Editor’s note: The below interview contains spoilers for the Furious Season 1 finale.

Hulu’s new crime thriller Furious from creator Liz Meriwether is certainly rooted in darkness based on its very premise, but there have been welcome elements of levity — and even romance — as the cat-and-mouse chase between fledgling serial killer Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew) and FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) ramps up. While Alice begins the series grappling with lingering trauma from an abusive relationship in her past, one character who’s immediately framed as both a supportive friend and investigative ally is NYPD detective Danny Kelly (Scoot McNairy).

Despite the very mutual interest between them, there are a lot of personal and professional obstacles that initially interfere with the possibility of Alice and Danny taking their relationship to the next level, but as the two work together to solve the season’s biggest mystery, they slowly reach a place of new understanding. There’s no telling what the future has in store for their romance, especially since Alice is holding onto a particularly dark secret regarding her hand in Jay Easton’s (Peter McRobbie) death, but Furious‘ Season 2 renewal establishes a possible crossroads where Alice will ultimately have to choose between her newly achieved happiness and a possible vengeance mission.

Before the finale’s premiere, Collider spoke with McNairy about cracking the code on Danny’s biggest defense mechanism, why he was excited to flip the script on the “toxic” male detective trope, the parallels between Season 1’s two shower scenes (and what they mean for Alice and Danny’s overall dynamic), how Danny would react to the Furious finale’s most shocking twist, and more.

COLLIDER: What was your journey to becoming involved with Furious and being cast as Danny?

SCOOT MCNAIRY: Liz [Meriwether] reached out to me first. It wasn’t a big process. I’ve been watching Forensic Files for 20 years, and I went on the whole COVID binge of crime novels and crime documentaries, so I was really wanting to explore this world. But Liz is an incredible writer, and I was well aware of her beforehand. I got a call that she was doing a show about a homicide detective and a murder set in New York, and I read the script, but I was like, “Sign me up. I’m in. I want to work with her. I want to work with this writer.” I think she’s incredible.

There’s more detail about Danny spooled out over the season, like his son and the situation between them. When did you learn about that facet of the character, and how did that better inform who Danny was for you?

MCNAIRY: Liz did a phenomenal job at piling everything she could on top of this character. He’s going through a divorce, he’s in financial trouble, he’s got to put his kid into care, and everybody at work hates him. And now, the one person in his life isn’t being honest with him. I mean, he just has nothing. A lot of what came from that is that when so much stuff is piled on top of somebody, I started to embrace this facade that Danny doesn’t care about anything. Like, “Fuck that. Who cares? Who gives a shit? Fuck him. Eat a dick. Screw you.” It’s got this cadence to it that he doesn’t care, and really, what it is is a protective shield, as well as his humor, to keep everyone away, or from knowing what he’s dealing with.

That’s what makes Alice and his relationship so strong. These two know each other’s flaws and the worst things about them, and they still love each other and care for each other and accept each other, regardless of all the shit that comes with them. That part, the relationship between Alice and Danny, is what helped to define Danny’s character for me, as well as those things that Liz told me.

She gave me a huge hole to have to crawl out of, with nowhere really to crawl out of. I love that this relationship is not defined through the characters, Alice and Danny, but it’s also not defined to the viewer. They’re getting to understand and uncover this slowly, in pieces. Liz just did an incredible job at satelliting these themes with the shower, and through all that, you see that Danny is rock-solid. He’s the same, no matter what. All those things are what helped me, but I’ll be honest, Liz teed it all up on a silver platter for me. All I had to do was read it. She writes, and she puts this stuff on the page somehow. You can see it. You don’t have to uncover it or excavate it.

Scoot McNairy Explains His Approach To Those Parallel Shower Scenes in ‘Furious’

“He does become caretaker at that point.”

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There are so many aspects of Danny’s life that feel messy, to your point, but at the same time, he presents as almost a safe space for Alice. The first time Danny hears from Alice’s sister about why she has so much post-traumatic stress wrapped up in taking a shower, he offers to just sit in the bathroom with her, and that’s paralleled in the finale. How did you and Emmy want to approach those scenes, which are inherently intimate without being sexual? They’re simple moments, but there’s so much at play, as well.

