{"id":20371,"date":"2026-05-31T02:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/desperate-housewives-alum-marcia-cross-shares-rare-selfie-e-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T02:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:25:41","slug":"desperate-housewives-alum-marcia-cross-shares-rare-selfie-e-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/desperate-housewives-alum-marcia-cross-shares-rare-selfie-e-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Housewives Alum Marcia Cross Shares Rare Selfie &#8211; E! News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marcia Cross\u2014known for starring as Bree Van de Kamp on <em>Desperate Housewives\u2014<\/em>shared a rare selfie on social media ahead of her scheduled appearance at a fan convention for the hit series.<br \/><strong>Marcia Cross<\/strong> is giving desperate fans a rare apple.<br \/>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/desperate_housewives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Desperate Housewives<\/em><\/a> alum\u2014who starred as Bree Van de Kamp on the hit ABC series<em>\u2014<\/em>often keeps her social media focused on her career and activism, she shared a close look into her traveling style in a rare selfie.<br \/>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY5WGVXyZIC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">May 28 Instagram post<\/a>, Marcia could be seen smiling for the camera while in an airplane pod seat. For her flight, the 64-year-old wore black-rimmed glasses paired with a gray-colored bucket hat that featured the word &quot;peace.&quot;<br \/>&quot;Ok! This flight IS taking off!&quot; she captioned the selfie. &quot;See you soon!! #peace.&quot;<br \/>Although the <em>Melrose Place<\/em> star didn&#x27;t share specifics on where she was headed, many fans expressed their excitement over seeing her soon. After all, Marcia is set to join several of her <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> costars, including <strong>Nicollete Sheridan<\/strong>, <strong>James Denton <\/strong>and <strong>Brenda Strong<\/strong>, for <a href=\"https:\/\/unionconventions.fr\/en\/the-desperate-con\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">The Desperate Con <\/a>in Paris, France on May 30 and 31.<br \/>&quot;Can&#x27;t wait to see you Marcia. French people love you,&quot; one fan wrote, while another commented, &quot;Have a safe flight !!! See you there ! I\u2019m looking forward to meet you dear Marcia !&quot;<br \/>And while Marcia and her costars will surely be taking a walk down Wisteria Lane and recalling their time starring in the Emmy-winning series at the fan convention, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1227239\/marcia-cross-reacts-to-desperate-housewives-revival-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">previously shut down past speculation<\/a> about a <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> revival.\u00a0<br \/>Marcia reacted to an X (then Twitter) post in 2021 about a rumored series at the time, writing, &quot;News to me!!&quot;<br \/>Although Marcia has only had positive things to say about her years playing Bree, she&#x27;s still waiting for the opportunity to portray an iconic character once again.<br \/>\u201cI always assumed that after <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> there will be a third act. It has not happened yet,&quot; she shared in 2023, per <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/global\/news\/marcia-cross-melrose-place-desperate-housewives-1235560732\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>. &quot;That&#x27;s the double-edged sword of being an &#x27;icon.&#x27; Everybody thinks you are that character and by the time they forget about it, you are not on anybody\u2019s list anymore.&quot;<br \/>According to the <em>You<\/em> star, she feels that there aren&#x27;t as many women in their 60s on screen.<br \/>&quot;I am at this funny crossroad: I am this incredibly ripe human and yet Hollywood is not particularly interested,&quot; she explained. &quot;We are tackling LGBTQ+ issues, although there is still a long way to go, we are talking about people of color, but\u2013and I hate to say it\u2013we don\u2019t love to see older women. We were 40-year-old women doing <em>DH<\/em> and that was a big deal. Now, I want to see 60-year-old women.&quot;<br \/>Read on to see what Marcia&#x27;s <em>Desperate Housewives <\/em>costars<em> <\/em>are up to now.<br \/>After saying goodbye to Susan Mayer when <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> wrapped in 2012, Hatcher had recurring roles on <em>The Odd Couple<\/em> and <em>Supergirl.