Jenna Dewan. Disney/Gizelle Hernandez
Jenna Dewan lastly addressed her absence from The Rookie.
Dewan, 44, took to Instagram forward of the most recent episode on Tuesday, January 21, to share a photograph of her with 7-month-old daughter, Rhiannon, alongside an article that talked about her maternity go away.
“Somebody was being born,” she wrote in reference to the preliminary months The Rookie season 7 went into manufacturing. “However preserve watching …”
The Rookie, which premiered in 2018, follows law enforcement officials from a precinct in Los Angeles. Throughout Dewan’s absence, her character, Bailey Nune, has been on an abroad deployment with the Nationwide Guard. Showrunner Alexi Hawley beforehand confirmed that Bailey returns on the finish of episode 3.
“Jenna’s about to have a child in actual life, so we do should navigate that firstly of [season 7],” Hawley instructed TV Insider in Might 2024. “So I believe we’ll should sluggish roll barely [into] that, however yeah, look, particularly within the adoption story, they do reside harmful lives. She’s going to have an ex-husband slash stalker on the market. How does that influence them on a private degree can be fascinating to discover.”
Bailey’s ex-husband Jason — performed by Dewan’s real-life fiancé, Rhiannon’s dad Steve Kazee — appeared within the season 6 finale as Bailey and Nolan (Nathan Fillion) had been starting to speak about adopting a child. In response to Hawley, Jason would be the “most quick downside” for the primary characters.
“I believe clearly Jason is the one with probably the most particular, probably the most dangerous intent in direction of anyone on our present in the mean time,” he added.
Jenna Dewan‘s romance with fiancé Steve Kazee hasn’t adopted a conventional timeline — however they’re extra in love than ever. Us Weekly confirmed the couple’s relationship in October 2018, six months after Dewan and estranged husband Channing Tatum introduced their break up. The exes had been married for 9 years and share daughter Everly. After almost one […]
Fillion, in the meantime, hinted that Nolan and Bailey are going to be “stable” when she returns.
“There are going to be issues, there are going to be issues which are problematic of their relationship as there are in all relationships,” he instructed TV Insider on the time. “I believe that’s actuality. However that is one thing I don’t suppose that drives a wedge between them. I believe that is one thing that brings them nearer collectively.”
Along with Rhiannon, Dewan and Kazee, 49, share son Callum, who was born in 2020. The actress additionally shares daughter Everly, 11, with ex-husband Channing Tatum.
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan navigated their divorce settlement for six years earlier than settling in September 2024. Tatum and Dewan met on the set of 2006’s Step Up, the place they performed love pursuits. The pair quickly discovered love offscreen, in the end getting married in 2009. The actors went on to welcome daughter Everly in Might 2013, […]
“It’s at all times a journey. It by no means ends,” Dewan instructed Romper in January 2024 about how she and Tatum, 44, have approached coparenting. “You simply be taught as you go and get higher at sure issues, and for me, Evie will at all times be my high precedence. I simply regularly put her first. That’s how I can handle all arduous issues.”
After getting engaged to Kazee in 2020, Dewan defined why they’ve but to stroll down the aisle, telling Us in June 2023, “My household’s like, ‘When guys, when?’ We’ll get there. I promise, we’re getting there. We at the very least have the situation, so we’ve gotten [a] step additional. Nevertheless it’s simply been so busy, truthfully. Life has been so busy, and work’s been busy.”
The Rookie airs on ABC Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET.
