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Published December 20, 2023, 6:26 PM ET
This is so pretty.
Rachel McAdams has finally revealed why she didn't take part in the epic 2023 Black Friday Walmart commercial or reunite with her Mean Girls plastic characters Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert.
“I don't know; if I'm being completely honest, I guess I wasn't that excited about doing a commercial,” she told Variety on Wednesday.
“I've never done publicity before,” she further explained of her absence, “and it just didn't feel like my bag.”
However, she said the thought of seeing each other again at the cinema sounded “great”.
Rachel McAdams didn't participate in Walmart's fan-favorite Black Friday commercial for one simple reason. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection “I don’t know; If I'm being completely honest, I guess I wasn't that excited about doing a commercial,” she told Variety on Wednesday. CBS via Getty Images
McAdams also admitted that she had no idea her former “Mean Girls” co-stars would be included in the commercial – information that may have changed her mind about it.
“Of course I would always love to be part of a 'Mean Girls' reunion and hang out with my plastics, but yeah, I found that out later,” she said.
Page Six exclusively revealed in November that McAdams, 45, “just didn't want to do it” but that the other original cast members “loved being together.”
The commercial featured fellow original Mean Girls cast members Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert. Walmart McAdams admitted she had no idea the other three would be featured in the commercial. Walmart “I would obviously always love to be part of a 'Mean Girls' reunion and hang out with my plastic items,” she told Variety. Walmart
“They had a lot of fun talking about being moms and it was definitely a loss not having Rachel there,” our source added.
Lohan, 37, welcomed her first child, a son named Luai, with husband Bader Shammas in July.
Seyfried, 38, shares her daughter Nina, 6, and son Thomas, 3, with her husband Thomas Sadoski, while Chabert, 41, has a 7-year-old daughter, Julia, with her husband David Nehdar.
The “Notebook” actress also revealed that she almost came back for the musical adaptation “Mean Girls,” which hits theaters next year, but explained that it didn't work out. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
McAdams is also a mother of two and shares her 5-year-old son and daughter, born in 2020, with her long-term partner Jamie Linden.
“I think the direction it's gone in is going to be amazing and I can't wait to see it,” she said. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
While the “Notebook” star confirmed she wasn't interested in the “Mean Girls” commercial this year, she revealed to Variety that she almost came back to see the musical film “Mean Girls,” which is set to air in the Scheduled to premiere in January 2024.
“Tina [Fey] “I tried a few ideas, but in the end it was difficult to get everything to work,” she explained.
“I was really disappointed in everything she wanted to do. I think the direction it’s going in is going to be amazing and I can’t wait to see it.”
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