MCNAIRY: I think you just said it: Simple. Don’t overthink it. But for me, I think the payoff of that scene is the scene before it, with the sister, because what you’re seeing is a moment for Danny to make a discovery. He’s just pleaded to himself that, “Nobody at the department likes me. You don’t know what this is like. I’m telling you something about myself, so this is when you tell me something about yourself.” When the sister tells him that, that is a massive discovery for Danny. “Something’s going on with my partner, my friend, and she’s not telling me about it. This has never happened before. Something’s really, really, really wrong, and what she needs right now is a friend. That’s all she needs.”

That moment is a payoff to the discovery that he needs to make his character transition. He does become caretaker at that point. What I love that Liz has done is taken societal norms and flipped them. Women in society are seen as caregivers, but yet Danny is the caregiver in this. All those juxtapositions and taking norms and turning them upside down has been what’s been really fun — to be a part of a show like this and also to play a character that’s not a toxic masculine detective. To play a sensitive, caring, vulnerable human being that does the job of a detective. Those are roles that don’t get written like that, so I got really lucky that this thing came to me.

The season really builds up to everything that’s going on with the drive and what’s on it, and it comes into Danny’s possession via Steve [Way]’s character, Alden. Danny isn’t sure what to do with the drive, but he takes it to Alice and admits that she’s on it. He also tells her that he loves her, but confesses he can’t get the sight of her in the video out of his head.

MCNAIRY: I think that’s another incredible defining moment of him giving the control back to her, and saying, “I’m not going to control this part of your life, but I can control my part of my life. My part of my life is: Here’s the drive. You do what you will with it. I’m done. I’m out. I don’t want to be a part of this anymore. I just want to be a part of you.” We’re trying to define this relationship the entire season, and I think at the very end, he’s saying, “Let’s define it. Let’s define this.”

Going back to Liz turning things on their heel — when Jake’s character [Marshall] says, “I can’t stand people in a wheelchair. Freaks me out.” He ends up in a wheelchair in the end. It’s peppered all over the whole thing, just really, really incredible TV moments that she’s kind of flipped. Liz did — I’m sorry I keep going back to Liz — a really great job at showing this really intricate, difficult detective crime thriller. It’s hard to do, and I’m just in awe and impressed by it.

Scoot McNairy Has 1 Big Memory From Filming That ‘Furious’ Finale Beach Scene

“When I say freezing, I mean it was freezing.”

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I wanted to talk about those scenes between Alice and Danny on the beach and in the condo. I’ve got to be honest: Danny saying they don’t have to do anything? Probably one of the hottest things that he could say in the moment. There’s also the fact that he submits to letting her undress him. He even says, “I can’t get rough with you,” because he knows that she’s had those experiences with other men. How did you and Emmy want to approach that subversion of roles, like you said, where Danny’s letting Alice dictate the pace of their intimacy?

MCNAIRY: It was freezing that day on the beach. When I say freezing, I mean it was freezing. So when you’re asking, what do you remember? [Laughs] I remember trying to get warm. We literally had to take off our coats, run over there, stand in the sand, do the thing, and that’s normal, but it was cold. It was really nice to get it moving to the condo. It’s just so much warmer.

There were some conversations about blocking. I think it was more so with [director] Cory [Finley] and Emmy and me trying to figure out, like, what’s the best place for this scene? We started out with a bar in between us, and I just remember being like, “This doesn’t feel right. This is a moment of connecting, and there’s something in between us.” Other than that, we wanted to keep it simple. Knowing how much you’ve already shot in the relationship that you have, and from being at work for three months, there usually doesn’t need to be a lot of discussion because you’ve already got yourself there as the actor. You kind of know or feel it.

If anything, what it’s showing is, “I walk. I don’t run. I’m a rock. I’m steady. I’m the same guy you’ve known. I don’t waver.” The shower scene in the finale stands for that. To me, it shows that this guy is the same. He doesn’t change. He has his ways, and he sticks to them. What Alice needs in her life right now is stability. What it’s showing is, “Okay, well, take it or leave it, but it’s right there. Here’s somebody who’s stable, who loves you, and cares about you, who is going to show up for you. It’s in your ballpark now. You make the move. You tell me what you want.”

The finale ends with that big reveal of what really happened between Alice and Jay Easton, which could potentially hang over another season. What do you think Danny’s reaction would be if he found out?

