When they had the interview backstage with Charlotte, Lisa, and Nancy, they said Lisa is going to go get Mindy and Kim. When Lisa returns, if you listen CLOSELY, you can hear Lisa tell Nancy, "I tried". Kim and Mindy were still not there yet. When they finally cut to Mindy, the interviewer asks how they were all doing and Mindy says, "publicy fantastic." Mindy seemed to be a bit bothered with those questions.

What interview are you talking about?? A link would help...

What interview are you talking about?? A link would help...

He is talking about this interview here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3n1XZhJ4M&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL6F6FFEC1B9DA458C

Charlotte, Lisa and Nancy are all on the red carpet being interviewed. Early on in the video as Charlotte is speaking about being honored at the awards show, Lisa and Nancy have an almost inaudible conversation in the background about someone who Nancy terms as "just standing around doing nothing". Lisa then asks "should we go get her?" to which Nancy responds "She won't listen to me".

At some point someone had obviously requested that Kim Fields and Mindy Cohn be present for this interview as well. So as Charlotte continues to be interviewed, Cloris Leachman goes off to find Kim and Lisa apparently goes off to find Mindy. Lisa returns shortly after and mentions "I tried" (which some have interpreted as "I tried to retrieve Mindy but she wouldn't come").

There then seems to be some interesting comments from both Nancy and Mindy's interviews respectively which could indicate a certain degree of acrimony but then again could just as easily be innocent:

Shortly after Lisa allegedly informs her that Mindy refused to join the group, Nancy mentions while gesturing towards Lisa and Charlotte that "This section of the family talks and stays in touch quite a bit" when asked if the TVLAND Awards reunion was more like a family reunion for the cast

When Mindy is interviewed (separate from the rest of the group) she is asked what the reunion means to her and she responds "It means I get to honor Charlotte". She is then asked more specifically what it means to her to be reunited with her former cast members and that is when she responds with the "publicly fantastic" comment.

He is talking about this interview here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3n1XZhJ4M&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL6F6FFEC1B9DA458C

Charlotte, Lisa and Nancy are all on the red carpet being interviewed. Early on in the video as Charlotte is speaking about being honored at the awards show, Lisa and Nancy have an almost inaudible conversation in the background about someone who Nancy terms as "just standing around doing nothing". Lisa then asks "should we go get her?" to which Nancy responds "She won't listen to me".

At some point someone had obviously requested that Kim Fields and Mindy Cohn be present for this interview as well. So as Charlotte continues to be interviewed, Cloris Leachman goes off to find Kim and Lisa apparently goes off to find Mindy. Lisa returns shortly after and mentions "I tried" (which some have interpreted as "I tried to retrieve Mindy but she wouldn't come").

There then seems to be some interesting comments from both Nancy and Mindy's interviews respectively which could indicate a certain degree of acrimony but then again could just as easily be innocent:

Shortly after Lisa allegedly informs her that Mindy refused to join the group, Nancy mentions while gesturing towards Lisa and Charlotte that "This section of the family talks and stays in touch quite a bit" when asked if the TVLAND Awards reunion was more like a family reunion for the cast

When Mindy is interviewed (separate from the rest of the group) she is asked what the reunion means to her and she responds "It means I get to honor Charlotte". She is then asked more specifically what it means to her to be reunited with her former cast members and that is when she responds with the "publicly fantastic" comment.



I actually read something about this in Lisa's book.And i believe it has to do with Lisa and Nancy gossiping.But they have since made up.And all really did end up enjoying.The reunion very much:)

I actually read something about this in Lisa's book.And i believe it has to do with Lisa and Nancy gossiping.But they have since made up.And all really did end up enjoying.The reunion very much:)

Was that in her latest book?

I know in her first book she mentioned during the FOL reunion movie all the girls did was gossip and she (Lisa) felt horribly bad about it afterwards because it went against how she was teaching her kids to act. Sometimes I think Lisa is too hard on herself but I appreciate the fact she is able to not only recognize but admit her shortcomings. She comes across as extremely genuine whenever I read one of her books or see her interviewed.

Was that in her latest book?

