‘Gilmore Girls’ Costumer Reveals ‘Legally Blonde’ Easter Egg Fans Might’ve Missed on Season 4

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Seeing pink? Former Gilmore Girls set costumer Valerie Campbell is going viral for revealing which Legally Blonde easter egg was intentional — and more movie connections.“I think that was an easter egg you were meant to know when you watched Gilmore Girls the first time around,” Campbell said in a TikTok revelations clip, referring to a memorable prop used during a season 4 episode of Gilmore Girls.On the show, Kirk (Sean Gunn) gets stopped by Luke (Scott Patterson) when he walks into Luke’s Diner carrying a pink and white polka dot handbag big enough for a dog.“It’s not a purse!” Kirk yells at Luke while holding the bag over his shoulder. “It’s a dog carrier.

My girlfriend [has] gone out of town with some friends and I’m watching Buster for her.”While the scene itself is memorable to some, it’s the bag that stands out to fans of Legally Blonde.

In the 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) carries the same handbag to tote her pup, Bruiser Woods, around Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

amid her high-powered career as an attorney.“That bag was so iconic in that movie that there is no way we just randomly used it,” Campbell, who worked as the set costumer on the WB series from 2001 to 2007, noted in her TikTok.She further explained that every prop had to get approved by the show’s creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, to be used on set.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Since Elle in Legally Blonde 2 was such a fashion icon and that moment was very iconic, there is no chance that was just randomly used,” Campbell concluded, noting the season 4 episode aired from 2003 to 2004, so it was at the same time as the movie was in theaters.The former Gilmore Girls