Bette Midler Regrets Not Suing Lindsay Lohan Over Her Failed Sitcom

Bette Midler remains to be upset with Lindsay Lohan for bailing on their 2000s sitcom “Bette” … and apparently looks like she ought to’ve taken her to court docket for leaping ship.

Bette opened up in regards to the failed endeavor on David Duchovny‘s podcast “Fail Better,” the place she known as the present a giant mistake. The sitcom solely ran for 1 season on CBS again in 2000 … and Bette is now kinda pointing the finger at LiLo for its quick tenure.

She says … “Lindsay Lohan was cast as my daughter in the pilot. Well, after the pilot, Lindsay Lohan decided she didn’t want to do it. Or she had other fish to fry. So, Lindsay Lohan left the building. And I said, well, now what do you do?”

Bette goes on to say she was too inexperienced a producer on the time to know she may’ve stepped in and sued Lindsay for strolling out. She added … “I didn’t know that I could have taken charge, that I could have asserted, because I think because I was so terrified of being branded a grandstander.”

Now, remember, this all went down whereas Lindsay was nonetheless a child … earlier than her infamous hard-partying methods led to her authorized hassle as an grownup. She was only a little one actress on the time … so, it appears a little bit unfair in charge her for ‘Bette’ not taking off.

BTW, BM mentioning LiLo is not simply arising out of the blue — simply final week, Lindsay took to Instagram to share a pic of herself and Bette, the place she praised her former boss.

She wrote … “Had such a blast filming with the incredible @bettemidler 💕 #tbt”