Holly Marie Combs calls for end to feud over ‘Charmed’ reboot
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Holly Marie Combs is trying to put a healing spell on the “Charmed” family.
The star of the supernatural series, which ran from 1998 to 2006, has waved a white flag in the social media feud involving herself, co-star Rose McGowan and Sarah Jeffrey, who stars in the “Charmed” reboot, E! Online reported Friday.
“My Charmed friends ... I would like everyone to stop," Combs, 46, said in a Twitter thread on Thursday. “Truth be told and it will be told is that our issues were and are at the corporate level. And we have the receipts. Just as the new cast were asked to be people they were not we were given ultimatums that were crazily unfair.”
The “Pretty Little Liars” alum went on to say, “to the ladies of the reboot... stick together... negotiate together and know that the discourse between us, you guys and crews being discarded and replaced is what they bank on. Division. That is all.”
The conflict kicked off when Jeffrey, 24, responded to a video of Combs and McGowan, who played Piper and Paige respectively, discussing the fact that the original series left Netflix.
McGowan says that the reboot “sucks. I haven’t seen it. I can’t say that. ... But I’m happy people have jobs. But it can still suck.”
Noting via Twitter that she’d originally “refrained from saying anything,” Jeffrey, who stars as Maggie Vera, wrote: “I find it sad and quite frankly pathetic to see grown women behaving this way.
“I truly hope they find happiness elsewhere, and not in the form of putting down other WOC,” she continued. “I would be embarrassed to behave this way.”
Combs went on to tweet, “That’s some bulls--t. And a lot of it.”
She added that making “derogatory accusations of a person’s character despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary because of a difference in opinions about a tv show is just plain wrong. And also personal gain honey.”
McGowan reportedly added that the new cast was “profiting” off her “legacy,” only for Combs to end the war.
About an hour after extending the olive branch, Combs took to Twitter again, noting: “For the last time I will say it’s not about any 1 person taking a job to support their families or themselves. It’s about an industry that sees us only as numbers whether it be follower #'s or $ signs.”
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