Will & Grace stars Debra Messing and Megan Mullally’s rumored feud gets addressed by show creators: ‘We try to keep you guys out of what happened’
Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick have added fuel to the rumours the co-stars Debra Messing, 51, and Megan Mullally, 61, have harbored a secret feud with each other.
Kohan and Mutchnick were asked about the alleged clash in a recent Q&A interview with Entertainment Weekly and, well, they didn’t exactly deny it. Instead, they hinted that they worked around any such tension.
“We always work under this kind of motto that everything’s about the work,” Mutchnick, 54, told EW, when asked directly about rumours of a feud, after Mullally stepped away from the show for a couple of episodes.
Hot Messing: Will & Grace stars Megan Mullally and Debra Messing are rumoured to have had a long-running feud on set
“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.”
He expanded, “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.”
Mutchnick also referred to Messing’s contract as a “pain in the ass” as it stipulated she had to be done with the show by Christmas – however, this meant that they avoided any delays due to the entertainment industry shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Banded together: Messing’s character Grace and Mullally’s character Karen were featured prominently together in the original series that aired on NBC from 1998 to 2006.
Had enough? Mullally was absent from a few of the final Will & Grace episodes
He laughed: “Thank God Debra had it in her contract that we had to be done by Christmas. I finally found the silver lining in that really pain-in-the-ass clause.”
Mullally, 61, was noticeably absent from two of the episodes this season prompting rumours of a long-running feud between her and Messing.”
Erick McCormack, 57, – who plays titular character Will – previously denied the claims to UsWeekly saying: “It seems crazy. It is crazy! I think people worried about that entirely too much. The four of us get along like a house on fire. We always have.”
The legendary and groundbreaking show finished its 18-episode final season with its series finale on Thursday. Messing’s character Grace and Mullally’s character Karen were featured prominently together in the original series that aired on NBC from 1998 to 2006.
Thank you and goodnight! The legendary and groundbreaking show finished its 18-episode final season with its series finale on Thursday.
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