Molly Ringwald doesn’t have many fond memories of filming The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
While on a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Ringwald, 58, played a game where she ranked her past projects. She asked if “the worst is one” before giving the ABC Family drama that spot.
“OK, that was it. The worst,” she said, which shocked Cohen, 58, and the audience.
Ringwald clarified why The Secret Life of the American Teenager was at the bottom of the list, adding, “It was a hard, I mean … OK, I love the cast. I love Shailene [Woodley].”
She continued: “There was one person that was really difficult. And I’m not gonna say who that one person is, [but] they brought it down to a one.”
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which ran from 2008 to 2013, followed teenager Amy (Woodley) as she experienced pregnancy and parenthood while also struggling with everything that comes from being a high school student.
In addition to Woodley, 34, and Ringwald, who played her mother, the show starred Kenny Baumann, India Eisley, Greg Finley, Daren Kagasoff, Megan Park, Francia Raisa and Steve Schirripa.
Park, 40, recently reflected on her experience with the show.
“It was such a different time [when I filmed The Secret Life] so it’s hard to compare that and [my new show Sterling Point] because it was truly a different era,” Park exclusively told Us. “There were so many wonderful things that came out of that show.”
Park also praised Woodley, who led the cast.
“Still to this day, she is my ride or die,” Park noted. “And it was such a wonderful cast. All those people I’m still really close with.”
She continued: “And I learned a lot about just being on a set and what everyone’s role is and getting so comfortable on a set. But it was a very different kind of show to make.”
As Park got more comfortable in the industry, her outlook changed, adding, “I just didn’t always feel like when I was in many different projects — not specifically that — it didn’t feel authentic to how I was actually experiencing my young adulthood or seeing my peers experience theirs or talking about things or in a way that felt really natural.”
