam Secretary, the nation used to be spared a Donald Trump-esque chief.

While speaking to Elizabeth, Daisy confessed that she’s satisfied the affair leaked as a result of Senator Miller is "a monster… a racist, a bully, and a liar." In a 2018 interview, Patina shared that "it’s exhausting sometimes" having to portray characters in the form of political local weather we're dwelling in now. 

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"I feel like we do a great job of telling stories that people can relate to," she explained to New York Family. "We’re not necessarily pointing fingers at anyone, but we’re able to adapt and tell these stories that people at home can identify with."

The 34-year-old added, "The characters are going through the exact same things that we, in this country, are going through, in similar — but not the exact same — ways… I think it’s pretty amazing, though, how our stories get to mirror what is happening in real time."

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