Ted Danson reacts to Shelley Long skipping ‘Cheers’ Emmys 2024 reunion after feud

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Ted Danson was asked if a reunion with his “Cheers” cast was in the works while attending the red carpet of the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” on Tuesday.

“Well you know it’s interesting… I’ve seen them recently, everybody, pretty much everybody,” the “Cheers” alum, 76, teased to Entertainment Tonight.

The “Good Place” alum, however, shut down any reboot rumors, citing that the cast is a “bunch of older folks” now.

Danson, alongside costars Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, came together for the 2024 Emmy Awards on Jan. 15.

Of the sweet gathering, the “Three Men and a Baby” star said that the moment “was really fun.”

OG stars Shelley Long and Woody Harrelson, meanwhile, were not in attendance at the time.

“I’m sorry Shelley [wasn’t there] and Woody was off doing a play in London — which I saw and he was amazing,” Danson said. “But it was lovely.”

While the “Hunger Games” star, 62, is currently starring in a production in London’s West End called “Ulster American” and was unable to appear, it is still unknown why Long, 74, was not there.

Shelley played Danson’s love interest Diane Chambers on the beloved sitcom before she left after Season 5 in 1987. Kirstie Alley joined the show as Rebecca Howe in Season 6.

Feud rumors have long followed Danson and Long, but the pair have chalked it up to different acting styles in the past.

“I ain’t gonna say anything bad about my partner. I mean, my wife and I have terrible arguments sometimes, and they’re kind of our business. Our relationship, Shelley’s and mine, has included not being happy with each other and being happy with each other,” Danson told People in 1987.

Long added at the time: “Terrible teasing went on in the relationship and outside the relationship, but our energy went into our work and it paid off.”

Danson also opened up about their working relationship in an oral history of the show in 2012. “Shelley’s process would have infuriated you if it had been mean or if it hadn’t been purposeful. But it was purposeful — it was her way of being Diane — and there’s not a mean bone in Shelley’s body,” he told GQ. “I had trouble hanging around her until we stood onstage together, and then I was in heaven.”

Grammer, 68, for his part, opened up to the Post about the “Troop Beverly Hills” actress’ absence on Jan. 26.

The “Frasier” actor said he was “sorry” Long was not there to celebrate with them.

“What was nice about the Emmys was that when they revealed we were sitting at the bar, there was such a warmth that came at us from the audience,” he dished. “It was like [the crowd said], ‘Wow, look who it is.’”

At the Emmys, Danson and Grammer appeared on stage in a makeshift bar alongside Pearlman, 75, Wendt, 75, and Ratzenberger, 76, to a thunderous applause from the audience.

They presented the Best Directing for a Comedy Series and Best Writing in a Comedy Series accolades.

“This feels nice to be here in front of you,” Danson said to the crowd, before Ratzenberger said that their appearance was a “long overdue class reunion.”

“Being together brings back some great memories of a show we’re all very proud of,” Grammer added.