Rachel Bloom is addressing ABC‘s decision not to move forward with her comedy pilot, Do You Want Kids?
The 39-year-old Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator shared a headline from Deadline on her Instagram about the network not moving forward with her pilot in a post on Thursday (April 30).
The outlet called the outcome “not surprising,” as “the Sliding Doors-style single-camera pilot was met with mixed reaction at the network, with its odds considered 50-50 at best.”
Rachel Bloom reflects on the loss of her pilot
“Since people – including myself – mostly use this place primarily to post about success, I want to give a shout out to my other buddy, Failure,” Rachel began.
“When a project dies, I mourn multiple things. I mourn the project itself, but I also mourn the life I thought I was going to lead with the project becoming a reality.”
She shares what she thought the year would look like
“We made a show about multiple timelines in the life of a couple, so it feels appropriate to mourn the timeline I thought I was gonna have this year with this show. I thought I’d be flying to NY in May for Upfronts. I thought we were going to hire amazing writers for an LA-based writing staff. I thought we were going to start shooting in Los Angeles in August through October. We had so many episode ideas, multiple season arcs,” she continued.
“Over the past 6 years I’ve mourned multiple failures, multiple timelines. But I never mourn the work,” Rachel concluded.
What she is working on now
She is next set to appear in RuPaul‘s Stop! That! Train! and provide her voice in The Angry Birds Movie 3.
Rachel is also currently starring in The Devil Wears Prada 2, playing a friend of Andy. The movie hits theaters on May 1. Find out who else is in the cast!
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