(DIR) Home Bette Midler holds Lindsay Lohan responsible for sitcom 'Bette' failure (HTM) Source ---------------------------------------------------------------------- __ Bette Midler regrets not suing Lindsay Lohan for early exit _Beaches_ actress Bette Midler recently revealed that her autobiographical 2000 sitcom _Bette_ represented an array of mistakes. She opened up about the errors in detail, regretting her decision not to sue Lindsay Lohan, who played the role of her daughter in the pilot episode. The _Mean Girls_ alum however, didn't continue in the following sixteen episodes which broadcast on _CBS_ in the U.S. Addressing her regrets on _Fail Better_ podcast by fellow star David Duchovny, Midler admitted: "' _Bette.'_ A big, big mistake. I think for several reasons." She suggested that Lohan's early exit from the show might have heavily contributed to its failure, noting: "Lindsay Lohan was cast as my daughter in the pilot. Well, after the pilot, Lindsay Lohan decided she didn't want to do it. Or she had other fish to fry. So, Lindsay Lohan left the building. And I said, well, now what do you do?" For the unversed, Lohan had been doing fine at the time after enjoying success in _Parent Trap._ The actress continued to build a career for herself in _Freaky Friday_ and _Mean Girls._ Midler, who was also the executive producer on _Bette,_ blamed herself, adding: "I didn't realize what the pace was, and I didn't understand what the hierarchy was, and no one bothered to tell me." Continuing on the subject, she added: "It was a part of the media I simply did not understand." ______________________________________________________________________ Served by Flask-Gopher/2.2.1