Caroline Rhea on the last missing season of the teenage witch

Caroline rhea Agrees that Aunt Zelda and Aunt Hilda’s absences during final season Sabrina the teenager in all kinds of “wonder.”

“That’s when I went to make my talk show,” said Rhea, 61, Weekly US When discussing the upcoming season Phineas and Ferb. “So I know it’s strange. And sometimes when I watch season 7, I’m like, ‘Well, this is very strange that we’re not there.’ It’s so mess because my (whole stand-up order) is called ‘I identify as a witch!’ “

Rhea starred on the first six seasons of Sabrina as Aunt Hilda side by side Beth Broderick’s Aunt Zelda. The remarkable duo was tasked with raising the title character of Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) in teaching her to be a witch in the deadly world. The series became famous through a host of cast changes throughout its run, and both aunts were extremely absent from the seventh season and final season. (Rhea only appeared for Cameo.)

Hilda may have had limited screen time in the final season, but Rhea looks back on Sabrina with nothing but affection – “I really think Melissa is my niece. I think what is my sister. I think the cat (Salem really) Us -At recently he has even started watching old episodes with her 16 -year -old daughter, Ava.

“My daughter and his best friend and I were, we all went to Hawaii and Sabrina was on and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m so watching it!’” Rhea remembered before reminiscing on some of her less flat minutes like Hilda. “Let me tell you, I did a lot over the vest. There were a lot of terrible hair cuts, wearing a vest and, perhaps, the wrong thyroid medicine.”

Rhea added that she impressed how well Sabrina has caught up. “I’m looking at Aunt Hilda and the whole show and I’m going, ‘Well they seem like fun,’” he told Us.

While restarting from this version of Sabrina has not yet come to fruition – Rhea and Broderick Gameo on Netflix’s darker interaction, ChaosIn 2020 – Rhea is revenge on her role as Linda Flynn-Fletcher on a new season Phineas and Ferb. The first Disney Channel series broadcast between 2007 and 2017 before announcing last year that it would return with a new season in June.

Being part of two timeless programs that have continued to echo for decades is something that Rhea has not taken lightly.

“It feels like the greatest blessing. I am greeted with so much kindness in the world because I was very lucky to be on shows that gain happiness and innocence,” he told us. “It was a very innocent time for both of them. And then I get to be, like, a figure mother.”

In terms of returning to Phineas and FerbRhea said it was exciting that some of the author’s room for the new season were fans who watched the series grow up.

“She is always rude and clever,” he said, drawing attention to how layered the series is. “You can watch those episodes 10 times and get 10 different jokes,” he said. “Visually it’s funny, the writing is so funny. (Ac) I love the characters.”

Rhea is also excited about the opportunity to reconnect with the original cast. That includes Ashley Tisdale Like her daughter on screen, Candace Fletcher, she has been able to form a deeper bond with her now that Rhea is a mother herself.

“(Return has felt) so different as an actress because 16 years ago I didn’t know how to identify with (Ashley) as my child,” he said Us. “And I love Ashley. I’ve known her since she was 18. So now it’s more fun for me. I replace my own daughter (instead of Candace). It’s so mad. They are both 16!”

Phineas & FerbThe first performances of a new season on Disney Channel on Thursday, June 5, at 8 pm ET. Chapters are available to streams the next day on Disney+.