The Real Reason Joe Left Blue's Clues

Why did Joe, AKA Donovan Patton, leave Blue's Clues? We don't need any paw print clues to know the answer; it's actually quite simple: the series ended. 

After Joe's 50 episodes, Blue's Clues was cancelled in 2006. Whether it was because times were changing (maybe Dora The Explorer was stealing those pint-sized viewers) or Joe really wasn't cutting it, Nickelodeon gave the show the chop. That is, until Blue's Clues & You!, a reboot show, premiered with a new host, Joshua Dela Cruz, in 2019 to strong ratings. Now, Joe is sadly the middle child of Blue's Clues' human counterparts ... but he is focused on being a father himself. Plus he has an impressive resume of small roles and voice work and appreciates the impact he had. 

"I don't think I still fully grasp the enormity of all of that," Patton told LiveAbout. "Just because you know now I'm seeing it as a parent really." He added, "When you make somebody's kids happy it's just, I don't know. I used to call it the sucker punch ... There's nothing in the world like seeing your kids happy and that there's something that they enjoy. I also see the educational aspects of it too, because my daughter watches it. And I actually prefer when she watches the Steve episodes." Ha! 

Donovan Patton continued, "But she likes them both ... she'll say 'that's Dada's show', but she doesn't call me Joe or anything."

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