Why did Mabel King leave the show? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-20-2004, 12:12 PM

Just curious

TVFactFan · 02-20-2004, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by Brian Damage
Just curious

I think it was due to health issues. I could be wrong. Boescher probably confirm if that was the reason.

vashti1999 · 02-20-2004, 02:35 PM

but I think she might have been filming "The Wiz" sometime around the final year.

boechsner · 02-28-2004, 09:36 PM

Actually, I think the writers were just trying to focus on the three friends and Mabel didn't like the fact that she was being rather left out. So she left.

Duke100 · 11-06-2005, 07:13 PM

yes. she thought the show was centering more on the others. she didn't feel needed.

bansogirl · 11-06-2005, 07:45 PM

Well, I heard that she left the show because she was tired of playing the stereotyped "single black mother"

Jack77 · 03-17-2010, 04:48 PM

Actually it had to do with Mabel being difficult on the original show & her behind the scenes problems with the original network & producers of that show. Up until then, her health problems were not that serious. This was told to me by the cast a few years ago when I got the chance to meet them in LA. Hope that answered your question!

hatwink · 03-29-2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack77

Actually it had to do with Mabel being difficult on the original show & her behind the scenes problems with the original network & producers of that show. Up until then, her health problems were not that serious. This was told to me by the cast a few years ago when I got the chance to meet them in LA. Hope that answered your question!

Wow, never knew that.

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02-28-2004, 09:36 PM	#4
boechsner Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 2,212	Actually, I think the writers were just trying to focus on the three friends and Mabel didn't like the fact that she was being rather left out. So she left.

11-06-2005, 07:45 PM	#6
bansogirl Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 231	Well, I heard that she left the show because she was tired of playing the stereotyped "single black mother"

03-17-2010, 04:48 PM	#7
Jack77 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 339	Actually it had to do with Mabel being difficult on the original show & her behind the scenes problems with the original network & producers of that show. Up until then, her health problems were not that serious. This was told to me by the cast a few years ago when I got the chance to meet them in LA. Hope that answered your question!