So long, Jersey.
She was a member of the original cast of “Jersey Shore,” and after plenty of drama during one and a half seasons she said goodbye. During an interview with “Hollywood Life,” she admitted that she regretted leaving the show, but that her departure allowed her to pursue a career helping others. She now works as an EMT for the New York fire department.
During 2018 and 2019 she found some time in her busy schedule to make an appearance on “Jersey Shore Family Vacation.” She’s also planning to return as a member in the upcoming season. We hope she isn’t taking too much time away from her important job to do that.
Lisa Whelchel
Living the facts of life.
She starred as main character Blair Warner on “The Facts of Life” from 1979 to 1988, but once the show was over, Lisa Whelchel decided the spotlight wasn't for her. She got married a few months after the show ended to Steven Cauble, and made the move from entertainer to stay-at-home mom, wife, and author.
She's now written more than ten books and has also founded the MomTime Ministries. She's taken a few acting jobs over the last few years, though they have mostly been in TV movies. She also serves as a speaker and a life coach. She was also in, of all things, “Survivor: Philippines.”
Erik Estrada
Though this seasoned actor has almost a hundred and fifty credits to his name, being on the screen is far from his only focus.
After famously appearing as Officer Frank Poncherello in “ChiPs,” it left him wanting a lot more. Well, life imitated art in July of 2015 when Estrada became a sworn-in member of the police reserve force in St. Anthony, Idaho.
Since being sworn in, Estrada has helped the department get a police dog, and also works to protect children from online predators. He has also previously served as a reserve officer in Muncie, Indiana. Is he going to hit all of the states that begin with an I?
Macaulay Culkin
Home alone, recording a podcast.
It will be impossible for Culkin to separate himself from his child acting roles. His biggest appearance was as Kevin McCallister in the “Home Alone” movies, and he also appeared in “My Girl” and “Richie Rich.” His acting days are, for the most part, over, but he's still an entertaining guy.
He runs the satirical lifestyle blog Bunny ears, which also runs a weekly podcast hosted by Culkin (he's credited as “Mack” Culkin) and, until just the past year, his friend Matt Cohen. He isn't interested in getting back into acting, but you can't take the entertainer out of him.
Angus T. Jones
Two and a half men at church.
For more than a decade, Angus T. Jones starred on “Two and a Half Men” as Jake Harper, Jon Cryer's son. We're sure you've heard of the show — it was one of the most popular sitcoms ever. In 2012, Jones found faith, becoming baptized, and left the show, making only a few appearances until the show ended in 2015.
He went to college at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and in a 2016 interview with “People,” he said that he was working as the president of Tonite, an events company founded by the son of Sean “Diddy” Combs, Justin.