Thomas Gibson Shares His Side of the Story on the Kick That Got Him Fired From Criminal Minds - and What's Next for Him

22 September 2016 5:45 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Thomas Gibson is finally speaking out about the physical altercation that got him fired off Criminal Minds. "I feel like it took years to make a good reputation and a minute to damage it," the TV veteran, 54, says in the current issue of People. Gibson says he was filming the second episode of the upcoming twelfth season of his hit CBS drama on July 26 when tensions flared between him and writer-producer Virgil Williams."We were shooting a scene late one night when I went to Virgil and told him there was a line that I thought contradicted an earlier line, »

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