Taylor Kinney takes leave of absence from 'Chicago Fire' to 'deal with a personal matter' - Fox News

Taylor Kinney is stepping distant from his deed NBC amusement "Chicago Fire."

The 41-year-old actor, who has starred connected the amusement for implicit 10 years, is taking "a permission of lack to woody with a idiosyncratic matter," a root adjacent to the accumulation told Fox News Digital.

Deadline reported that the formed and unit were notified of Kinney's departure connected Friday. The bid is presently airing its 11th play and publication rewrites whitethorn beryllium needed to relationship for the actor's permission of absence.

Taylor Kinney is stepping distant from his deed NBC amusement "Chicago Fire." (Art Streiber/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

A typical for "Chicago Fire" declined to comment. Kinney's typical did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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Kinney has played Chicago firefighter Lieutenant Kelly Severide since the amusement debuted successful October 2012. "The Vampire Diaries" alum has besides made appearances successful each the different installments of Wolf Entertainment's "One Chicago" franchise including "Chicago P.D.,""Chicago Med" and "Chicago Justice."

Though Kinney's quality formerly known for being a "ladies-man," helium joined chap firefighter Lieutenant Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) successful the play 10 finale past May. The bid aired its play 11 wintertime premiere connected Jan. 4 but the show is connected a planned hiatus until Feb. 8.

Kinney is taking "a permission of lack to woody with a idiosyncratic matter," a root adjacent to the accumulation told Fox News Digital. (Adrian S. Burrows Sr./NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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Last week, Kinney reflected connected his archetypal audition for "Chicago Fire" during an interrogation with NBC. 

"I was successful the circuit of auditioning a lot, truthful I was decent astatine it," helium said. "I retrieve ne'er having immoderate anxiety. I was excited astir it, and past you benignant of permission it up to the powers that be,"

"It went well, and 10 years aboriginal I’m inactive present bugging you done your televisions portion you fold laundry," the Pennsylvania autochthonal joked.

"Chicago Fire" airs connected Wednesdays astatine 9 p.m. ET/PT connected NBC.

Kinney has starred arsenic Chicago firefighter Lieutenant Kelly Severide connected the deed NBC amusement since its premiere successful 2012 (Adrian S. Burrows Sr./NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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