I know in her first book she mentioned during the FOL reunion movie all the girls did was gossip and she (Lisa) felt horribly bad about it afterwards because it went against how she was teaching her kids to act. Sometimes I think Lisa is too hard on herself but I appreciate the fact she is able to not only recognize but admit her shortcomings. She comes across as extremely genuine whenever I read one of her books or see her interviewed.



Yeah,It was in her book friendship for grown ups.She said how she felt bad about it and how it was against her own beliefs and the way she teaches her daughters.We are all guilty of it at times though.I am actually trying to stop doing it as we speak.It's not easy cus you feel the need to vent about things..She is too hard on herself.But it is very comendable and i wish more people would learn from there own mistakes.If for no other reason.Then it makes you feel better as a person.But yeah Lisa is a angel.That type of girl is very rair in todays society.Young girls could really learn a lot from her.

Hey, I was just personally glad to see them all on screen together again.

Why am I the only one who took that comment a different way?

I took it to mean that she (Mindy) thought it was fantastic that they were all reuniting publicly (for the first time since the show ended). If I recall correctly, the main actors (Charlotte, Lisa, Kim, Mindy, and Nancy) have never all reunited publicly before. Nancy wasn't there for the reunion movie, Kim and Charlotte weren't there for the DVD promotions and interviews in 2006. From what I've read, they once all had a reunion back in the late '90s at one of their houses, but it was not done publicly.

It sounds like everyone is just taking that comment the wrong way.

Why am I the only one who took that comment a different way?

I took it to mean that she (Mindy) thought it was fantastic that they were all reuniting publicly (for the first time since the show ended). If I recall correctly, the main actors (Charlotte, Lisa, Kim, Mindy, and Nancy) have never all reunited publicly before. Nancy wasn't there for the reunion movie, Kim and Charlotte weren't there for the DVD promotions and interviews in 2006. From what I've read, they once all had a reunion back in the late '90s at one of their houses, but it was not done publicly.

It sounds like everyone is just taking that comment the wrong way.


I dunno. I do think Mindy was making a politically correct statement. You know? One of those comments that one makes because it is the "correct" thing to say.

Why am I the only one who took that comment a different way?

I took it to mean that she (Mindy) thought it was fantastic that they were all reuniting publicly (for the first time since the show ended). If I recall correctly, the main actors (Charlotte, Lisa, Kim, Mindy, and Nancy) have never all reunited publicly before. Nancy wasn't there for the reunion movie, Kim and Charlotte weren't there for the DVD promotions and interviews in 2006. From what I've read, they once all had a reunion back in the late '90s at one of their houses, but it was not done publicly.

It sounds like everyone is just taking that comment the wrong way.

If you listen to the tone of her voice when she says "publicly," she sounds annoyed. If she wasn't upset, then there would have been no reason for her to use the term "publicly" as opposed to just saying that it was great to reunite again. I took her comment to mean that it was nice for them to reunite for the public, but that she personally wasn't enjoying their private reunion. In addition to the tone of her voice, all of the confusion and muffled comments going on in the background of the interview make it clear to me that something wasn't right. Finally, in a more recent interview on Bravo, when asked if she was still in contact with former cast members, I believe she stated that she was in contact with Kim Fields and Cloris Leachman only.

I know that Lisa has very conservative, Christian viewpoints whereas Mindy is very liberal and accepting so perhaps there was some sort of rift there... :confused:

I had never seen that interview. Interesting.

But in that interview Charolette talked about how they all got together earlier that day in Kims hotel room and hung out, so I don't know if they don't like each other I mean they all hung out earlier that day. And who knows what Kim and Mindy where doing maybe they were talking and hanging out with other celebrities or interviewers and couldn't get away at the moment to come over and talk with Nancy, Lisa and Charolette. We can't think the worst they all seemed to have nice things to say during the award show but I could be wrong even thought I don't want to think that I like having the thought that they all get along and enjoy each other.

If you listen to the tone of her voice when she says "publicly," she sounds annoyed. If she wasn't upset, then there would have been no reason for her to use the term "publicly" as opposed to just saying that it was great to reunite again. I took her comment to mean that it was nice for them to reunite for the public, but that she personally wasn't enjoying their private reunion. In addition to the tone of her voice, all of the confusion and muffled comments going on in the background of the interview make it clear to me that something wasn't right. Finally, in a more recent interview on Bravo, when asked if she was still in contact with former cast members, I believe she stated that she was in contact with Kim Fields and Cloris Leachman only.

