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Tina Fey is not leading the next generation of “The Golden Girls.”
The actress, 54, debunked rumors that she’s remaking the beloved sitcom in an interview with Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of her upcoming Netflix show “The Four Seasons” last week.
Fey was shown a fake poster of herself, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Lisa Kudrow in an ad for a new “Golden Girls” series with a premiere date of June 2024. The image was allegedly created by a satirical Facebook account in March 2024.
“Oh, this. I did know about this,” Fey said. “I like that this was fooling people.”
“Like, why would we ever take a picture where Amy and Lisa Kudrow are in costume, but we’re not?” Fey continued about the poster. “If this fooled you, you might be a Boomer. And if you’re Gen X, and this fooled you, go to a hospital.”
The fake image showed Fey as Dorothy (Bea Athur), Poehler as Sophia (Estelle Getty), Kudrow as Rose (Betty White) and Rudolph as Blanche (Rue McClanahan). Poehler, 53, and Kudrow, 61, had wigs on in the poster, while Fey and Rudolph, 52, did not.
The post from the satirical account read, “This June, get ready to laugh until it hurts with Disney+’s brand new series, ‘The Golden Girls.’ Dive into 10 hilarious episodes where Dorothy and her feisty mother Sophia shake up life in Miami by moving in with the flirtatious Blanche and the sweetly naive Rose. Prepare for a whirlwind of witty banter, unexpected friendships, and the funniest golden era you’ve ever seen.”
Fey confirmed to ET that she would never put her own spin on “The Golden Girls.”
“I would never touch this. This is too perfect,” she shared. “The original is … those ladies can’t be touched.”
The sitcom followed four women in their 50s and 60s living together in Miami. It aired on NBC from 1985 to 1992.
Rudolph addressed the fake ad for the “Golden Girls” remake on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” earlier this month.
She called the poster “fascinating” and joked, “I just wanna say for Amy, whoever did this — f–k you.”
In 2017, the creator of “The Golden Girls,” Susan Harris, told Entertainment Weekly that an official reboot won’t happen anytime soon.
“They’ve wanted to do ‘Golden Girls the Musical’ and re-do ‘Golden Girls,’ and we’ve always said no because ‘Golden Girls’ would not be ‘Golden Girls’ without that cast,” said Harris, 84.
All four of the “Golden Girls” have passed away. Getty was the first to die in 2008 at age 84. The following year, Athur died at age 86. McClanahan passed away one year later at 76 years old. White lived until New Year’s Eve 2021, passing away at 99 years old.
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