Push Admin

‘Mean Girls’ cast reunite after 19 years

Article (news)

Nikka Avegail Sabio

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The lead cast members of the film <em>Mean Girls—</em>Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert—reunited as the mature version of their iconic characters Cady Heron, Karen Smith, and Gretchen Wieners for a commercial for an American multinational retail corporation.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Posted last November 2, the ad showed short scenes of the older version of their characters as they advertised deals for Black Friday.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div><iframe width="1349" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VfX-brlBH18" title="Walmart Black Friday Deals | Jingle Bell Rockin’" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lacey as Gretchen Wieners first appeared as a mother “fetching” her high school daughter who also happens to be a part of their school’s queen bees. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lacey’s Gretchen, still being her “sassy” rich self, asked her daughter to go shopping.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Get in sweetie! We’re going deal shopping,” she excitedly said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On the other hand, Amanda&#x27;s Karen seemed to have pursued her dream career as a weather reporter where she was seen reporting from a football field.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Karen Smith here with the weather. There’s a 30 percent of chance it’s already Wednesday,” she reported.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Lindsay’s Cady, who also narrated the commercial, was seen sitting in an office as a guidance counselor, as she, according to her, was still getting “schooled”.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The popular “Winter Talent Show” was also reenacted where the cast, who once danced on stage before, were now seated in the audience watching Lacey’s daughter and friends perform the “Jingle Bell Rock.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The ad also posted a title card saying: “On Wednesdays, we shop deals,” a parody from the iconic The Plastics’ rule, “On Wednesdays we wear pink.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fans expressed their excitement and enthusiasm on X (formerly known as Twitter) about the iconic reunion.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“WALMART….YALLL DID YALL S****T WITH THIS AD!! OMG I WAS SOO HOOKED!! I ALMOST CRIED WHEN IT WENT OFF!! THIS WAS WAYYYYY TO GOOD TO BE AN AD!! I REWATCHED SO MANY TIMES 😭❤️🔥🎀 AND MY MEAN GIRLS STILL LOOK SO GOOD! #MeanGirls.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Did Walmart just give us the Mean Girls mini-series we never thought we needed until now via commercial?”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I really loved seeing where they all are now.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“This is soooo fetch ! 🔥”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“This commercial is the definition of what a cult movie is.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fans also asked where the queen bee, Regina George, was since she wasn’t in the two-minute long commercial.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Saw the @Walmart #MeanGirls commercial but where is Regina George? Hello!?”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Y&#x27;all ever think that maybe Regina George isn&#x27;t in the commercial because she wouldn&#x27;t shop at #Walmart? Brilliant marketing. #MeanGirls.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Nahhhh @walmart yall snapped with the mean girls Black Friday deal commercial but where (is) Regina George!?”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As per reports</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">actress Rachel McAdams who played Regina George didn’t “want to do it (the commercial).”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The video for the retail company has garnered almost 800 thousand views as of this writing.</span></div>

‘Mean Girls’ cast reunite after 19 years

News

Entertainment

Lifestyle

Sports

Metro.Style

More

Traffic

Manila

Horoscope

Showbiz

‘Mean Girls’ cast reunite after 19 years

Nikka Sabio

Published Nov 03, 2023 04:52 PM PHT

Read More:

Mean Girls

Lindsay Lohan

Amanda Seyfried

Lacey Chabert

Regina George

Cady Heron

Karen Smith

Gretchen Wieners

ABS-CBN is the leading media and entertainment company in the Philippines, offering quality content across TV, radio, digital, and film. Committed to public service and promoting Filipino values, ABS-CBN continues to inspire and connect audiences worldwide.

Corporate

Investors

Governance

International Distribution

Corporate

Governance

Investors

International Distribution

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

AI Policy

Terms of Service

Advertise with Us

© 2025 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

AI Policy

Advertise with Us

© 2025 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

AI Policy

Advertise with Us

© 2025 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.