{"id":2548,"date":"2025-04-08T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:38:22","slug":"cote-de-pablo-breaks-down-in-interview-i-never-thought-id-come-back-but-i-did-it-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2548","title":{"rendered":"Cote de Pablo Breaks Down in Interview: &#8220;I never thought I\u2019d come back\u2026 but I did it for them."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her comeback wasn\u2019t just a decision made by the writers \u2014 it was personal. Cote admitted that stepping away from NCIS was one of the hardest choices of her life, but the love she continued to receive from viewers made her feel like she had unfinished business. \u201cThe letters, the messages\u2026 they meant everything,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744119456430-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744119456430-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744119456430-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744119456430.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The actress hinted that her return could be more than just a cameo. \u201cThere\u2019s always a part of Ziva in me,\u201d she said, sparking hope for future appearances. For many, Ziva\u2019s strength and resilience mirror their own, and Cote\u2019s words only deepened the connection. Fans across the world are now sharing memories and begging for her full-time return \u2014 and this time, they might just get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her comeback wasn\u2019t just a decision made by the writers \u2014 it was personal. Cote admitted that stepping away from NCIS was one of the hardest choices&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2550,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions\/2550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}