Random TV Couples Who Absolutely Hated Each Other In Real Life (12 items)

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  (#10) Julie McCullough & Kirk Cameron - 'Growing Pains'

  On the fourth season of Growing Pains, Mike Seaver (Kirk Cameron) fell hard for nanny Julie Costello (Julie McCullough). A marriage was in the works, and McCullough had completed filming eight episodes when she was abruptly fired. The reason? Cameron, a born-again evangelical Christian, had issues with McCullough posing nude in Playboy, which actually occurred four years prior to her Growing Pains run.

  Ten years passed before Cameron apologized and cited his immaturity at the time, seemingly taking responsibility for the firing. Yet in his autobiography, he blamed showrunner Dan Guntzelman, who in turn said McCullough was let go for storyline reasons. Producer Mike Sullivan confirms Guntzelman's account. Still, adding considerable doubt to Cameron's story is the fact that McCullough was replaced on Growing Pains by none other than Chelsea Noble, who was Cameron's then-girlfriend, now-wife. 
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  (#11) Joan Collins & John Forsythe - 'Dynasty'

  In the 1980s, Dynasty was the epitome of a sophisticated and scandalous soap opera. At the epicenter of all the shoulder pads, big hair, fights, and melodrama were Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). Blake and Alexis were divorced, but their ongoing feud was one of the main plot points that drove Dynasty for most of its nine seasons on the air. And the dislike seems to have continued when the cameras weren't rolling.

  Collins has admitted that Forsythe was cold to her when they weren't filming, and he even went so far as to not speak with her for an entire season - outside of the dialogue they shared in scenes, of course. Happily, as time went on and Dynasty receded further and further into the rearview, the iciness melted: Collins was one of the first people to pay tribute to Forsythe after his 2010 death.
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  (#2) Stana Katic & Nathan Fillion - 'Castle'

  The stars of Castle were once said to "completely despise each other." Rumor has it that Stana Katic, who played Kate Beckett, and Nathan Fillion, who played Richard Castle, refused to speak to one another when they were not in front of the camera. But things on the set apparently got so bad that Katic was breaking down in tears because of Fillion's behavior, and producers forced the two actors into actual couples counseling.

  Both actors have handled the reputed discord with professionalism: Katic has never publicly acknowledged any tension between Fillion and herself, and Fillion has tweeted his support of Katic.
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  (#4) Vivian Vance & William Frawley - 'I Love Lucy'

  Perhaps the most famous and beloved TV couple sidekicks in history, I Love Lucy's Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) were arguably just as popular as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. But Frawley and Vance detested one another.

  It all started when Vance, who was 22 years younger than Frawley, started voicing her displeasure about their age difference ("No one will believe I'm married to that old coot!"), and about Frawley being mean and crotchety. And by all accounts, he was something of a crank, saying Vance looked like "an old sack of doorknobs."

  Years later, Vance was dining at a restaurant when she heard Frawley had died. She ordered celebratory champagne for the entire place. Needless to say, the two never made peace, despite their pitch-perfect chemistry and comedic timing.
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  (#3) Lauren Graham & Scott Patterson - 'Gilmore Girls'

  Stars Hollow's favorite couple, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Luke (Scott Patterson), may not have been as star-crossed as viewers hoped. Though both Graham and Patterson have worked hard to deny any friction between them, rumors persist that the two Gilmore Girls stars weren't exactly the best of friends. Or friends at all, really.

  When asked in an interview if she and Patterson were friends off the set, Graham replied with what appeared to be an emphatic, "No." The two did post an all-smiles selfie when Gilmore Girls wrapped its new batch of episodes, but were they just happy because they didn't have to see each other anymore? Fans may never know.
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  (#9) Shelley Long & Ted Danson - 'Cheers'

  Ah, those good ol' "creative differences." They were thought to be one of the main reasons Shelley Long left her role as Diane Chambers on Cheers. It was widely reported that she and Ted Danson were not getting along, resulting in Diane leaving Danson's Sam Malone at the altar in the Season 5 finale.

  What exactly defines a creative difference? Is it a simple disagreement on how to play a scene? Or is it an overwhelming desire to scratch your co-star's eyes out? No one knows the answer, but Long, acknowledging some friction between Danson and herself, insists they really got along well. 

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