But Parker thinks that when her storyline waded into romance, it got “too soapy.”

And she was very clear without apologizing for herself.

I tend to apologize for myself a lot, and this character was just refreshing.

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It was always really nice to hear that because I felt the same."

“Sometimes people are like, ‘Oh my God, she’s stealing him from Donna!'”

To hear a woman say that and discuss that issue was incredible."

“Not at all,” she says with a laugh.

“I just was so excited to have such great writing.

Even if I wasn’t in the script, I was thrilled to read it.”

It was just the perfect evening."

She pauses, then adds, “I think that was the first night I shot, actually.

It was the biggest honor in my life.

I mean, I now have the license to marry people and used it.”

Amy would be proud.

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