MCNAIRY: I think everybody has a line. It may be way up there. You could murder a thousand people, and okay, that’s not crossing the line, but the point is that everybody has one. I would imagine that he’s going to have that line crossed, and we’re going to have to see how that unfolds. I would gamble. But yeah, Danny has a line, 100%. He has a line he won’t cross for anybody. I don’t know what that is yet, but I’m sure Liz does.

All episodes of Furious Season 1 are now streaming on Hulu.

Could Ryan Reynolds be jumping ship? Before he became Deadpool, the Marvel star played Hal Jordan in the 2011 feature Green Lantern. Unfortunately, the feature was poorly received and has since been widely regarded as one of the worst superhero films of all time. But recently, he hinted at a possible return to the DC franchise, and no, not as a passing joke. Green Lantern is a 2011 superhero film that tells the origin story of Hal Jordan becoming Green Lantern and how he faced the villain Parallax. Alongside Reynolds, the feature also starred Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, and Tim Robbins.

​​​​​​Green Lantern made $237 million worldwide, but received a low 25% critic score and a 45% audience score. The film was so poorly received that it was later mocked during a post-credit scene in Deadpool 2, which sees Deadpool (also played by Reynolds) shoot Reynolds after receiving the Green Lantern script.

Despite the film’s now infamous status in his filmography, Reynolds is officially open to returning to the franchise. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Reynolds was asked if he would make a cameo appearance in the HBO Max series, Lanterns, starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre. In response, the actor said he would and that he “owed his entire career” to the Green Lantern movie. This is what he had to say:

“I would totally do a cameo in that. I love it. I mean, you know, I learned so much making that movie. And I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, ‘Oh, learned what not to do.’ In some, in part, yes, but also that any time you’re making something that large, there are core lessons that come of it, and I owe my entire career to that movie. I owe everything to that…Everything about it was like a gift that keeps on giving, and I really enjoyed the experience of making it.”

At the moment, it has yet to be confirmed whether Reynolds will actually make a cameo, since his character is not part of any DCU continuity, but a humorous exchange with James Gunn suggests there could be an opportunity in the future.

What Is ‘Lanterns’ About?

Lanterns is an HBO Max series starring Chandler and Pierre as Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart as they investigate a murder case in Rushville, Nebraska, that could be linked to extraterrestrial activity. As of writing, the show has released the first three episodes, with the most recent showcasing how John Stewart ended up working alongside Jordan. As of writing, Lanterns has been highly praised, with Season 1 currently sitting at a 92% critics score and a 79% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Michael John Petty gave Episode 1 of Lanterns an 8/10 in his review, praising the mystery the show has set up for the season, as well as the character dynamic between the two leads.

Lanterns and Green Lantern are available to stream on HBO Max. Stay tuned at Collider for more.

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The Bold and the Beautiful hot new spoilers for the next couple of months, including Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Katie Logan (Heather Tom) upping the stakes in their sister squabble.

Darcy Dylan (Kelly Sullivan) sticking around and clapping back really hard. And Will Spencer (Crew Morrow) soon gets in much deeper with Melissa Dylan (Sydney Bullock).

We’ll also be touching on Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood)’s trouble being far from over, including the double date from Hell coming soon. Plus, we’ll have more of Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) scheming, and we’ll tell you why.

Bold and the Beautiful: Katie Makes Big Moves

But first, let’s talk about Brooke versus Katie. So, right now, Dylan is the object of Katie’s scorn, but she and Brooke will be back to their battles on the fashion front very soon. Katie makes more moves in coming months that are going to really provoke Brooke. And in fact, Katie may go too far.

I’m really wondering if Zende Forrester (Delon de Metz) is going to end up over at Logan because of RJ Forrester (Brayan Nicoletti) excluding him from the Electra youth line. I also expect as much as Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and RJ have harped on keeping the youth line secret that it will come out and Logan will get the heads up and will steal their thunder again, but we’ll see.

Brooke also has a plot coming that’s all hers and it’s supposed to have significant consequences. Also, the money problems keep piling up for Forrester Creations and that could put Eric Forrester (John McCook) and Steffy’s legacy at risk and I’m sure Ridge and Steffy are going to want to blame all of this on Katie and Bill and their company Logan.