Yes but I remember when the first season came out on DVD they had the girls promote it and Nancy, Lisa and Mindy all went and promoted the DVD Kim wasn't able to do to work and Lisa wrote about that on her website and they all seemed to get along then and also when they did the reunion movie Lisa wrote about that and they all got along then. So I don't know.

I already told everybody what happened earlier in the post. Nat and Tootie over heard Blair and Jo gossiping and got upset. But it wasn't any big deal. They made up after wards and ended up having a great time. I read this in Lisa's new book.

^ Wait... are you thinking of the right event? Because as far as I am aware Lisa hasn't published any books since the TVLand event which took place in 2011.

If you're referring to Friendship for Grownups like you were in your previous post that book came out a couple years BEFORE the event everybody is talking about.

^ Wait... are you thinking of the right event? Because as far as I am aware Lisa hasn't published any books since the TVLand event which took place in 2011.

If you're referring to Friendship for Grownups like you were in your previous post that book came out a couple years BEFORE the event everybody is talking about.



I am not sure if that is true. But if it is then maybe I am talking about a different event. It kind of seems weird that she would do the samething again. Anyway whatever it was I’m sure it was a minor squabble between friends.

^ Wait... are you thinking of the right event? Because as far as I am aware Lisa hasn't published any books since the TVLand event which took place in 2011.

If you're referring to Friendship for Grownups like you were in your previous post that book came out a couple years BEFORE the event everybody is talking about.



I am not sure if that is true. But if it is then maybe I am talking about a different event. It kind of seems weird that she would do the samething again. Anyway whatever it was I’m sure it was a minor squabble between friends.

just my opinion but i think that when Rae croaks, we'll see a different dynamic with the girls - maybe a little more honest about their real feelings. You can tell they have an extreme amount of respect and pride for her.

just my opinion but i think that when Rae croaks, we'll see a different dynamic with the girls - maybe a little more honest about their real feelings. You can tell they have an extreme amount of respect and pride for her.

I can see some truth in this sentiment although Lisa and Nancy are supposedly very close friends.

It seems to me there is a little confusion about what Lisa said in her book.

I have not read anything about anyone having problems with Lisa and gossiping. There was nothing written, talked about, or posted (from any of the FOL girls) about having issues with each other at the 2011 TV Land Awards. There were no issues with any of them during the 2001 reunion movie. No one was mad or upset with anyone. Lisa admitted that she gossiped about the other girls, but she never said that they were upset with her. Her most recent book is called Friendship for Grownups and was published in 2010. The following is exactly what Lisa wrote in her book about gossiping during the 2001 reunion movie:

A few years ago, I was asked to film The Facts of Life reunion movie and was thrilled. I still love all my friends from the show and am often asked about them.

In fact, one of the first questions I am always asked when someone recognizes me is, “Do you still keep in touch with the girls from the show?”

The answer is, “Yes, we do. But we don’t see each other often.” The situation is probably the same as with your girlfriends from high school and college. You are so close and you think you’ll never grow apart, but life marches on and you find yourself heading down diverging paths. Whenever you get back together, though, things seem just like old times.

That’s the best way to describe my relationship with the girls on the show, and that is exactly how it felt on the first day of rehearsal for the television reunion movie. The only difference was, instead of us being four girls over in the corner giggling between filming takes, we were grown women giggling in the corner.

One other thing hadn’t changed. Have you ever noticed how junior high girls sometimes bond with each other by talking about another girl behind her back? It isn’t that they don’t like the other girl. Sometimes it’s simply that they are bonding with this particular friend at the moment.

Have you also ever noticed that, even after we grow up, we sometimes still act like little girls, especially when we get together with friends? Well, this is what happened on the very first day of rehearsal for the telepic. All of us girls fell right back into sophomoric behavior by forming little cliques and talking about whoever wasn’t in the room at the time.

For instance, Kim Fields (who played Tootie) and I would huddle in the corner and I might say, “Oh my goodness, can you believe Mindy did _________” (fill in the blank). Later, I’d be with Mindy (Cohn, who played Natalie) and say, “Well, I don’t want to judge, but I heard that Kim . . .” But I didn’t stop there. Oh no, I had to take it one step further.

