Christopher Abbott leaves Girls just when they started to think they might really have something special
Demonstrating the lack of commitment and concern over characterization that is so typical of men, Christopher Abbott has broken up with Girls, leaving just as Girls started to believe this time things might actually work out. The New York Post quotes a source saying Abbott—who played Charlie, Alison Williams’ occasionally pathetic and needy, occasionally wealthy and arrogant sometimes-boyfriend, depending on the needs of the episode—“didn’t like the direction things are going in.” Which is just such a Charlie and also actor-tired-of-playing-a-one-dimensional-emotional-spoiler thing to say.