Continuing his campaign to become the world’s most popular entertainer during the COVID-19 lockdown, actor Leslie Jordan has commented on the supposed feud between his Will & Grace costars Debra Messing and Megan Mullally.
Jordan, who plays the recurring character Beverly Leslie, a moneyed friend of Karen’s (Mullally), opened up about his last appearance on the show in an interview with Andy Cohen. When asked point-blank about the tension, Jordan denied any awareness of it.
Related: ‘Will & Grace’ co-creators finally address rumors of testy on-set feud
“I didn’t [see it],” Jordan conversed. “I wish I could spill all of the [details].”
“Megan and I were in a big tub of grapes, and the grapes didn’t mush properly, so there was a lot going on,” Jordan added, in reference to a recreation of a famous grape juicing scene from I Love Lucy. “If there was any tension I didn’t witness it.”
Jordan’s admission comes after a year of reports of off-screen fighting between Messing and Mullally. Show co-creator Max Muchnick lent credence to the rumors of a feud in an Entertainment Weekly interview in which he confessed that the shooting the final season “was not an easy year.” Mullally also alluded to bullying on the set by an unnamed party in a podcast with her husband Nick Offerman.
“I’ve been bullied,” she told Offerman. “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.”
frapachino
Messing is , well , a mess!
IAmUp4It
As Susan Sarandon says Messing is “Uninformed”!
Cam
What a shock, the right wing troll account doesn’t like a woman who speaks out against Trump.
Notice how it doesn’t specify WHY it doesn’t like Messing? Because it can’t provide any facts.
Beanie16
Susan Sarandon, the woman who rode the propeller of the Bernie boat all the way to crazy town? REALLY? LMMFAO GUUURL PLEASE
Neoprene
National treasure? I’ll take your word for it.
Kieran
This is the poor man’s version of the legendary Bette Davis-Joan Crawford feuding shtick.
dannyboi2
Much ado about nothing.
winemaker
Much ado abut Nothing. Wasn’t that the title of a Shakespear play? If so, who cares, still much ado about nothing as this show while good when on television, and broke down a few barriers was meh!
wiredpup
Andy Cohen is a garbage person on a garbage network making garbage tv.
IAmUp4It
YES, and as Kathy Griffin said after he failed to support her in time of a media crisis. He created a show for himself that couldn’t be canceled!
Beanie16
Him & the Albino F*g, one a talentless crossed eyed f-list freak & the other an absolute total back stabbing f-list. Both born with silver butt plugs up their ass and mommy complexes. Neither are worth the price of Oxygen. Andy Cohens show is an embarrassment to the LGBTQ community, our own drunk uncle. Too bad we can’t lock him in a nursing home.
JED08
There definitely was a problem, they had to end the show because of it. Don’t know what it was about, but I’m team Karen all the way, Messing can jump off a cliff.
ShiningSex
The show was only funny because of Jack, Karen, and Beverly Leslie. Will & Grace were a total bore!!!
Creamsicle
Okay I have no insights into Messing and Mulally’s relationship, but why is everyone assuming that the feud was between actors?
Wouldn’t it be much more likely for Mullaly to be bullied by a director, producer, or executive producer? Those are the people who have a lot of authority over the stars of a sitcom.
IAmUp4It
Because queens adore a female cat-fight!
IAmUp4It
Plus, in the same interview, Jordan said Faye Dunaway is batshit crazy (and that appears to be true) but based upon his encounter with her I’d have to defend Faye here! Jordan approached Dunaway in public and went up to her and said “Hi, Faye”! She looked at him puzzled! He said I worked with you on the series “It Had To Be You”! She replied ‘That was a long time ago deer’ and it was! 28 years to be exact! I know I may struggle to remember someone I worked with that long ago! It’s unfair to label Faye’s sanity based upon that one interaction!
gord.sabean
I think this it’s just water under the bridge. This show has had its best before date expire long ago. Who did what to whom is no longer relivent anymore. Who cares?
balehead
So Miss Dunaway didn’t remember working with Jordan 28 years ago?…
How does that make Her “crazy?” again…Someone sounds a bit “trollish”….
Stephen
Everyone had a hard last year. Messing had a contact that forced the tire season be rushed into production and finished by Christmas 2019. She would not be available after Dec 24th. End of discussion. Taping were tense. That I saw. Mullaneys few fun losing it on set were the very thing Messing hated. I think it’s the talent in the supporting cast. Jack and Karen are there as crazy reigns supreme. Will and Grace played more straight mento supporting casts in this remount,
I like the faster funnier wit of the original series. The reboot was fun. But the crisp fast cutting edge comedy was a little flatter for me personally. Loved watching the filming days! Enjoyed the We Love Lucy casting! There were high marks, here and there! Unsinkable Mommy Adler, Graces mother, played by Debby Reynolds was so so high energy. Could not get tx’s for taping but what a DVR saved permanent saving episode! Best!
Joshooeerr
It’s not “dish” if he has nothing whatsoever to say.
Man About Town
Exactly. Yet another sample of click-baiting!
Cam
Funny how nobody from any of Messing’s other work have annything bad to say about her, but Mullally has been criticized by other co-stars and has also claimed to have been bullied before in other productions.
https: //www .nytimes. com /2010/03/26/theater/26mullally.html
succubus
national treasure? NOT
DugNick3
For the 500th time, Messing is bullying Megan and Nick their preference for Bernie whereas Messing is the ultimate Centrist. She’s loud, annoying, and hateful to anyone who doesn’t agree with her, which is hilarious considering Megan is the one who plays, “Karen”. More like “Will & I can’t get my way so I’m going to scream at people who disagree with me that Joe Biden could rape kids and he’d still be better than Bernie”
Cam
Except for the fact that Meghan has been in other controversial situations where she’s tried to get people fired, or bullied other actors and Messing hasn’t.
But we get it, the trolls don’t like Messing.