Lucas Bravo says her Emily in Paris character “slowly turned into guacamole”

It sounds like Lucas Bravo, who plays Emily is in Paris Love interest Gabrielle, really Wants to break up with his character. His recent comments about how upset he is with the show that “started it all for me”—a show, mind you, that you're still supposedly cast in—are just as if he's taken them out of their “It's not me, it's you.” Speech from the show.

“'Sexy Chef' was very much a part of me in the first season and we grew apart season after season because of her choices and the direction they gave her. I've never been that far from her,” the actor said. recently said Indiewire. “In the first season, there was a lot of me in him. But because they made him completely unaware of his surroundings, in motion, always the victim and always completely lost in translation and being manipulated by everyone around him, it wasn't fun for me to shoot. Or to see a character that I love so much and brought me so much, slowly turning into guacamole.”

It's clear that this guy just wants to cook both on- and off-screen. (He somewhat confusingly compared the show's stagnation to “too many souffles.”) But he says the producers won't let him. “I tried to bring nuance to the season but we don't have much freedom on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to live up to it,” he said, explaining that he was considering not renewing his contract for a fifth season.

At this rate, it doesn't look like he'll be asked back regardless. Bravo has been on a real tear lately, telling the French outlet Le Figaro (via New York Post) Last week that show “doesn't excite me” and he “doesn't want to be part of a cog that doesn't tend to take the intelligence of the audience into account.” Somehow, the actor seems to have missed this incident Emily is in Paris and no the sopranosBut this writer can't blame him for shooting for the stars.

Not even an endorsement (and a vague threat to “fight hard” to keep Emily away from Rome). From French President Emmanuel Macron Bravo thinks the show's respectability will increase. In fact, it only seemed to lower his opinion of his colleagues. “I think we have to put things in context,” he said (incredibly missing his own inability to do the same on the show itself). “The president also does videos with Instagrammers and YouTubers… I'm being very analytical about it when the whole party Emily is in Paris 'Wow!' It was like… but I think we shouldn't read too much into it other than what it brings to the table.”

Like any good soon-to-be ex, Bravo ended his speech with a promise that if the show could change everything about itself, the relationship could be okay. “I love the show… I love the show and the people in it. Having said that, I feel like I'm not beautiful or grateful, but when you love something you want to be it… you want the best version of it,” she said. “I'm not going to lie, I'm disappointed with the direction my character is taking. We'll see where the show goes.”