A comment under a viral post about Eric Dane’s death is drawing attention after a former Grey’s Anatomy actress claimed the late actor played a role in her career unraveling—and didn’t hold back in how she described him.
Posting on Threads in response to a Variety announcement about Dane’s passing, Laura Ann Tull wrote bluntly that he “was a bully and an a-hole,” immediately sparking pushback from other users.
When challenged by fans, Tull doubled down—repeatedly.
In a series of follow-up posts, she alleged that Dane had mistreated her during her time working on Grey’s Anatomy, where she says she spent three years on set. “He was a coward who abused me. Bullied me. Made fun of me,” she wrote in one reply. In another, she claimed, “He just died. I only wish he’d apologized & admitted what he did.”
Tull also suggested she played a role in his exit from the show, writing, “I am why he was fired from Grey’s,” while alleging she had contacted production prior to his departure. She did not provide evidence supporting that claim.
Elsewhere in the thread, her posts expanded beyond on-set allegations. She accused Dane of interfering with her ability to work and claimed long-term consequences tied to that experience. “His dying doesn’t change [the] destruction he caused me,” she wrote, adding that she intended to pursue legal action at one point.
The comments echo themes Tull previously shared in a 2018 Medium post, where she described her time working in Hollywood and referenced Dane by name. In that essay, she said she never directly spoke to him on set but believed he had spoken negatively about her to others.
“I worked on set of Grey’s Anatomy for three years as an extra, but I never spoke to Dane once directly,” she wrote. “But I did hear him talk about me.”
She also described being labeled “weird” through a third party and said the experience contributed to her feeling pushed out of the industry.
There is no public record supporting Tull’s claim that she influenced Dane’s departure from Grey’s Anatomy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dane’s 2012 exit from the show was driven by budget and creative decisions, as long-running cast members became more expensive for the network.
Dane himself acknowledged he was also dealing with personal issues, including struggles with prescription medication, but maintained that those were not the primary reason for his departure.
Dane rose to prominence as Dr. Mark Sloan—nicknamed “McSteamy”—before later taking on a major role in HBO’s Euphoria. He died on February 19 at age 53, nearly a year after revealing he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease.
In the months leading up to his death, Dane became an advocate for ALS awareness, using his platform to speak openly about the condition.
His family later said he passed “following a courageous battle with ALS,” surrounded by loved ones.