<\/em> She also provided the voice of Dottie in the Disney animated film <em>Planes<\/em> and its sequel <em>Planes: Fire &amp; Rescue<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>An avid home chef, Hatcher won a special Holiday Celebrity episode of <em>Chopped<\/em> season 17. In 2018, she debuted a YouTube channel called Hatching Change that features the segments &quot;Van Therapy&quot; and &quot;Don&#x27;t Eat &#x27;It&#x27; Out of a Box.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, there have been rumors of an alleged fallout between Hatcher and her fellow leads.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ve very good friends,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/eva_longoria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eva Longoria<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NtN98IkKxmk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jimmy_kimmel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong><\/a> on a 2018 episode of his late-night show. But when asked if she was referring to everybody, the actress replied, &quot;No. Ninety-nine percent of us are.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2021 and fans got a <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> reunion when Hatcher reunited with her onscreen love <strong>James Denton<\/strong> for Hallmark Channel&#x27;s holiday movie<em> A Kiss Before Christmas.<\/em><br \/>Following her time as Lynette on the ABC hit, Huffman starred in the shows <em>American Crime<\/em> (which earned her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/emmys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three consecutive Emmy nominations<\/a> for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie). She also appeared in <em>Get Shorty,<\/em>\u00a0<em>When They See Us<\/em>, <em>Big Game, Cake<\/em> and <em>Otherhood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime wife of <em>Shameless<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/william_h_macy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>William H. Macy<\/strong><\/a> had her personal life come to the forefront when she was revealed to be among dozens of parents charged by the FBI and U.S. Attorney General&#x27;s office in March 2019 in a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Accused of paying someone $15,000 to pretend to be daughter <strong>Sophia<\/strong> and take her SAT exam for her, Huffman was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud. She formally pleaded guilty to honest services fraud and was later sentenced to 14 days in jail. Huffman reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif. on October 15, 2019 and was released two days early because her release date fell on a weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Since her release, she&#x27;s kept a low profile but has appeared on a few shows, including <em>The Good Doctor<\/em> and <em>Criminal Minds<\/em>.<br \/>The erstwhile Gabrielle Solis went on to star in films like <em>Lowriders, Overboard<\/em> and <em>Dora and the City of Lost Gold. <\/em>She&#x27;s also acted on more TV shows, including <em>Telanovela, Only Murders in the Building<\/em> and <em>Land of Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to appearing in front of the camera, Longoria has worked behind it, including serving as an executive producer for <strong>Marc Cherry<\/strong>&#x27;s <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> follow-up <em>Devious Maids<\/em> and <em>Grand Hotel. <\/em>She&#x27;s also launched a robust directing career. Not only has she helemd TV episodes for <em>Jane the Virgin <\/em>and<em> Black-ish<\/em>, but she also made her directorial debut in film with the 2023 movie <em>Flamin<\/em>&#x27;\u00a0<em>Hot.<\/p>\n<p><\/em>Longoria is also an activist and a businesswoman and is married to producer <strong>Jos\u00e9 Antonio &quot;Pepe&quot; Bast\u00f3n Pati\u00f1o<\/strong>. The couple welcomed a son, <strong>Santiago &quot;Santi&quot; Enrique Bast\u00f3n<\/strong>, in 2018.<br \/>Since starring as Bree Van de Camp on <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>, the <em>Melrose Place<\/em> alum has appeared on shows like <em>Quantico<\/em>, <em>Ned and Stacey<\/em>, <em>You<\/em> and <em>Monarch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#x27;Open Sans&#x27;, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#x27;Segoe UI&#x27;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#x27;Fira Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Droid Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Helvetica Neue&#x27;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:400\">In September 2018, she revealed she&#x27;d successfully completed treatment for anal cancer. The news came nine years after her<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#x27;Open Sans&#x27;, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#x27;Segoe UI&#x27;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#x27;Fira Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Droid Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Helvetica