Drama with the cast of The Facts of Life! Jason breaks down what star, Mindy Cohn, revealed

It's the 80s sitcom many of us loved, about 4 girls at boarding school. But did you know there was talk of rebooting "The Facts of Life"? It was moving forward... until something happened. All was revealed by original star, Mindy Cohn. Jason breaks it all down.

[MarcusCiambelli]

Thank God Mrs. Garrett isn't here to see this.

[tbam]

Kim Fields has been bookes and busy since her childhood so we know its not her. Not acknowledging that is weird.

[alexander]

Facts of life is a classic leave it alone reboots never work.

[barryputterman]

It was Colonel Mustard in the library!

[LuvTadnDixie]

I don't understand why she said she will never say "who it was", but makes "the hint" so obvious.

[rassler]

If you remember, at the end of Facts of Life, Blair became the headmistress of Eastland, and the school went co-ed. A spinoff was to come from that, but didn't. Guess she tried to resurface that idea?

[nassauguy]

Sorry, Mindy, it seems as if you are the only one who cannot seem to "get past it". Kim and Nancy have not even talked about what Lisa did, and I dare say they probably have already let it go. After all, they are still actively working while your role in "Palm Royale" is designated as "minor recurring". Meanwhile, Lisa has chosen a life of semi-retirement but still promotes FOL in advertisements, interviews and variety show appearances. Mindy seems to be the only one bitter about this. Kim has enough on her plate, I think she is doing two projects simultaneously, and Nancy has made it clear that her FOL days are behind her. She did not even appear in the reunion movie and has missed at least half of the reunion interviews. My wager is that Mindy is the only one who really NEEDED this reboot job.

[MarkSinacori]

Lisa was to have her spinoff in 1988 but Mindy also was, too. Nancy doesn't really have interest or she was just very busy working in 2001 when the did the original 2001 movie. I feel the reboot would WORK as the 4 girls could be TEACHERS at Eastland. Sadly, I don't think it will happen now. I thought they were all friends. I feel it's Lisa who wanted a spinoff. The three girls were there in 2001, so they were all friends. Nancy just couldn't be there because of The Division. Kim and Mindy are good friends. Kim watched out for her when Mindy was chosen to play Natalie and had zero acting experience. Lisa most likely is the one as she isn't in photos with them. NOBODY would watch a Blair spinoff without the other girls! It should be of all 4! Lisa, if it's her, should understand that it would work better with all 4 than with just her!

[nrclaiborne]

I liked, subscribed, and hooked! Thank you for solving why many peoples dreams will never come true. Always thought Jo would run Eastland eventually.

[billybarnett]

Lisa is the one. She's the one that went behind everybody's backs to cut a more lucrative deal for herself. She gave a clue to who it was on podcast.

[leslielarkin-meiser]

Upon further research, I found an interview that Mindy did and she called out the co-star without naming names, when asked what do you think Natalie would be doing today? Mindy responded with... I think she is still working at the New York Times and VERY close to Tootie and Jo! (with a sheepish grin). Podcast is Behind the Velvet Rope Podcast. episode title Mindy Cohn OG FOL Actress Remaking the Golden Girls

[Small_Fryyyy]

Mindy… You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have The Facts of Life. 😂

[benbelzer]

A few months ago Mindy gave an interview on Behind the Velvet Rope and talked about a Golden Girls reboot with the cast but said she didn't think one of the women had the chops for it, and it got a lot views/everyone was stunned she would shade a cast member. She was totally talking about Lisa!

[LVLexus]

Spilling the tea is also creating drama. Not on the same level, but it does pour salt on an open wound. Friends with someone for 40 years and they do you dirty once, and you throw away everything? If that is the case, then they were never really friends. We know it's Lisa. It's a shame they couldn't work that out.

[brklyn]

I adored this show. It gave some sort of balance to a VERY tumultuous decade. However - and I'm not in anyway trying to disrespect the fabulous Cloris Leachman - but Charlotte Rae was the heart and soul of the show, and it should have ended when Edna was married off.

[lynnlawson]

In fairness, if there was no contract which prohibited what has been alleged, the unnamed former cast member may have had a good reason for trying to negotiate her own gig. Maybe she needed the money or perhaps (like Kim Catrall), she thought a reboot was a bad idea. We do not have all of the facts. Mindy is behaving in a very unprofessional manner. If this is typical for her, perhaps she was part of the problem.

[meropale]

It's weird that one of them would see themselves as a lead character. It's like having a Sex and the City with only one of the women. It just would not work.

[icaliver]

After that “Good Times” that dropped it safe to say reboots need to stop.

[buffalobraves]

Except Lisa has her own show, 'Collector's Call" on MeTV

[Diostillrocks]

Molly Ringwald once referred to Mindy Cohn as the mean girl on the set of the Facts of Life.