When I got back to the hotel room that night, I called Nancy McKeon (who played Jo) back home in California. Nancy was filming a television series and wasn’t able to be in the reunion movie. When she answered the phone, I blurted, “We miss you terribly. Blair is only half the fun without Jo!” Then I jumped right in, “You are not going to believe Kim did this and Mindy said that and on and on.” By the end of the conversation, we had had a positive bonding experience by talking negatively about the other girls.

I went to bed that evening but woke up in the night and couldn’t get back to sleep. Out of the quiet, I heard the Lord whisper to my heart: You know, Lisa, you don’t know why Kim does what you were gossiping about, and you don’t have a clue about what Mindy is going through. But I know. And I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t talk about my little girls that way.

I felt terrible. I love Kim, Mindy, and Nancy very much. I didn’t mean anything bad by the things we were talking about. The truth is that all the talk I was making about them really was more about me—I was feeling extremely insecure that first day of rehearsal. It had been fifteen years since I had done any acting, and I felt so out of shape.

“I feel like a baseball player must feel after not playing in years,” I had told my husband that night. “The timing of my swing is off, my throwing arm is weak. I’m striking out and overthrowing first base. I wonder if I still have what it takes?”

Because so much of my identity has been intertwined with performance, I was scared—and out of that fear I was attacking others. I wasn’t being a safe person.

Thankfully, in the dark of the night, God brought my issue to light where healing could happen. As I realized my wrongs, I determined to set things right. The first thing I did was call Nancy and confess that I shouldn’t have talked about our friends behind their backs. I even apologized for saying some things about her. Thankfully, she wasn’t at home, so I only had to leave a message on her voice mail.

For the rest of the month of filming, I was careful to speak only positive things. If someone came up to me and started talking about someone else, I would say, “You know, I’ve noticed that she does that, but have you seen how much she’s grown in other areas?” Or someone might start a conversation with me like, “I can’t believe so-and-so would do such-and-such,” to which I would reply, “I can’t believe it either. I find myself doing the same thing sometimes. I wonder if we’ll ever grow up!”

An interesting thing happened. I was soon perceived as a safe person. Over the weeks the cast and crew drew close to me, and we had wonderful conversations and times of bonding. At the end of the month, on the last day of filming, so many people came up to me and said: “Lisa, when you arrive on the set, it is like a rainbow appears.” “You just don’t carry any baggage with you to work, do you?” “I’ve been watching you this month. You’re different.”

Yes, there is a time and place for healing words. What I didn’t know until this experience was that sometimes more healing is available to others by the things we don’t say than by the things we do say. People are hungry for safe havens. Places where they can be themselves—without judgment, fear of exposure, or betrayal. People hunger for spaces of grace, understanding, acceptance. Safe people know what God was trying to tell me in the middle of the night. Despite what we think we see on the outside, everyone is hurting on the inside. If we have allowed God to come inside our hurting places to bring love and healing, then even if we haven’t walked in their shoes to know what they’re going through, we can know what it feels like to be hurt and healed.

It seems to me there is a little confusion about what Lisa said in her book.

I have not read anything about anyone having problems with Lisa and gossiping. There was nothing written, talked about, or posted (from any of the FOL girls) about having issues with each other at the 2011 TV Land Awards. There were no issues with any of them during the 2001 reunion movie. No one was mad or upset with anyone. Lisa admitted that she gossiped about the other girls, but she never said that they were upset with her. Her most recent book is called Friendship for Grownups and was published in 2010. The following is exactly what Lisa wrote in her book about gossiping during the 2001 reunion movie:

A few years ago, I was asked to film The Facts of Life reunion movie and was thrilled. I still love all my friends from the show and am often asked about them.

In fact, one of the first questions I am always asked when someone recognizes me is, “Do you still keep in touch with the girls from the show?”

The answer is, “Yes, we do. But we don’t see each other often.” The situation is probably the same as with your girlfriends from high school and college. You are so close and you think you’ll never grow apart, but life marches on and you find yourself heading down diverging paths. Whenever you get back together, though, things seem just like old times.

That’s the best way to describe my relationship with the girls on the show, and that is exactly how it felt on the first day of rehearsal for the television reunion movie. The only difference was, instead of us being four girls over in the corner giggling between filming takes, we were grown women giggling in the corner.