Spencers on a Mission on B&B

Plus, the Spencers are all locked in over at Logan working really hard. We’ll see lots more of them at Spencer Tower with Hope Logan (Annika Noelle), Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton), Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks), Will, and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) all taking care of business. Katie’s in the mix working hard, too, but half of her attention is on Will’s love life, which Katie is overly involved in.

Speaking of the Forresters, let’s talk about Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace). She and RJ are going to be hard at work on the new youth line that Ridge and Eric are hoping will pull Forrester Creations out of its slump and that they can also use it to get some revenge on Logan. We’ll also see RJ getting closer to Electra professionally because of this special project.

But we’ll see how far RJ gets personally because Electra still harbors very strong feelings for Will Spencer because he was her first love. And we are actually going to be meeting some of Electra’s family. So, these are the Forresters that live outside of LA, and it sounds like we may be meeting Electra’s parents.

Double Trouble on Bold and Beautiful

Now, let’s talk about a double date that sounds really regrettable. This all starts with the huge secret that Carter and Steffy are keeping from Finn Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) and Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) and everybody else. So, Ridge recently told Carter how much he disliked it when Carter was with Hope. So, imagine how unhappy Ridge is going to be to find out that Carter was with his daughter Steffy and that they were cheating.

That night together was a drunken mistake when both Carter and Steffy thought their marriages were over. Obviously, the secret is going to come out, but the question is when will it come out? Brad Bell said something kind of disturbing about the timeline and mentioned that we’ll see how it rolls out in the months and years to come.

With that long of a timeline, I’m leaning towards the theory that Carter got Steffy pregnant because why else would it last for years? So, we’ll see. Steffy is still desperate to clear her conscience and tell Finn the truth, but Carter has insisted that Steffy cannot do it because he knows Daphne will dump him and he will lose everything. So, with no idea his wife Steffy was in bed with Carter, we are soon going to see Finn setting up a double date dinner.

B&B Spoilers: Carter & Steffy Panic

So, it sounds like Finn is going to invite Carter and Daphne over to their place for dinner, and Steffy may try and discourage Finn, but she really can’t protest too much, or it’ll seem really suspicious. The same for Carter, because given Steffy and Daphne’s Los Angeles BFF status, them having dinner together seems like a natural couple thing to do.

But the official Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say the dinner is unforgettable. Maybe it’s about really good steaks or maybe it’s about cheaters awkwardness, but it sounds intriguing. I’m hoping for some high stakes drama and for Daphne to sense that something’s really off, especially after that locked door incident.

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Now, let’s talk about some romantic things. Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone) going to be getting a new man in his life, which is nice, but if Remy Pryce (Christian Weissmann) still in LA, I cannot imagine he will take it well if Deke is moving on with a new guy. And given how psycho Remy was with Electra, I think he would be twice as psycho about Deke. Now, let’s talk about Will’s love life.

So, this week, Katie is going hard against Dylan still, and she thinks the worst of her because she held things back from her mom. I tend to think that Darcy was kept in the dark about Dylan being homeless because she didn’t want her mom, Darcy, trying to send her money she didn’t have. Just like when Dylan refused Darcy handing her that envelope of money after telling her that all her credit cards were maxed out.

So, Dylan will explain herself and then Darcy’s going to end up at Will’s house on Friday and she’s chewing Katie a new one because she was ugly to Dylan right in front of Darcy. So, it looks like the answers Dylan gives are to Will’s satisfaction because official Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say that he is soon all in with Melissa Dylan. And the spoiler says specifically that Will pours everything into this new relationship with Dylan.

Katie Digs in Her Heels on Bold

And of course, Katie’s going to continue her opposition. She’s even more opposed now that she has met Darcy. So, Katie seeing red flags because Dylan kept things from her mom. But Darcy is going to read Katie for filth this week, saying that she is not better than them just because she’s rich and famous. And we’ll find out more of Dylan’s backstory now that her mom is in town.

And Bold and the Beautiful didn’t cast soap vet Kelly Sullivan for nothing. We are going to see Dylan’s mom staying in LA. She came intending to stay a few days, but Brad Bell says Darcy stays much longer. Meanwhile, we know that Katie is going to be keeping an eagle eye on both Dylan and Darcy as she continues to be mistrustful. But the showrunner teased Katie may warm up to Melissa Dylan and realize she’s not a threat to Will.

