Antoinette "Toni" Childs-Garrett, played by Jill Marie Jones, walked so Insecure's Molly Carter could run. Jones' character on Girlfriends gave young black women their first glimpse of a luxurious mindset. Toni, a real estate agent who later opens her own brokerage on the show, lives her life fabulously — some may even say she lives above her means per her mention of renting her luxury car in the first season. However, we last see of Toni settling her custody battle against her ex-husband Todd and exiting the courthouse after Joan arrives late to her hearing.
For those who haven't received closure about Girlfriends' end, there are even more questions about why Jones left the show after the sixth season. Jones told Essence (via Distractify) that she left the series because her contract ended and she did not want to renew it because she wanted to pursue other opportunities at the time. "I left because I wanted to do movies," Jones said. My contract was up after my sixth season and people forget that just like the network can choose whether or not to renew your contract, I can also choose and evaluate whether or not I want to come back."
She also mentioned that the reasoning behind her departure had nothing to do with finances. "There's so much more I want to do in my career and so much more I want to know and learn," she explained, "but my departure definitely had nothing to do with money."
