What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Jonathan Bennett AKA Aaron Samuels just
revealed that this week’s Mean Girls reunion was actually a little awkward.
Alright, so in case you forgot, October 3rd is officially “Mean Girls Day” thanks
to this line in the movie…
“On October 3rd he asked me what day it was.
It’s October 3rd.”
And this year the cast got together on October 3rd to celebrate both Mean Girls day and the
16th anniversary since the movie came out.
I can’t believe it’s been 16 years?!
Just in case you weren’t feeling old yet today!
Cast members like Tina Fey, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Jonathan
Bennett, Lacey Chabert, and more reunited via Zoom on Katie Couric’s show.
And Katie decided to fill in as Mrs. George, AKA Amy Poehler’s role, because Amy couldn’t
make it.
“Yes these are cherry tomatoes from my garden.
Oooh I have cherry tomatoes today too.
Well put them in your bra.
This so has nothing to do with Mean Girls but these are my breasts.”
And on Thursday, Jonathan Bennett spoke to E!’s Daily Pop about what it was really
like getting the cast back together again.
He revealed that it was actually a bit more awkward than he thought it would be to reunite
in this way.
“We haven’t all been together in 16 years and to all be together for the first time
and do it on Zoom, already it’s awkward to see each other for the first time because
you wanna say so many things but when you’re on a Zoom call it’s even more awkward cause
you’re like waiting for the person to talk and you don’t want to interrupt.”
Jonathan also mentioned that he specifically didn’t want to cut off the iconic Tina Fey
when discussing how he got his role.
“Getting the role, I was actually cast like last minute.
Right Tina?
And I was flown up the night before cause they did like a switch or something.
Yeah somebody got fired.
So I was actually brought in last minute.”
And Jonathan wasn’t the only one who struggled a bit with the Zoom awkwardness.
Fans also caught some slightly awkward Zoom moments between Lindsay, Rachel, Amanda, and
Lacey during their reenactment of their famous 4 way phone call from the movie.
“well she’s not mad at you.
Hold on.
Are you ok?
Shhh.
Hello?
If someone said something bad about you, you’d want me to tell you right?
No.”
People wrote things like “Is it just me or are all these Zoom reunions kinda awkward?
I can’t even watch them.”
And “Yeh…
I love Mean Girls but I kinda thought the reunion was awk too, but hey, that’s Zoom
I guess.”
But despite the tricky Zoom moments, Jonathan revealed that it was quote "super fun to see
everyone."
He said quote, “It really did give us, like, a sense of nostalgia seeing everybody and
being next to each other, like, on screen.
It brought back so many, like, high school memories; You know, when you run into an old
classmate from high school?
It was really fun.”
And while some fans did catch those slightly awkward bits, others were just here for the
reunion and shared their love for the film and the cast.
One person wrote quote, “Mean Girls reunion happened!!
Omg my girl Lindsay is GLOWING !!”
This fan chimed in saying “This is the best thing ever!!!”
Asset: screenshot
Another person wrote “Oh this was so great!!”
And this fan shared this emotional clip from Daniel Franzese at the reunion writing “This
part of the Mean Girls reunion made me cry.
The impact that this movie had and still has on people is insane.”
Here’s the moment this fan was talking about...
“I just want to thank you for being something in media I could point to and say that’s
me.
And I realized how much I truly needed that myself at 16 and thank you Tina for putting
that in there because when I read that part I couldn’t believe that there was a character
who could be gay and just breathe.”
And there were definitely plenty of other special moments like that from the reunion.
If you’re a Mean Girls fan it’s definitely worth watching the entire thing.
So all Zoom awkwardness aside, we were glad that the cast got back together and who knows…
maybe one day this same Mean Girls group might even do a reboot!
If you want more on Mean Girls, click right over here to find out which cast members would
be interested in doing that reboot.
Also, let us know if you caught the reunion and what you thought of it.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @sussan_mourad bye guys!