The official reason listed by the CW for having to write her off in a hurry is the budget. According to statements by both Kripke and Jensen at conventions though, it had more to do with the hate mail the show was getting (not over her being badly written, but the usual "keep that slut away from our boys!" mail they get anytime a female character is introduced into the show) combined with the amount of death threats the actress was getting from fans. (Sadly, all female actresses that appear on the show get a scary amount of death threats and hate mail, at least in the first 7 seasons. Or so has been mentioned in interviews and conventions. And I haven't heard about that problem regarding Felicia Day, the woman who plays Jody or the woman who plays Donna.)
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The official reason listed by the CW for having to write her off in a hurry is the budget. According to statements by both Kripke and Jensen at conventions though, it had more to do with the hate mail the show was getting (not over her being badly written, but the usual "keep that slut away from our boys!" mail they get anytime a female character is introduced into the show) combined with the amount of death threats the actress was getting from fans. (Sadly, all female actresses that appear on the show get a scary amount of death threats and hate mail, at least in the first 7 seasons. Or so has been mentioned in interviews and conventions. And I haven't heard about that problem regarding Felicia Day, the woman who plays Jody or the woman who plays Donna.)