Mindy Cohn claims ‘greedy’ co-star ruined ‘Facts of Life’ revival: ‘There was drama’

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SiriusXM’s “Jeff Lewis Live” in a clip released Wednesday that TV legend Norman Lear approached the foursome about a revival after the success of the 2021 “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” special, where stars like Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union and Kathryn Hahn acted out scenes from “The Facts of Life.”Cohn, Whelchel, 61, and Fields, 55, made cameos in the special.

McKeon, 58, did not participate.“He called all of us and said, ‘I knew you guys were still popular, but holy hell,’ ” Cohn recalled Lear — who died at 101 this past December — saying of the special.“We had never really talked about it, but we all started to consider it a little bit,” Cohn said of a reboot. “We got into talks.

We hired a writer, and the four of us got together on Zooms — this was during COVID — and we had meetings with Norman about it.”Cohn, who played Natalie Green on the sitcom, said the plans for the revival fell apart.“What happened was not cute,” she said. “There was drama.”Cohn explained: “One of the girls … went behind our backs and tried to make a separate deal for a spinoff just for herself and devastated the rest of us.” “I’m just saying … For a 40-year friendship and sisterhood, there was a tidal wave of emotion around it,” the actress added.Cohn wouldn’t reveal which cast member ruined the rival — but she did refer to her as a “greedy bitch.” When asked if the cast still talks to the unnamed cast member, Cohn replied, “We didn’t for a while.

Now we do-ish. It was an ouch.”She also said there’s “no desire to ever work together” and that the revival is “very dead.”“A couple of people can’t move past it, don’t want to move past it,” Cohn explained. “We are not as united, let me put it that way.