why?

He wasn't kicked off, he left to focus on movies, he shoulda stuck with OTH, I've seen his movies, it was a bad choice if you ask me.

He wanted more money. They wouldn't do it. So he left cause he sucks.

Never trust a heart that is so bent it can’t break.

Everything is speculation. Nobody knows for sure why he and Hil left.

A lot of people are saying its over money, but nothing has been confirmed yet. Personally I think he left because he wanted to move on to other things. The show sucks now anyways, so he made the right decision to leave.

I think it's stupid he left.. whether he wanted to move on and focus on movies or just because he wanted more money..

According to the reports he said he "They're not bringing me back next year ... because they want to save money" but other places he has said he does want to focus on his movie career as well.

I think hes screwed personally, he wasn't worth the money in my mind, the show became bigger than he was, cut out the weak I say, but Hilary was not weak, she had a lot of force in the story lines and effected a lot of lives (Mia, Haley) Lucas didnt do much after season 5

ohhh! I don't watch OTH anymore!