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

    By Eric Todisco,

    6 hours ago

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    The facts of greed.

    Mindy Cohn claimed that one of her “Facts of Life” co-stars — seemingly either Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields or Nancy McKeon — sabotaged a possible revival of the beloved ’80s sitcom.

    The 58-year-old actress explained on 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.”

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    Mindy Cohn at a SAG-AFTRA event in March Getty Images

    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.”

    ‘Facts of Life’ star Lisa Whelchel stuns viewers almost 40 years later

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    Mindy Cohn during her SiriusXM interview SiriusXM
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    The cast of “The Facts of Life” Embassy Pictures / Courtesy: Eve

    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.

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    Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields and Mindy Cohn Brendan George Ko

    Cohn wouldn’t reveal which cast member ruined the rival — but she did refer to her as a “greedy bitch.”

    Jon Stewart cast in mystery role on ‘Facts Of Life’ live with Jennifer Aniston

    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. We were united for 40 years over not talking about each other, not doing dirty … You know, ‘All for one, one for all,’ and this kind of wrecked that, which is sad. Really sad.”

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    Nancy McKeon, Lisa Whelchel and Mindy Cohn in 2006 Dave Allocca/Sony Pictures Home

    Cohn reiterated that she won’t say which of her co-stars caused the drama, but she did insinuate that their identity can be figured out by going on her Instagram and seeing who from the cast she doesn’t post.

    “What it is is, it’s really sad,” said Cohn. “Some people are so desperate for either money or fame that it causes them to do things that to me … I guess I’m not that jaded. It shocks me.”

    She went on, “You’re gonna do that over money? Or that over becoming famous? It always freaks me out that people will do that. Throw friendships — deep, true friendships — under the bus for a dollar.”

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    Fields, 55, didn’t appear on “The Drew Barrymore Show” with the other three cast members earlier this year. Cohn, Whelchel and McKeon reunited for the talk show host’s birthday episode, but they didn’t address Fields’ absence at the time.

    Barrymore, 49, told the trio that the sitcom influenced her life.

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    Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon and Mindy Cohn on “The Drew Barrymore Show” The Drew Barrymore Show

    “What I was learning was to be a strong, independent female who could take care of themselves and value female friendship and know that there was someone there watching out for them,” she said. “I wanted so badly to be with you guys, and you gave me a blueprint that made my life feel better to me in every sense of the word.”

    “The Facts of Life,” a spinoff of “Diff’rent Strokes,” aired on NBC from 1979 to 1988.

    The show followed housemother Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) and four young women (played by Cohn, Whelchel, Fields and McKeon) at an all-girls boarding school in New York.

    Rae died at the age of 92 in August 2018.

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