30 TV Cast Members Who Were at Each Other’s Throats Regularly

The drama behind the drama
30 TV Cast Members Who Were at Each Other’s Throats Regularly
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Feuds between cast members on a movie set are unfortunate, but there’s at least an ending in site. For the most part, a movie’s production has a set amount of shoot days, whereas a TV show can go on for years and years. These cast members found themselves in years-long spats and most likely made their entire work environment pretty unpleasant. 

Today, we’re thinking about the poor camera, lighting and sound crews who had to work late on toxic sets because of all this on-set feuding.

Rick and Morty

CRACKED JUSTIN ROILAND & DAN HARMON About Rick & Morty Season 3 delays, Harmon said, We have fights all the time and then we have fights about why we're having fights. That's why it's taking longer! All this fighting!

Moonlighting

CRACKED CYBILL SHEPHERD & BRUCE WILLIS They had tension on the '80s dramedy Moonlighting since day one. Willis' movie stardom and Shepherd's pregnancy caused them to fight over the schedule, and co-stars later wrote about their hate for each other.

Laverne & Shirley

GRACKED PENNY MARSHALL & CINDY WILLIAMS The Laverne & Shirley characters may have been besties, but Williams was unhappy with the network's choices for her character, and jealous of Marshall's popularity. She left the show, the ratings plummeted, and their relationship was non-existent for quite a while.

The Good Wife

Behind-the-scenes Drama The Good Wife Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi couldn't be in the same room. Green screen was needed for the emotional final scene between main characters Kalinda and Alicia, because the actresses reportedly hated each other, according to crew members. CRACKED.COM

Saturday Night Live

TRACY MORGAN CRACKED.COM None of the cast I came up with saw this future for me. No, sir. All I have to say about that is, where's Chris Kattan now? Where's Cheri Oteri now? That b-h can't even get arrested.

Seinfeld

George & Susan CRACKED.COM Jason Alexander says he had trouble syncing up his tone and timing with Heidi Swedberg's over her roughly 5-season arc on the show. It was only when Susan started sharing more screen time with Jerry and Elaine that other actors understood the difficulty, and they collectively lobbied to have her killed off.

Grey’s Anatomy

Isaiah Washington threw fists and slurs. GREY'S ANATOMY СО CRACKED.COM In a single altercation, he choked out Patrick Dempsey and called a fellow cast member a homophobic slur.

Three’s Company

CRACKED SUZANNE SOMERS & JOHN RITTER On Three's Company, she was paid $30,000 per episode to Ritter's $150,000. When she pushed for a raise, the show replaced her, and she said that Ritter shunned her. They briefly reconciled just before his passing.

Kenan & Kel

GRACKED KENAN THOMPSON & KEL MITCHELL Kel said that Kenan yearned for a solo career, and distanced himself from their Nickelodeon image. Не said, Kenan does not want to be seen with me in any form of media, or even have my name mentioned around him. They didn't speak for years.

Saturday Night Live (Again)

VICTORIA JACKSON IVE CRACKED.COM Castmates returned her audiobook Bibles. Maybe I'm overcompensating because everybody here is dying and going to Hell, and I'm supposed to tell them about Jesus.

Saturday Night Live (Yep, Again)

CHRIS KATTAN GRACKED.COM Norm gives me a hard time. If Norm says I'm gay, then put in that I say he's an a--hole.

Victorious

JUSTICE GRANDE VICTORIOUS CRACKED.COM SWEETHEART THE ONLY REASON VICTORIOUS ENDED IS BECAUSE 1 GIRL DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, GRANDE SPAT ONLINE. JUSTICE TWEETED BACK: SOME PEOPLE WOULD THROW SOME1 THAT THEY CONSIDER A FRIEND UNDER THE BUS JUST 2 MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK GOOD.

Saturday Night Live (Fourth Time Is A Charm)

phil rob SCHNEIDER HARTMAN CRACKED.COM De Hartman helped a young female friend of his family land an internship on Weekend Update. Schneider's girlfriend didn't like the competition and convinced Rob to fire her. According to David Spade, Hartman threw Schneider up against a wall and said I'll put a bullet in your head. Yikes.

