'Married... With Children' star Christina Applegate recalls 'cynical' set dynamic

The Married... With Children cast was ‘cynical’ on set and Christina Applegate wasn’t okay with it.

Married costars Katey Sagal and Christina Applegate discussed the onset dynamic of the hit sitcom on Sagal and husband Kurt Sutter's podcast Pie.

The Dead to Me actress admitted that she felt like a misfit due to the penchant of the cast to badmouth someone as soon as they left the room.

She noted that she wasn’t into "sarcasm and s--- talking and negativity," to which Sagal admitted that there was a "cynical" vibe on set.

"We were a sarcastic, cynical bunch," Sagal said. "You weren't safe, really. You turned your back, somebody's gonna talk s--- on you."

Applegate then recalled a particular moment when she was shocked to hear people gossiping about her when she left a scene. She heard them through a monitor in her trailer.

"I was like, 'Wow, I was just there 20 seconds ago,'" she shared.

Regardless of the cynical vibe, Applegate has a close bond with her onscreen parents Sagal and Ed O'Neill.

She previously shared that she considered Sagal her "safe space" during the 11 years of filming the show, while she credited Ed for practically raising her.

“Years and years of my life spent with this man and he’s an incredible actor," she said on her own podcast MeSsy. "He’s an incredible human being.”