 Sheila Carter News on B&B

Now, let’s talk about Sheila. In coming weeks, official Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say she promises to turn over a new leaf with Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan). But we’ve seen Sheila being pretty nice with him despite the split. So, the spoiler’s kind of strange, but there are new spoilers saying that Sheila is doubling down and not just on Deacon. Sheila does want her ex-husband back.

She is also not done trying to get back into Finn and Steffy’s lives so she can be a real grandma to Hayes Forrester Finnegan (Bryan Garlick). On the Deacon front, what helps Sheila is that Deacon just can’t get past Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) rejecting his proposal. And bottom line, Deacon still really wants to marry Taylor. But given that she already rejected Deacon once, the question is, will she reject Deacon again if he tries to get that ring on her finger a second time?

Sheila Gets in Deacon’s Head on Bold and the Beautiful

Sheila pointed out Taylor married Ridge many times and that’s got Deacon thinking and he may use the Ridge thing to convince Taylor to accept his proposal because Deacon is having some second thoughts because he left Sheila with the idea in his mind that he was going to marry Taylor and that hasn’t manifested and Sheila accepted Deacon divorcing her to be with Taylor because she thought they were really serious.

But now that Taylor rejected Deacon’s proposal, Sheila’s having some second thoughts about maybe giving up on her marriage too fast because now she thinks Taylor isn’t worthy of Deacon after rejecting him. So, it looks good. I’m excited to see how all of this plays out, especially with the Darcy stuff and the Dylan stuff and the Brooke and Katie war.

“The View” is bringing back a familiar face to help kick off its landmark 30th season.

Following a month-long summer hiatus, former co-host Sherri Shepherd is set to return as a guest to the Hot Topics table, with current panelists Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin. 

Although Rosie O’Donnell recently hinted at her return alongside past colleagues, producers have confirmed that Shepherd is the first alumnus slated to make an official guest appearance. For now, there has yet to be an update on O’Donnell’s supposed return.

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Ahead of its September 8 season premiere, ABC announced that former co-host Shepherd will return to “The View” as a featured guest.

Shepherd, who served as a permanent co-host from 2007 until her departure in 2014, has frequently visited the show since her exit.  She has also openly spoken about her experience on the show about 12 years ago, once revealing that she had a tough experience with the founding host, Barbara Walters.

According to her, Walters even made her cry at one point. However, it was supposedly all in good intentions.  “She taught me how to find my voice,” Shepherd said of Walters, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. 

While fans are excited to see Shepherd’s return, excitement also intensified after O’Donnell stated on a podcast that she would gladly return to the panel alongside former colleagues. 

However, while O’Donnell expressed her willingness to participate, Shepherd remains the first former panelist officially confirmed by the network for the upcoming landmark season lineup.

Rosie O’Donnell Previously Spoke On Returning To ‘The View’ For Its Landmark 30th Season

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Before ABC finalized its initial premiere guest list, O’Donnell sparked online debate by confirming her intention to visit her former workplace during its anniversary milestone.

According to The Blast, O’Donnell addressed ongoing speculation regarding her connection to the talk show. The 64-year-old comedian confirmed that while she has no plans to step back into a full-time co-hosting role, she remains open to returning as a guest to help commemorate the series’ 30th anniversary:

“I will go on the 30th anniversary,” she stated plainly. 

New Reports Clarified That No Formal Invitation Was Issued For Rosie O’Donnell’s Return

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Following O’Donnell’s statements on a potential return, more reports surfaced, indicating that formal discussions were unconfirmed.

Production sources noted there were no concrete plans to bring the former panelist back to the show. Clarifying the claims, a representative for O’Donnell explained that while informal conversations had taken place, production had not extended an official booking.

“There was a mention of inviting some of the hosts back to ‘The View’… [but] there has not been a formal ask from the show at this time,” the source said, per The Blast.

Staffers Were Reportedly Reluctant To Invite Meghan McCain Back To ‘The View’

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Although multiple names came up for a potential return to the TV show, reports suggested that one particular former co-host, in the person of Meghan McCain, will likely not be receiving an invitation to participate in the milestone celebrations.

Sources claimed that producers and staff were hesitant to include McCain in any upcoming reunion plans. This was allegedly because McCain’s four-season tenure was defined by frequent on-air clashes before her departure in 2021.