Homicide: Life on the Street

CRACKED Jon Polito got a disrespectful ending. After 2 seasons as Steve Crosetti, he had a major artistic parting of the ways with executive producer Tom Fontana, so they had his character kill himself. Не said, It makes no sense. It's the last thing in the world I would do. HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET

Anger Management

CRACKED Selma Blair (like many) couldn't handle Charlie Sheen. She questioned his professionalism and told producers he was a menace to work with, so Sheen fired her himself via text. ANGER MANAGEMENT

Star Trek

SHATNER EVERYBODY STAR TREK CRACKED.COM SHATNER WOULD PRETEND NOT TO KNOW GEORGE TAKEI ON THE STAR TREK SET AND HAD LONG-RUNNING FEUDS WITH JAMES SCOTTY DOOHAN AND WALTER CHECKOV KOENIG. LEONARD NIMOY, WHO SHATNER CONSIDERS HIS BEST FRIEND, STOPPED SPEAKING TO HIM FOR THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE.

The X-Files

DUCHOVNEY ANDERSON THE X-FILES CRACKED.COM EIGHT YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO ACT WITH SOMEBODY, SAYS DUCHOVNEY. FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT. WE USED TO ARGUE ABOUT NOTHING. WE COULDN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF EACH OTHER.

Sex and the City

CATRALL PARKER SEX AND THE CITY CRACKED.COM PARKER AND CATRALL WOULDN'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER DURING FILMING OF THE SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE. ARE WE THE BEST OF FRIENDS? NO, SAID CATRALL. PARKER JOKINGLY (?) OFFERED HER SAMANTHA ROLE TO ELLEN DEGENERES.

The Golden Girls

WHITE ARTHUR THE GOLDEN GIRLS CRACKED.COM SHE WAS NOT THAT FOND OF ME, WHITE SAYS. SHE FOUND ME A PAIN IN THE NECK SOMETIMES. IT WAS MY POSITIVE ATTITUDE - AND THAT MADE BEA MAD SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES IF I WAS HAPPY, SHE'D BE FURIOUS!

Game of Thrones

Hollywood feuds LENA HEADY vs JEROME FLYNN Cersei and Bronn don't have scenes together on Game of Thrones because the (ex) couple dated in 2002, and they're not on talking terms after the nasty breakup. CRACKED

Criminal Minds

Hollywood feuds CRIMINAL MINDS VS THOMAS GIBSON Gibson had numerous verbal and physical on-set altercations. In 2010 he reportedly shoved an assistant director, and he was fired in 2016 for kicking a writer in the shin because of creative differences. CRACKED

I Love Lucy

Fred & Ethel I LOVE LUCY CRACKED.COM William Frawley had beef with... well, pretty much everyone on / Love Lucy. Vivian Vance caught the brunt of it, having to appear on screen with him most of the time. Vance once called him a coot who was too old to play her husband. Не, in turn, hit her with the greatest burn in history, calling her an old sack of doorknobs.

Cheers

Shelley Long Ted Danson CRACKED.COM Sam and Diane's cat-and-mouse romance charmed audiences for 5 seasons, before Diane ducked out on their wedding and peaced out of the show for a while. It turns out that was a fittingly chaotic departure, as Shelley and Ted had some major friction.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will Smith and Janet Hubert had such a rocky relationship behind the scenes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that she blamed him for her getting fired from the show. VS After she got fired, Smith allegedly made some comments insinuating that Hubert wanted the show to be centered around her and would be bitter towards him regardless of his actions. Over 15 years later, Hubert - who wasn't done feuding -- said she'd never have a reunion with an asshole like Will Smith. CRACKED COM

Live With Kelly and Michael

Michael Strahan Kelly Ripa LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL CRACKED.COM When Strahan got picked up on Good Morning America, he allegedly didn't give Ripa the heads up that he was about to leave Live! She didn't show up to work the day she found out, and when she did show back up, things were so tense that Strahan ducked out earlier than planned.

That ‘70s Show

Mila Kunis Ashton Kutcher THAT 70'S SHOW CRACKED.COM They weren't romantically inclined when they first met, which was probably for the best - s s she was 15 and he was 20. They didn't get along at all, so everyone was surprised when they started dating 14 years later in 2012.

The Big Bang Theory

Penny & Leonard CRACKED.COM Kaley Cuoco took her role as the one hot person amongst a sea of nerds to heart. As their collective star rose, Cuoco mistook that for personal success, and reportedly became a bit of a diva. She lost her biggest champion, costar Johnny Gilecki, after she cashed in on their breakup by indulging all the tabloids.

Abbott & Costello

Abbott & Costello CRACKED.COM Things were fine between them, until Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis started to overtake them. As their star fell, tensions rose, and they started referring to each other as the bastard and the drunk. Honestly? A very cool name for a comedy duo.

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