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Modern Family actor Ed O’Neill recalled his first reaction to his 1987 show, Married… With Children, getting canceled. During his appearance on the MeSsy podcast, the Hollywood actor got candid with the hosts and his co-stars, Christina Applegate and Jamie Lynn Sigler.
During the show run, O’Neill played the role of Applegate’s father. As the actor was taking a stroll on the streets of his hometown, the actor shared that a newlywed couple spotted him and dished out the news to him.
While talking to the co-hosts, the actor said, “I was back in my hometown, and I was at this little bed and breakfast… and it was a beautiful day. It was in the spring, and I came out [side], and they had the gardens, you know, and it was such a nice day.”
He went on to say, “A car pulled in with the ‘Just Married’ things hanging off the back, you know, the tin cans… and I thought, ‘Oh, they, you know, are just married.’ So I was standing there, and they got out of the car, and it was the husband and wife.”
The actor further stated that while the girl was in a gown and her husband was in a tux, they ran to O’Neill and told the celeb they were sorry to hear about the show getting canceled.
As the couple finished their sentence, the Clipped actor stated, “I said, ‘What do you mean?’ And the guy said, ‘Oh my god. He doesn’t know. It’s on the radio. You got canceled.'”
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Further on the episode, O’Neill recalled that even though the news wasn’t a happy one, he met with the couple to celebrate with them and popped up a champagne.
He shared, “They said, ‘Oh, we’re so sorry,’ and I said, ‘I’d rather hear it from you.’ So yeah. I came inside. I love champagne.” It wasn’t only Ed O’Neill; even Applegate stated that she was blindsided by the news. The podcast host shared, “I found out from a guy who knew a guy who worked for my assistant at the time. That’s how I found out. They never called us.”
Ed O’Neill further stated that he had never even received a parting gift from the showrunners or the network. He also joked, “I said, ‘I thought The Golden Girls got Mercedes-Benzes when they did their last show,’ which they did.”
Married… with Children ran on the Fox network for eleven seasons. The series showcased the struggles of a Chicago family that included Al Bundy, his wife, daughter, and a son.
The episodes of the show are available to stream on Prime Video.
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A war of words between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has escalated over the Assam government’s move to scrap the practice of two-hour assembly session adjournment for jumma prayers.
While Mr Sarma from the ruling BJP pointed out the decision was taken jointly by all MLAs including Hindu and Muslim leaders, Mr Yadav alleged the Assam Chief Minister’s party has made Muslims soft targets to spread hate and polarise society.
What escalated the exchange between the two was Mr Yadav’s post on X that took a swipe at Mr Sarma as someone who wants to “gain cheap popularity and become the Chinese version of Yogi,” alluding to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
असम के मुख्यमंत्री सस्ती लोकप्रियता हासिल करने एवं “योगी का चाइनीज़ वर्जन” बनने के प्रयास में जानबुझकर मुसलमानों को परेशान करने वाले कृत्य करते रहते है। BJP के लोगों ने नफ़रत फैलाने, मोदी-शाह का ध्यान आकृष्ट करने एवं समाज में धुर्वीकरण करने के लिए मुसलमान भाइयों को सॉफ्ट टारगेट… pic.twitter.com/tVue9mXoY9
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) August 30, 2024
The RJD leader did not indicate if he was referring to inferior quality goods from China, or the north-east region, where people have often complained of racist remarks directed towards them.
Responding to Mr Yadav’s attack, Mr Sarma said, “Doing away with the two-hour jumma break was not the Chief Minister’s decision, but of all Hindu and Muslim legislators. When the assembly Speaker on Friday announced it, no Muslim MLA in the house raised any protest. There are 25 Muslim MLAs in Assam assembly, out of a total 126.”
असम में जुम्मे के ब्रेक को ख़त्म करने के निर्णय को कांग्रेस ने भी समर्थन दिया। बिहार या देश की किसी भी अन्य विधानसभा में ऐसा कोई ब्रेक है ही नहीं। मैं हैरान हूँ कि असम के बाहर के लोग बिना सोचे-समझे इसका विरोध कर रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/fuUhhEi1nf
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 31, 2024
The Assam Chief Minister said the proposal to do away with this provision in the rules of procedures of the assembly was placed before the rules committee, headed by the Speaker, which unanimously agreed to drop the jumma practice.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who is from the BJP, waded into the battle and attacked Mr Yadav, alleging that the RJD leader had labelled the Assam Chief Minister “a Chinese just because he is from the northeast.”
“It appears that the INDI Alliance is made up of a bunch of ignorant racists who have no information about the history and geography of our country. First, it was Sam Pitroda. Now, it’s Tejashwi Yadav who is being racist towards the people of northeast,” Mr Singh said.
It appears that the INDI Alliance is made up of a bunch of ignorant racists who have no information about the history & geography of our country.
First, it was Sam Pitroda. Now, it’s Tejashwi Yadav who is being racist towards the people of North east.
It is unfortunate that a… pic.twitter.com/uc78LpohC2
— N. Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) August 31, 2024
Mr Sarma also shot back at Mr Yadav, accusing him of “hypocrisy”. “Tejashwi Yadav is criticising me but I want to ask him… is there any such practice in Bihar? You (Mr Yadav) should have implemented a four-hour break when you were deputy chief minister of Bihar. Practice it first before preaching,” Mr Sarma said.
He added the decision was being criticised only outside Assam, while the state MLAs showed commitment to work for development.
In May 2021, a blogger from Punjab was charged by the Arunachal Pradesh government for his racial remarks against a Congress MLA. The YouTube blogger Paras Singh had in a video termed then Congress MLA Ninong Ering a “non-Indian” and claimed the “state was a part of China”, sparking furore among Arunachal residents as well as people from other parts of the country. Paras Singh was arrested and brought to Arunachal Pradesh, where he said he realised his mistake and sought apology. He was granted bail and allowed to return home.