While Grey’s Anatomy fans are still processing the news of Eric Dane’s death, a new storm has hit social media. Laura Ann Tull, an extra on the set of the show, has come forward days after the news to call the actor “a bully” and a “coward”.
Dane died on February 19, 2026, at 53, almost a year after he went public with his ALS diagnosis. His family confirmed he passed “following a courageous battle with ALS,” surrounded by those he loved. In his final months, he used his celebrity and platform to raise awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. But, for many, he’ll always be remembered as the smooth Dr. Mark Sloan, the charming “McSteamy” who joined Grey’s Anatomy in 2006 and quickly exited in 2012 before later landing a much darker role on Euphoria.
But while the whole world mourned his loss, actress Laura Ann Tull logged onto Threads to share her thoughts on Dane. She wrote, “He was a bully an a hole.”
Naturally, the comments section got hostile quickly. Still, Tull escalated. “He was a coward who abused me. Bullied me. Made fun of me. When I had beaten cancer. When I was getting sick with an autoimmune disease… His dying doesn’t change [the] destruction he caused me.”
Tull says she worked as a background performer on Grey’s Anatomy for three years starting in 2005. She claims Dane mocked her behind her back, interfered with her ability to work, and damaged her career. Her biggest allegation was that she was the one who got him fired from the show: “I am why he was fired from Grey’s.”
According to Tull, she contacted production before his 2012 exit and even called Shonda Rhimes’ assistant two weeks before his termination was announced. “Rhimes I doubt will ever admit that,” she added.
There are currently no public records confirming Tull’s claims. At the time, reports pointed to budget and creative decisions as cast salaries climbed. In July 2012, Rhimes told TVLine that the decision followed “much consideration and conversations.”
Years later, Dane said on Dax Shepard’s podcast that he believed he was “let go,” acknowledging personal struggles with prescription medication, but suggested that finances did play a part.
Tull’s accusations aren’t new, of course. In a 2018 she wrote a Medium post, saying, “I worked on [the] set of Grey’s Anatomy for three years as an extra, but I never spoke to Dane once. But I did hear him talk about me.” She claimed she was labeled “weird” through a third party and felt pushed out of the industry.
ABC, Shondaland and Dane’s representatives have not commented on her latest claims. For now, what’s confirmed is this: Eric Dane is gone at 53, after a public fight with ALS. Everything else is unverified.
There certainly is a time and a place to speak up. It’s probably not while his family is grieving.
