Ree Drummond is having a very Brady Christmas.
As a huge fan of the show growing up, Drummond says that when she was approached to be a part of the show, it took her a “millisecond” to say yes. “I didn’t even check my calendar. The idea of meeting the kids I pretty much grew up with was the source of my excitement,” she tells PEOPLE.
Drummond says it was a “very emotional experience,” meeting the cast for the first time on set. “I felt like I was meeting family — like a long lost group of siblings.” She had the opportunity to bond with each of the stars as they took turns cooking a nostalgicChristmas mealin the newly restored home’s iconic orange kitchen.
Everyone in theBradycast was a pretty good cook too, according to Drummond, but two of the stars shined brightest: “Christopher Knight (Peter) and Maureen McCormick (Marcia) were very good in the kitchen,” she says. “I didn’t have to tell them too much about what to do. I tried to step back and let them do most of the work.”
Though being able to interact with the cast was a highlight for Drummond, she revealed that she especially enjoyed watching how the actors interacted with one another. “They really are family,” she says. “They’re all different in many ways, but they take care of each other and are very tender with one another.”
Drummond connected with all of the cast members in different ways, but says she bonded most with Maureen McCormick. “We have brothers with developmental disabilities, and we shared stories about our brothers. It was a special little side note to the day.” All-in-all Drummond says she “didn’t want the experience to end.”
After extensive renovations and a helping hand from Roth,Property Brothers’Drew and Jonathan Scott,Good Bones’Mina Starsiak and Karen E. Laine andFlea Market Flip’s Lara Spencer, the inside of the property appears exactly as it did on the beloved sitcom.
source: people.com
