It turns out that Alyson Court had a good reason for leaving "The Big Comfy Couch." In an interview with E! News, she opened up about her time on the show and revealed that it was a pretty stressful work environment, since the show wanted control of her image, both on screen and off. While Court said that she understood that "it's a kids' property and you don't want someone to take the wrong photo at the wrong time," she was only in her early 20s at the time and frustrated by the restrictions placed on her.
"I was finding it was very oppressive because I'd never experienced that kind of control before," she said. "So, I was like, 'I can't do this anymore. I need to go.'"
Everyone thought that was the end of the show, but Court explained that she was ready to revisit "The Big Comfy Couch" for what would be her last season because she was older. "I was married by this point, and pregnant," she said. "So, I was a responsible adult." As a result, there was a big gap between Season 5 of the show, which aired in 1996, and Season 6, which aired in 2002. Per PopCrush, she left the show for good in 2003 to raise her son, and Ramona Gilmour-Darling took over the role of Loonette the Clown for the final episodes of "The Big Comfy Couch."
