Lorelai and Emily Gilmore are back together!Gilmore Girls stars Lauren Graham, 57, and Kelly Bishop, 80, reunited on September 17 at 92NY in New York City, where Graham moderated a discussion about Bishop’s new memoir The third Gilmore girl.In a TikTok posted by 92NY, Graham and Bishop can be seen backstage hugging each other, before Bishop takes the stage. Graham then waits before they announce her as a special surprise guest. “Only one thing, to me, that would make it more special: if there was another Gilmore Girl,” Bishop tells the crowd on a TikTok posted by her publisher, Gallery of Books. Graham then walks out on stage and the two embrace as the crowd applauds.
Graham and Bishop starred as a mother-daughter duo — with Graham as the fast-talking Lorelai and Bishop as her no-nonsense mother Emily — on the beloved CW show that ran from 2000 to 2007. Although Lorelai and Emily often clashed throughout the series, Bishop and The Grahams were beside themselves with excitement to see each other again in real life.
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“I feel so happy and proud,” Graham said on stage. “This book is just amazing, you are just amazing. Any excuse to see you — but being here together is something I would never miss.” “Every day, I’m so happy to be your fake daughter,” Graham said before the two hugged in another TikTok.
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Bishop’s memoir, out now, details her time as Emily Gilmore on the show, as well as her acclaimed career on stage and screen. After training as a dancer, Bishop created the Tony-winning role of Sheila in the Broadway musical Refrainand has also appeared in fan favorite series and movies like The wonderful Mrs. Maisel and Dirty dancing.
Kelly Bishop (left) and Lauren Graham in ‘Gilmore Girls’.
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The merits of the bishop Gilmore Girls as a pivotal role for her, and she looks back fondly on the relationship she had with the late actor Edward Herrmann, who played her on-screen husband Richard.
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“We were so comfortable with each other,” Bishop told PEOPLE of Herrmann. “I might have done one or two episodes where he wasn’t in … but it was when I came back, I’d have a script before I got there and [I’d] I know I worked with him again.”
Never miss a story — subscribe to PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The actress, who had a real-life love story with her late husband, ESPN and CNN anchor Lee Leonard, also looks back on her career with gratitude. very happy. , not only in the jobs I got, but in what happened with those jobs,” Bishop said. “I didn’t ask for a gift. I was looking for an interesting job… I was very, very lucky.”
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