{"id":41380,"date":"2026-08-12T18:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41380"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:34:31","slug":"jamie-lee-curtis-forced-to-address-claim-she-hated-filming-new-girl-after-internet-erupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41380","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lee Curtis forced to address claim she \u2018hated\u2019 filming New Girl after internet erupts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_276581732-bff8-e1786539986750.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29360831\" alt=\"Jamie Lee Curtis attended a special screening of Ella McCay at MOMA on December 2, 2025 in New York City.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jamie Lee Curtis has now addressed her comments about \u2018hating\u2019 the sitcom (Picture: Dave Kotinsky\/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/jamie-lee-curtis\/\">Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a> has been forced to clarify her comments about having a less-than-stellar time while guest starring on the set of New Girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old stepped in to play the mother of leading lady Jess (Zooey Deschanel), alongside the late When Harry Met Sally filmmaker <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/rob-reiner\/\">Rob Reiner<\/a>, who played her ex in the 2012 episode Parents and 2018\u2019s The Curse of the Pirate Bride.<\/p>\n<p>But Curtis has now addressed her comments about \u2018hating\u2019 the sitcom. \u2018I did a single camera, which I hated,\u2019 Curtis said about New Girl.<\/p>\n<p>But The Bear star clarified to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC<\/a> that it wasn\u2019t any of the cast that she disliked, but rather the single-camera format without a studio audience.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u2018It\u2019s a great show, New Girl, very funny, but doing it is just like doing a movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You know, you\u2019ve got a camera crew, and nobody laughs. It\u2019s silent, and it\u2019s awful. For me, awful. Single-camera comedies, for me: not fun.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_278060802-a93d.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29360822\" alt=\"Mandatory credit: TM &amp; copyright 20th Century Fox No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only No Book or TV usage without prior permission from Shutterstock Editorial Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20th Century Fox Licensing\/Merchandising\/Everett\/Shutterstock (14216032g) NEW GIRL, from left: Rob Reiner, Zooey Deschanel, Jamie Lee Curtis, 'The Curse of the Pirate Bride', (Season 7, ep. 707, aired May 15, 2018). photo: Patrick McElhenney \/ ?Fox \/ Courtesy: Everett Collection Everett Collection - 15 May 2018\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Curtis guest-starred alongside the late When Harry Met Sally filmmaker Rob Reiner (Picture: Everett\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_277470351-ec6e.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29360828\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 09: Jamie Lee Curtis attends the world premiere of 20th Century Studios' Ella McCay at the El Capitan Theatre on December 09, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant\/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>\u2018HEY INTERNET! HI!\u2019 (Picture: Jesse Grant\/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, that in-the-moment clarification proved not to be enough to sate the New Girl fans, who were not best pleased with Curtis, forcing her to issue a follow-up statement on her <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/instagram\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis posted a snap from behind the scenes on New Girl, smiling alongside Deschanel and Reiner. In the caption, she harkened: \u2018HEY INTERNET! HI!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The actress continued: \u2018As if we don\u2019t have bigger issues facing Americans and the world at large and natural disasters and unnatural behaviours of despots than to be concerned about a flip comment picked up at a press moment promoting Newlyweds,\u2019 referring to the upcoming NBC sitcom she had been promoting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the show, which premieres this October, she added: \u2018I was there gushing about a multi-camera sitcom that I co-created along with Gail Lerner about a late in life love and people finding each other and marrying on a whim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_278060871-6d9d.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29360823\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20thC.Fox\/Everett\/Shutterstock (1894691av) NEW GIRL, l-r: Jamie Lee Curtis, Rob Reiner in 'Parents' (Season 2, Episode 8, aired November 20, 2012) New Girl - 2012\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Curtis described it as \u2018sweet and lovely\u2019 to play a divorced couple with Reiner on the show (Picture: 20th Century Fox\/Everett\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018It stars Tea Leoni and Tim Daly as the couple and we are having so much fun and the audiences are loving it and I was comparing how much I liked doing the show live in front of a studio audience, which is almost like doing a play where you get immediate feedback, and to the experience of doing a single-camera <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/comedy\/\">comedy<\/a> like New Girl.<\/p>\n<section class=\"metro-comment-cta\"\/>\n<p>Speaking on the series 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