Cybill Shepherd has revealed where she stands with Bruce Willis and Christine Baranski after enduring some bad blood with the both of them.
Shepherd, 75, had rocky relationship with her Moonlighting co-star Willis and Baranski on their 1990s sitcom Cybill.
But the Taxi Driver star has now made peace with her former foes.
In an interview with People, Shepherd, 75, said she was ‘grateful’ to have repaired her friendship with Willis, 70, prior to the world learning about his aphasia diagnosis.
‘Yes, I’m very grateful for that,’ she told the publication. ‘Yeah, it was time.’
Shepherd is now also ‘good’ with Baranski, 73, after having an ‘open-hearted’ talk with one another.
Cybill Shepherd has revealed where she stands with Bruce Willis and Christine Baranski after enduring some bad blood with the both of them
She admitted to not having a great relationship with her Cybill co-star Christine Baranski
The pair starred in the 90s sitcom Cybill, which followed the life of middle-aged actress Cybill Sheridan (portrayed by Shepherd).
However Shepherd claimed in her 2000 memoir Cybill Disobedience that they didn’t have a good relationship as Baranski was ‘unfriendly’.
Baranski addressed the claim in a 2022 interview with The Guardian, admitting they had ‘issues’ but refrained from getting into detail.
‘I have never publicly gone into that. Yes, there were issues, but I prefer to take the higher ground and say, look, that show gave me so much,’ Baranski said.
Shepherd also had a famously rocky off-screen relationship with her Moonlighting co-star Willis.
While their on-screen chemistry was undeniable, Cybill said they couldn’t stand one another at one particular point during the show.
‘I remember at one point in the show, it had gotten to where we just hated each other,’ Cybill admitted to Entertainment Weekly in 2005 about her and Bruce’s tumultuous working relationship.
She added, ‘It was a very volatile show anyway, but that’s also what made it great.’
While the duo had great chemistry on screen, there was a time when they couldn’t stand one another
The Last Picture Show star said the temperature in the room increased when she did a reading with Willis for their show
Shepherd admitted they had true chemistry: ‘We had the real stuff. I went to the network and did readings with, like, 17 different men. And I felt no spark with them. But with Bruce, the temperature in the room went 20 degrees higher. For me, anyway.
Willis, has been in the spotlight recently due to his battle with frontotemporal dementia.
In March 2022, his family announced that he would be stepping away from acting after he was diagnosed with aphasia, a brain disorder that affects how sufferers speak. The following year his family announced it had ‘progressed’ to frontotemporal dementia.
Following the public news of Willis’s diagnosis, Shepherd spoke warmly of her former co-star at the Race to Erase MS benefit gala in Los Angeles in May 2022.
‘I will always love Bruce,’ Shepherd told Extra.
Now Cybill has repaired her friendship with Willis and Baranski; pictured 2022
Shepherd said she was able to resolve things with Baranski after an ‘open-hearted’ talk
Born in Memphis, Shepherd rose to fame through her role on the hit series Moonlighting, where she starred alongside Willis as Maddie opposite his David Addison in the comedic drama
She praised Willis’s natural charisma and how he secured the role on Moonlighting, a breakthrough that helped launch his successful film career with hits like Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, and The Sixth Sense.
‘I just have to say one thing about Bruce — no one else was ever considered for the part when he walked in the room,’ Shepherd added.
Born in Memphis, Shepherd rose to fame through her role on the hit series Moonlighting, where she starred alongside Willis as Maddie opposite his David Addison in the comedic drama.
She earned widespread praise for her performance on the show, which aired on ABC from 1985 to 1989.
Shepherd won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical in 1986 and 1987, and was nominated again in 1988.
In addition, she received an Emmy nomination in 1988 for her work on the series.
Later, from 1995 to 1997, Shepherd garnered three more Emmy nods for her role on the CBS sitcom Cybill, which also earned her a Golden Globe win in 1996 and a nomination the following year.
She is now starring in the new show, Queen of the Lucky Club.
