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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