Inside the Feud: Ed O’Neill’s Candid Account of the Bearse Conflict

Inside the Feud: Ed O’Neill’s Candid Account of the Amanda Bearse Conflict

Ed O’Neill, the iconic Al Bundy from “Married … With Children,”

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Spill the tea on the bitter fallout with his co-star Amanda Bearse.

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Here’s the lowdown on what caused the rift, straight from the actor’s own words,

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On Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast.

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O’Neill, 77, revealed about a regrettable incident involving Bearse.

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He confessed, “I did a thing on the show that involved Amanda Bearse that I regretted.”

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The actor revealed that their feud sparked when Bearse and David Garrison

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Were left out of the TV Guide cover featuring the cast.

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The reason? “Because they had a rule: only so many could be on the cover,” O’Neill explained.

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Bearse wanted O’Neill to stand up for her and the excluded co-stars.

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But, O’Neill admitted he remained silent out of fear of losing the cover altogether.

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“We were lucky to get it,” he emphasized.

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