One other thing hadn’t changed. Have you ever noticed how junior high girls sometimes bond with each other by talking about another girl behind her back? It isn’t that they don’t like the other girl. Sometimes it’s simply that they are bonding with this particular friend at the moment.

Have you also ever noticed that, even after we grow up, we sometimes still act like little girls, especially when we get together with friends? Well, this is what happened on the very first day of rehearsal for the telepic. All of us girls fell right back into sophomoric behavior by forming little cliques and talking about whoever wasn’t in the room at the time.

For instance, Kim Fields (who played Tootie) and I would huddle in the corner and I might say, “Oh my goodness, can you believe Mindy did _________” (fill in the blank). Later, I’d be with Mindy (Cohn, who played Natalie) and say, “Well, I don’t want to judge, but I heard that Kim . . .” But I didn’t stop there. Oh no, I had to take it one step further.

When I got back to the hotel room that night, I called Nancy McKeon (who played Jo) back home in California. Nancy was filming a television series and wasn’t able to be in the reunion movie. When she answered the phone, I blurted, “We miss you terribly. Blair is only half the fun without Jo!” Then I jumped right in, “You are not going to believe Kim did this and Mindy said that and on and on.” By the end of the conversation, we had had a positive bonding experience by talking negatively about the other girls.

I went to bed that evening but woke up in the night and couldn’t get back to sleep. Out of the quiet, I heard the Lord whisper to my heart: You know, Lisa, you don’t know why Kim does what you were gossiping about, and you don’t have a clue about what Mindy is going through. But I know. And I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t talk about my little girls that way.

I felt terrible. I love Kim, Mindy, and Nancy very much. I didn’t mean anything bad by the things we were talking about. The truth is that all the talk I was making about them really was more about me—I was feeling extremely insecure that first day of rehearsal. It had been fifteen years since I had done any acting, and I felt so out of shape.

“I feel like a baseball player must feel after not playing in years,” I had told my husband that night. “The timing of my swing is off, my throwing arm is weak. I’m striking out and overthrowing first base. I wonder if I still have what it takes?”

Because so much of my identity has been intertwined with performance, I was scared—and out of that fear I was attacking others. I wasn’t being a safe person.

Thankfully, in the dark of the night, God brought my issue to light where healing could happen. As I realized my wrongs, I determined to set things right. The first thing I did was call Nancy and confess that I shouldn’t have talked about our friends behind their backs. I even apologized for saying some things about her. Thankfully, she wasn’t at home, so I only had to leave a message on her voice mail.

For the rest of the month of filming, I was careful to speak only positive things. If someone came up to me and started talking about someone else, I would say, “You know, I’ve noticed that she does that, but have you seen how much she’s grown in other areas?” Or someone might start a conversation with me like, “I can’t believe so-and-so would do such-and-such,” to which I would reply, “I can’t believe it either. I find myself doing the same thing sometimes. I wonder if we’ll ever grow up!”

An interesting thing happened. I was soon perceived as a safe person. Over the weeks the cast and crew drew close to me, and we had wonderful conversations and times of bonding. At the end of the month, on the last day of filming, so many people came up to me and said: “Lisa, when you arrive on the set, it is like a rainbow appears.” “You just don’t carry any baggage with you to work, do you?” “I’ve been watching you this month. You’re different.”

Yes, there is a time and place for healing words. What I didn’t know until this experience was that sometimes more healing is available to others by the things we don’t say than by the things we do say. People are hungry for safe havens. Places where they can be themselves—without judgment, fear of exposure, or betrayal. People hunger for spaces of grace, understanding, acceptance. Safe people know what God was trying to tell me in the middle of the night. Despite what we think we see on the outside, everyone is hurting on the inside. If we have allowed God to come inside our hurting places to bring love and healing, then even if we haven’t walked in their shoes to know what they’re going through, we can know what it feels like to be hurt and healed.



Yes,that is exactly what I read and it does talk about her gossiping. the only thing confused was the date. I thought it was newer than it is.

I still don't think Mindy kicks it with Nancy & Lisa like that. Kim is more cooler with them because she's also religious like they are. Mindy is still good friends with Kim though....