close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines May 8 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Bette Midler has regrets about her short-lived sitcom, which she called a "big, big mistake." The actress and singer said she wishes she had sued after a young Lindsay Lohan pulled out of the "Hocus Pocus" star’s eponymous comedy "Bette" following the pilot episode 24 years ago.
"I believe it would have worked if I had had a team that was on my side," Midler told David Duchovny on his "Fail Better" podcast of her 2000 to 2001 CBS show in which she played a version of herself. She continued, "Things happened that were so astonishing. I didn’t know those things could happen.
For instance, Lindsay Lohan was cast as my daughter in the pilot. Well, after the pilot she decided that she didn’t want to do it, or she had other fish to fry. So, Lindsay Lohan left the building and I said, ‘Well, now what do you do?’" LINDSAY LOHAN IMPRESSED DENNIS QUAID WHILE WORKING TOGETHER ON ‘THE PARENT TRAP': ’SHE WAS LIKE MARLON BRANDO' Bette Midler and Lindsay Lohan on the set of "Bette" in 2000.
(CBS via Getty Images) She said the studio didn’t help her after Lohan’s departure, adding, "It was extremely chaotic." Duchovny noted that’s why actors sign contracts. "You’re not supposed to be able to do that.
" Midler told him, "If I had known that was part of my duties, to stand up and say this absolutely will not do. I’m going to sue,' then I would h.