Notably, McCain addressed the rumors and rejected any interest in returning to the daytime program.

She stated that her experience was a “very painful time” in her life both personally and professionally. She also revealed that she has “no desire or plans to ever return to the show,” per The Blast.

Other Co-Hosts Have Also Had Controversial Experiences On ‘The View’

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Like McCain, other “The View” co-hosts seemed to have different controversial experiences on the show. 

In July, an exchange occurred when “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” star Anson Mount visited “The View” to promote his series. As the 53-year-old actor greeted the panel, Behar pulled him into a full kiss on the lips.

While the studio audience laughed, social media users were far less amused, with many labeling the interaction “disgusting” and inappropriate for a daytime broadcast, as reported by The Blast.

Despite the backlash, the co-hosts played off the encounter with lighthearted jokes on air. Addressing the viral moment afterward, Mount also made a joke out of the situation, noting that he asked his wife not to divorce him, while also revealing that she found the situation hilarious.

Christine Taylor is looking back at her journey to The Brady Bunch.

“The one [audition note] that I got, and I was not a super heavy person, but they asked me to lose 10 pounds,” Taylor, 55, claimed on the Tuesday, September 1, episode of the “Office Ladies” podcast, acknowledging that it was “a very different time” in Hollywood that “would never happen today.”

Taylor famously portrayed eldest daughter Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel. (Maureen McCormick played Marcia in the original series, which preceded the two feature-length films.)

Going into her Brady audition, Taylor was admittedly receptive to the feedback.

“They wanted me to lose 10 pounds, but it didn’t matter. I was like, ‘I’ll lose 10 pounds,’” she stated. “Of course, I was embarrassed when that ask came my way … I wasn’t the only person that was asked to lose weight for a role back then. That was just how things went.”

According to Taylor, she started to regain her weight during production.

“The joke is, over the course of the movie, if you watch it very closely, I start to put 10 pounds back on, and you can see it,” she quipped, stifling a laugh. “I’ll come into a scene looking a little rounder, and then, like, I exit the scene looking a little thinner, just because of how they had to reshoot things. Over the course of the movie, I started to treat myself [and] non-fat frozen yogurt was the craze at the time, and that was my treat.”

Even so, Taylor was grateful for the opportunity as a major fan of the OG series.

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“I knew it, in my core, that there was nobody who could do it better,” she added. “It was so important for me to do it in a way that was not making fun because I loved it so much. I didn’t look at the shows and say, ‘This is ridiculous. This is so funny [and] this is how I’m going to parody this.’ I love it so much, I want it to be so pure and so genuine and so Maureen, and that is how I approached it.”

Taylor has previously been candid about her Brady Bunch tenure.

“I remember thinking I would have done this movie for free. Truly,” the actress exclusively told Us in 2023. “I would have paid them to be in the movie. But the desperation of my agents to get me that job, like, ‘Yes! Everyone is getting $2,500.’”

Taylor Frankie Paul is owning up to her mistakes!

News broke on Thursday, September 3, that the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 32, did indeed get engaged on her unaired season of The Bachelorette — and then hooked up with ex Dakota Mortensen after returning home from filming.

Taylor opened up about the incident with her Mormon Wives costars Jessi Draper, Mikayla Matthews and Mayci Neeley in a scene filmed for the show’s upcoming fifth season, an exclusive clip of which was shared by Hulu’s “Get Real” podcast on Thursday.

Later on Thursday, Taylor took to Instagram to share a screenshot from the scene alongside an audio of someone saying, “Yeah, listen… we f***ed up.”

“What my calls sounded like when I had to admit what I had done.. and then some. And when I say we, I mean me. By all means make your judgements now,” she captioned the post.

Taylor also teased that there may be a bigger revelation to come when Mormon Wives season 5 premieres on Hulu on Thursday, September 10.

“Yeah, listen, I’ll just say it now … the ‘spoiler’ released today wasn’t even the spoiler that’s yet to come,” she wrote over the screenshot.

Speaking to Jessi, Mikayla and Mayci in the scene from the upcoming season, Taylor confirmed that one of her Bachelorette suitors did “get down on one knee and propose.”

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“[I said,] ‘Yes.’ Yes, I did [get engaged],” she said. “Then, I come home. Obviously [me and ex Dakota] were texting. ‘When are you going to be home?’ I don’t know how it led to it, but he came over.”

