WILL And Grace bosses have admitted the past 12 months was not “easy” as rumors continue to suggest a feud between stars Debra Messing and Megan Mullaly.
As the 61-year-old actress who plays Karen Walker in the hit NBC sitcom, missed a Zoom chat with the cast on Sirius XM amid rumors of a nasty feud with Debra, show bosses acknowledged something “happened on the set this year” but that they will always focus on the work.
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David Kohan and Max Mutchnick told Entertainment Weekly: “It’s just about the work. And so if we stay true to that, then we just keep you guys out of whatever happened on the set this year because it would have done nothing but get in the way of the stories that we wanted to tell.
Max, 54, added: “It was not an easy year, but the permanent legacy of the show is much more important to us than any temporary squabble that would take place on the stage.”
The sitcom was revived almost a decade after its last episode for its 11th and final series this year.
Megan didn’t appear in two of this year’s episodes, and fans noticed that she had stopped following Debra and her other co-stars on social media.
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Her decision not to appear with the cast at the interview led to further speculation.
She appeared to talk about her rumored ongoing feud with Debra in a podcast with husband Nick Offerman back in January.
Megan first said: “I’ve been bullied – I’m 60 and I’m being bullied right now, so you know it’s a very insidious and dangerous thing and I never want to lose that happy and innocent part of myself but it’s almost like you have to kill that.
“But I never will, it’s part of who I am, it’s intrinsic to my nature.”
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She also seemed to explain why she doesn’t follow her other costars on social media or why she doesn’t interact with the cast.
She explained: “I’m pretty much on my own in this situation because the bully has recruited many of my allies to their side and now they’re not my allies anymore.”