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Molly Ringwald’s experience starring in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” was tarnished by one bad apple on set.
The veteran actress was a guest on the Aug. 4 episode of Andy Cohen’s Bravo talk show “Watch What
Happens Live,” which is known for posing revealing questions during games with celebrity guests.
During a round of “Spill the IMDB Tea,” Cohen asked Ringwald to rank some of her past work on a scale of 1 to 10 based on her experience. She put the drama series, which starred Shailene Woodley as a pregnant teenager who is the daughter of Ringwald’s character, at the bottom of the ranking.
“The worst is ‘one’? OK, that was it. The worst,” Ringwald says. “It was a hard, I mean … OK, I love the cast. I love Shailene [Woodley]. There was one person that was really difficult. And I’m not gonna say who that one person is, [but] they brought it down to a one.”
“Secret Life” ran from 2008-2013, and Ringwald was a series regular for the first four seasons and a special guest star during the show’s fifth and final season. Ken Baumann, Mark Derwin, India Eisley, Greg Finley and Steve Schirripa also starred on the show.
Elsewhere in the game, Ringwald cited “Pretty in Pink” as her favorite project.
“That was pretty great … I’ll give that a 10,” Ringwald says. “It was written for me. [John Hughes] wrote the movie for me and, you know, I actually have a collage that I made myself that’s in the bedroom.”
She was also asked about “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Facts of Life,” “Not Another Teen Movie,” “Teaching Mrs. Tingle” and “Jem and the Holograms.”
Watch the “Watch What Happens Live” clip below.