“Umm … I think I know how that happened,” Mikayla, 26, responded.

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While Taylor didn’t reveal the name of the Bachelorette suitor she got engaged to, she essentially confirmed that it was Doug Mason during the conversation. Jessi, 34, noted the similarities between Doug and Dakota, telling Taylor, “They have the same initials. They’re both from Idaho. It’s so weird.”

Taylor has recently been embroiled in custody disputes with Dakota, 33, and ex-husband Tate Paul over her three children. The reality star shares daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 6, with Tate and son Ever, 2, with Dakota.

Dakota was awarded temporary custody of Ever in March, but in July, a judge ruled in favor of Taylor receiving more unsupervised time with the toddler. She and Dakota also have mutual protective orders against each other, which require them to stay 100 feet apart for a period of three years.

Even celebrities can fall victim to overgrown roots – and believe it or not, there isn’t always a stylist on hand to fix them. This is the situation Bethenny Frankel recently found herself in and, fortunately for Us, she was willing to share the hair care product that helped her effortlessly transform her hair color all on her own.

The product Frankel used was the dpHUE Root Touch-Up Kit, a customer favorite that costs only $37 — definitely less than what you might pay at a salon for a touch-up. The kit is designed to make at-home coloring easy and fast, so you can extend the time between salon visits.

Get the dpHUE Root Touch-Up Kit for $37 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate as of the publishing date but are subject to change. 

Frankel tried the touch-up kit in a recent TikTok video, showing how simple it was to use and sharing her impressive results. In fact, they were so good that the reality star declared it the “best hair color I’ve ever done in my life.”

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Dancing With the Stars fans are speculating whether Witney Carson’s recent TikTok video is aimed at DWTS: The Next Pro contestant AJ Pritchard’s fiancée, Zara Zoffany.

In a Wednesday, September 2, TikTok, Witney, 32, lip-synced to an audio of someone saying, “And you sound like you should shut the f*** up,” while Jan, 31, lip-synced, “God bless.”

“The most unhinged pros just trying to keep the peace y’all – just doing our part,” the DWTS professional dancer captioned the clip.

In the comments, fans questioned whether the video was directed at Zara, 32, who recently criticized DWTS pro Rylee Arnold’s feedback regarding AJ, 31, on the semifinal episode of The Next Pro. (Rylee made a guest appearance on the episode, dancing with AJ, and later told the judges that she felt AJ was too critical during their rehearsals.)

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“Directed right at you AJ and Zara,” commented one fan on Witney’s video.

Another noted the connection between Witney and Rylee, 21, who is the younger sister of Witney’s BFF and former DWTS pro Lindsay Arnold.

“Her best friends little sister… I KNOW Whitney is about to throw hands 😂,” wrote the fan.

Zara also reacted to the speculation after a fan commented on her TikTok video posted on Wednesday that “Witney and Jan’s TikTok was about u babe 🥰.”

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“I love that for me 😮‍💨🔥,” she responded.

On Monday, August 31, Zara apologized for previous comments she made about Rylee. After the Next Pro semifinal aired, Zara claimed in a social media comment directed at Rylee that AJ “wouldn’t have had to critique you in the first place if everything had been right.” She also alleged that AJ suffered a concussion during rehearsals with Rylee.

In Monday’s TikTok video, Zara said that she was frustrated by the “constant online videos” about AJ, “about his sexuality [and] about our relationship” since The Next Pro began, describing the reaction to AJ from viewers as overly “negative.”

“So when I got to the Rylee edit, I was already up to here with how they’ve perceived him with the villain edit, with all the criticism, all the comments, all the TikToks,” she said.

“So I just want to say, if you are watching this, Rylee, from the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry if I made you feel like a certain type of way. That was never my intention,” Zara said, addressing Rylee.

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Neither Rylee nor AJ has commented on the situation.

On Wednesday, Witney, Rylee and Jan were all announced as returning pros for season 35 of Dancing With the Stars, joining Adele Zaikman, who defeated AJ in the Next Pro final on Monday to join the lineup.

Witney will dance with Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s Guillermo Rodriguez, while Rylee is paired up with Connor Wood, Jan will team with Tatyana Ali and Adele will dance with Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member Conner Leavitt.