While Grace Park left Hawaii Five-0 as Kono Kalakaua in 2017, many fans are still wondering what happened to the popular actress.
Here is a look at why Park left the show and what happened to Kono.
Grace Park and Hawaii Five-0
Grace Park left Hawaii Five-0 in 2017 for one big reason and it was unfortunate.
Both Grace Park and Daniel Dae-Kim were main cast members on Hawaii Five-0 and were very popular. However, they looked at getting pay raises to put them on the same level as their white male co-stars and reportedly did not get them.
The final offer from CBS was reportedly 10-15 percent less than Scott Caan and Alex O’Loughlin.
As a result, both actors left the series.
Grace told TV Line, “there were a number of factors spanning the show that affected the non-renewal of my contract…[I’m] grateful for the lessons learned…[but I did] what was best for my integrity.”
This was all about equality in pay for minorities and females on television and when they were shown they were not worth as much as their male white co-stars, they both chose to leave the show.
What happened to Kono on Hawaii Five-0?
That is what happened to Grace Park, but what happened to Kono on Hawaii Five-0? What was the storyline that wrote her off the show?
Kono was a member of the Hawaii Five-0 task force and was an expert sniper. She was one of their most important members.
While Grace Park left the show amidst controversy, Kono left as a true hero. Kono chose to leave the Hawaii Five-0 task force to head out to stop a sex trafficking ring that was taking place around the United States.
The last time that Kono was seen was on a plane headed off on her new life’s mission.
Hawaii Five-0 airs on Friday nights on CBS at 8/7c.
uuuh so how is unemployment workin out fo yall ?
Grace is in a show called either “This Is Us” or “A Million Little Things” I’m not sure which or if these shows are continuing I know one day I was channel surfing and tuned in a bit just because I saw her lol she’s one of my favorites. Also, it’s better to leave a workplace due to discomfort, stress, or the real point– Racism and other hate than make money and feel less than as a person.
A million little things
They both had jobs right after their departures and are still working today after 5-0 has been completed. So, definitely employed…..
A big hole in the plot-point that wrote Kono out of the series is how it totally disregarded how deeply Kono and Adam were in love. I understand that we all have to follow our destinies, but Kono flat-out abandoned her husband to run off to the mainland for her new career-course. She left behind a husband who adored her, a super-expensive Oahu home which she presumably co-owned with Adam, a fabulous once-in-a-lifetime career on Hawaii 5-0, ( as did the actress who played her, Grace Park ) and apparently, most of her Earthly possessions. No, no, writing Kono out of the series was handled quite deplorably and unsatisfactorily. The show went on for another three seasons during which absolutely no one in Hawaii- not even her own husband-ever heard a peep from her ever again. Not even a PHONE CALL. ( and same for Chin-Ho Kelly ) This is probably a case of the writers and producers slighting their characters on purpose to make a deliberate point about the actors’ “defections”, but it has resulted in a nasty taste being left in the mouths of ‘Hawaii 5-0’s diehard fan-base who feel that these two great characters needed to be written out with a great deal more forethought and intelligence.
CBS screwed UP when they got rid of Grace Park, rascist MoFo’s, l quit watching 5-0, after that incident ‼️?‼️?‼️?