‘That ’90s Show’s Debra Jo Rupp Admits She ‘Just Cried’ When ‘That ’70s Show’ Kids Returned (Exclusive)

Kitty and Red Forman are welcoming a new procreation of kids into their location successful That ’90s Show. They’ll beryllium lodging their granddaughter, Leia Forman (Callie Haverda), for the summertime successful the brand-new Netflix series. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with That ’70s Show vets Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith astir reuniting connected surface and moving with this caller radical of kids.

Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith arsenic Kitty and Red Forman. (Netflix)

“It was precise exciting, and it really helped I deliberation with the quality betwixt the ’70s and ’90s. It helped with the decades, you know, to person caller vigor to bounce disconnected it,” Debra Jo told HollywoodLife during the show’s property junket. “That was precise helpful. I similar to enactment with young actors and caller actors, particularly erstwhile they’re truthful talented. We person this radical of kids that truly attraction astir what they’re doing, and they enactment truly hard. They navigated COVID truthful well. I’m not definite I could person done that astatine their age, rehearsing with a disguise each week and past the disguise comes off, and each of a abrupt you person the full look and having to set successful beforehand of an audience. They bash a singular job.”

When That ’90s Show begins, it’s 1995. Kurtwood revealed that Kitty is “really excited” to person “new beingness successful the house, alternatively than grumpy aged Red.” Meanwhile, Red is “disappointed due to the fact that helium thought helium was going to person his bully small retired beingness wherever helium sat successful his seat and work his paper, and each of a abrupt he’s got these small monsters each implicit the location successful his closet trying connected his flannel shirts, and successful the basement, and successful the refrigerator. He feels similar he’s nether attack.”

Debra Jo and Kurtwood besides reunite with their onscreen son Topher Grace and much of the archetypal That ’70s Show cast, including Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, and Laura Prepon. Kurtwood said it was “great” to work with the aged pack again.

Kitty and Red with Eric and Leia successful ‘That ’90s Show.’ (Netflix)

“Well, I conscionable cried,” Debra Jo admitted. “They didn’t travel each astatine once. They came benignant of individually. Every clip 1 of them would measurement done that surviving country doorway oregon the room door, I would get a small teary. Honestly, I’m conscionable truthful arrogant of them. I’m truthful arrogant of the radical they’ve grown up to beryllium and their careers and their families. I conjecture I’m a spot similar a puffed-up mom. I don’t know. It was benignant of emotional.”

As for who Eric and Donna’s girl takes after, the reply is elemental for Debra Jo and Kurtwood. “Oh, I deliberation she takes aft her dada with the objection of I deliberation she’s had it with each the Star Wars successful respect to her dad,” the histrion told HollywoodLife. “She’s a spot much practical, which I deliberation she gets from her mom. There’s thing benignant of fascinating the mode she accepts her ain geekiness and deals with it and makes it enactment for her, which is thing Eric did arsenic well.” That ’90s Show premieres January 19 connected Netflix.

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