The Mickey Mouse Club bonds run deep, so much so that Keri Russell is still BFFs with some of her fellow alums all these years later.
During Wednesday’s Watch What Happens Live, Russell revealed who from the All-New Mickey Mouse Club she still hangs out with after nearly 25 years, and what they gossip about.
“I’ll tell you exactly who,” Russell responded after an audience member asked who she still keeps in touch with from the ’90s Disney variety show. “One of my oldest friends, who still is one of my closest friends, Ilana Miller. And Lindsey Alley. We meet up for girls swanky dinners and numerous amounts of alcohol…like, drinks. We just met [up] like two weeks ago.”
Like all alcohol-fueled girls nights, Russell revealed that tears usually flow, and sex talk, of course, takes place.
“Someone always cries, and someone always tells a hilarious [story],” she said. “It was all our 20s in New York, and ‘so-and-so hooked up with so-and-so,’ and what bl– job story went wrong. It was the best.”
Watch a clip from her interview below:
Russell appeared on the show between the ages of 15 and 17 in the early 1990s. Other fellow famous club alums include Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Ryan Gosling. Russell appeared in seasons 4 through 6 alongside JC Chasez, Dale Godboldo, Rhona Bennett, Josh Ackerman, and Nikki Deloach.
The Disney Channel series, which released new episodes Monday through Friday at the height of its popularity, would see its energetic teen stars perform a blend of musical performances and sketch comedy routines.
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Russell has previously spoken about how she considers herself to be the “least talented” member of its star-studded lineup.
“I was there at a time when there were a lot of famous kids there. And I say this completely truthfully: I was literally the least talented one there,” Russell said in 2023. “I’m not kidding. When I look at those kids, I’m like, Why in the world did they pick me? Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Britney Spears. It was wild.”
When asked if she’d saved anything from her time on the show, Russell simply replied, “My sanity, my dignity. Not everyone got out alive.”
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