RetroGuy2000
03-13-2022, 09:51 PM
https://people.com/tv/family-matters-cast-reunites-90s-con-sitcom-jo-marie-payton/
Good news for Judy Winslow fans!
The cast of Family Matters seems eager to get the Winslow family back together — but Jo Marie Payton (https://people.com/tv/the-proud-family-returning-new-episodes-disney-plus/) has some conditions if a reboot were ever to come to fruition.
Payton (Harriette Winslow) was joined by fellow cast members Reginald VelJohnson (Carl Winslow), Darius McCrary (Eddie Winslow), and Kellie Williams (Laura Winslow) at this weekend's 90s Con (https://people.com/tv/christy-carlson-romano-sober-challenging-during-covid-even-stevens-90s-con/) in Hartford, Connecticut. When the cast was asked if they would ever consider reviving their iconic characters from the hit 1990s sitcom, Payton emphasized that she would only do it if the role of Judy Winslow, the family's youngest child who mysteriously disappeared (https://screenrant.com/family-matters-judy-winslow-disappeared-what-happened/) in the fourth season, was written back into the show.
"Don't think for a minute that we did not go in," Payton, 71, told fans on Sunday, adding that she was "personally hurt by" actress Jaimee Foxworth being written off the show.
"When I mentioned it to the producers, I said you guys need to tell me something that is not only creative, but also politically correct to straighten out this situation because there's nowhere in the world a family … You gave me three kids, you took away my baby. If you had taken away my oldest child, we could have always come up with [various excuses in the episodes] that she was at the mall or with her friends. You took away my baby, and when I asked you, 'Why did you take away my baby girl?,' you said, 'Nobody would notice,'" she recalled.
"I said, 'You know what, when we're walking down the street, nobody's gonna notice you because they're not going to ask you, they're going to ask me what happened to Judy.' So for me, that's one of the other things that I [wouldn't be] excited about going back into it," Payton continued.
If Payton were to ever consider playing Winslow family matriarch Harriette again, "the very first episode has to be that she comes down those stairs."
Good news for Judy Winslow fans!
The cast of Family Matters seems eager to get the Winslow family back together — but Jo Marie Payton (https://people.com/tv/the-proud-family-returning-new-episodes-disney-plus/) has some conditions if a reboot were ever to come to fruition.
Payton (Harriette Winslow) was joined by fellow cast members Reginald VelJohnson (Carl Winslow), Darius McCrary (Eddie Winslow), and Kellie Williams (Laura Winslow) at this weekend's 90s Con (https://people.com/tv/christy-carlson-romano-sober-challenging-during-covid-even-stevens-90s-con/) in Hartford, Connecticut. When the cast was asked if they would ever consider reviving their iconic characters from the hit 1990s sitcom, Payton emphasized that she would only do it if the role of Judy Winslow, the family's youngest child who mysteriously disappeared (https://screenrant.com/family-matters-judy-winslow-disappeared-what-happened/) in the fourth season, was written back into the show.
"Don't think for a minute that we did not go in," Payton, 71, told fans on Sunday, adding that she was "personally hurt by" actress Jaimee Foxworth being written off the show.
"When I mentioned it to the producers, I said you guys need to tell me something that is not only creative, but also politically correct to straighten out this situation because there's nowhere in the world a family … You gave me three kids, you took away my baby. If you had taken away my oldest child, we could have always come up with [various excuses in the episodes] that she was at the mall or with her friends. You took away my baby, and when I asked you, 'Why did you take away my baby girl?,' you said, 'Nobody would notice,'" she recalled.
"I said, 'You know what, when we're walking down the street, nobody's gonna notice you because they're not going to ask you, they're going to ask me what happened to Judy.' So for me, that's one of the other things that I [wouldn't be] excited about going back into it," Payton continued.
If Payton were to ever consider playing Winslow family matriarch Harriette again, "the very first episode has to be that she comes down those stairs."