Jenna Dewan talks absence from The Rookie Season 7, teases her return

Jenna Dewan.
Disney/Gizelle HernandezJenna Dewan Finally solved the problem of her absence rookie.
On Tuesday, January 21, Dewan, 44, shared a photo of herself and 7-month-old daughter Rhiannon on Instagram ahead of the latest episode airing, along with a post mentioning her maternity leave.
“Someone was being born,” she wrote of those first months rookie Season seven is already in production. “But keep watching…”
“The Rookie” premiered in 2018 and tells the story of police officers in a Los Angeles precinct. Her character, Bailey Noone, has been deployed overseas with the National Guard during DeWine’s absence. showrunner Alexi Hawley It was previously confirmed that Bailey would return at the end of episode three.
“Jenna is about to have a baby in real life, so we have to address that right from the start [season 7],” Hawley told TV Insider May 2024. [into] But yeah, look, especially in adoption stories, they do lead dangerous lives. Her ex-husband is going to have a slash stalker. How this affects them personally will be worth exploring.

Bailey’s ex-husband Jason – played by Dewan’s real-life fiancé and Rhiannon’s father Steve Katz — Appeared in the Season 6 finale as Bailey and Nolan (Nathan Fillion) started talking about adopting a baby. According to Hawley, Jason will be the protagonists’ “most immediate problem.”
“I think it’s clear that Jason is the person who has the most specific, harmful intentions toward anyone on our show right now,” he added.
Meanwhile, Fillion hinted that Nolan and Bailey will be “stable” when she returns.
“Like all relationships, there are going to be complications and problems in their relationship,” he told TV Insider at the time. “I think that’s the reality. But I don’t think it drives a wedge between them. I think it’s something that brings them closer.

In addition to Rhiannon, Dewan and Kazee, 49, also have son Callum, who was born in 2020. Channing Tatum.
“It’s always a journey. It never ends,” DeWine told Jumpsuit In January 2024, she told how she and Tatum, 44, co-parent their children. “You just learn as you go and get better at certain things, and for me, Evie is always my priority. I just always put her first. That’s how I’ve been able to handle all the hard stuff. method.
After getting engaged to Kazee in 2020, Dewan explained why they haven’t gotten married yet, telling Us in June 2023, “My family is like, ‘When, guys, when?’ We’ll get there There. I promise, we’ll get there. We at least know the location, so we’ve got it. [a] Go one step further. But honestly, it was just too busy. Life is busy and so is work.
rookie Airs Tuesday at 10pm ET on ABC.