Kim Fields was excited to have Gabrielle Union portray her The Facts of Life character Tootie on ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience. Fields shared a picture of her and Union, who was wearing Field’s iconic mushroom haircut.


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“What an incredible, incredible time we had Tuesday night,” she said tearfully. “So many great feelings.”

“I know you’re saying, ‘Don’t cry,’ but you have to understand what that means,” she continued. “I was nine years old ’til I was 18 years old, and…to walk through that set and to see all the details…If you have not seen it yet, it’s so much fun.”