Neue&#x27;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:400\">\u00a0husband <\/span><strong style=\"color:#4a4a4a;font-family:&#x27;Open Sans&#x27;, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#x27;Segoe UI&#x27;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#x27;Fira Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Droid Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Helvetica Neue&#x27;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.6rem\">Tom Mahoney<\/strong><span style=\"font-family:&#x27;Open Sans&#x27;, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#x27;Segoe UI&#x27;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#x27;Fira Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Droid Sans&#x27;, &#x27;Helvetica Neue&#x27;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:400\"> had been diagnosed with throat cancer. He is also in remission.<\/p>\n<p>Cross and Mahoney are parents to twins <strong>Eden<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Savannah<\/strong>, whom they welcomed in 2007.<\/span><br \/>Part of the original cast, Sheridan&#x27;s Edie Britt was killed off the series during its fifth season after alleged escalating tensions between her and Cherry that ultimately resulted in a $20 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/505375\/nicollette-sheridan-granted-new-trial-in-desperate-housewives-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> against the producer and ABC Television\u2014with the actress claiming wrongful termination, assault and battery, gender violence, discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and age, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The show&#x27;s four other female leads vowed to support Cherry, and the original trial was deemed a mistrial, with Sheridan&#x27;s attempts at an appeal denied.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving the series, she&#x27;s starred in a trio of Hallmark films and briefly joined the cast of The CW&#x27;s <em>Dynasty<\/em> as the iconic Alexis Carrington before departing 15 episodes into the show&#x27;s second season.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2015,\u00a0Sheridan married <strong>Aaron Phypers<\/strong> and quickly filed for divorce the following July. She was also previously married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/harry_hamlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Harry Hamlin<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>After starring as Bree&#x27;s husband Rex in the show&#x27;s first season, Culp appeared on shows such as <em>Revolution<\/em>,<em> Bosch<\/em>, <em>The Last Ship<\/em>, <em>The Resident<\/em> and\u00a0others. He also portrayed Congressman Wenham in Marvel&#x27;s 2014 film <em>Captain America: The Winter Soldier <\/em>as well as Agent Robinson in the 2018 movie <em>Collusions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, his half-sister <strong>Kathryn Harvey<\/strong> was murdered along with her husband <strong>Bryan<\/strong> and their two daughters <strong>Stella<\/strong> and <strong>Ruby<\/strong>. Of the two men convicted for their murder, one, <strong>Ricky Gray<\/strong>, was executed by lethal injection in 2017, while the other, <strong>Ray Dandridge<\/strong>, is serving three life sentences without the possibility of parole.<br \/>After eight seasons spent playing Gabrielle&#x27;s husband Carlos Solis, Chavira rebounded with a series regular role in the short-lived comedy <em>Welcome to the Family<\/em>. Since then, he&#x27;s had roles on <em>Scandal, Jane the Virgin<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Santa Clarita Diet <\/em>and<em> Selena: The Series.<\/p>\n<p><\/em>In October 2019, after his former co-worker<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Huffman was sentenced to just 14 days in federal prison for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal that rocked the country, he took to Twitter to express his disappointment at the light punishment, citing Huffman&#x27;s white privilege as the source of the leniency.<br \/>The erstwhile Mike Delfino moved his wife <strong>Erin O&#x27;Brien<\/strong> and their son <strong>Sheppard<\/strong> and daughter <strong>Malin<\/strong> out of Glendale, Calif. and to Chanhassen, Minn. In 2015, he landed a starring role in the Hallmark Channel&#x27;s series adaptation of its popular film franchise <em>The Good Witch<\/em>. He&#x27;s also recurred on <em>Devious Maids<\/em> and guest-starred on <em>NCIS: New Orleans<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Denton&#x27;s recent credits include <em>Christmas on Cherry Lane<\/em> as well as <em>The Real West<\/em>.<br \/>Doug Savant<br \/>Since his eight seasons as Lynette&#x27;s husband Tom Scavo, Savant has kept busy making the guest-star rounds on TV shows as varied as <em>Criminal Minds, 9-1-1, Lucifer<\/em> and <em>NCIS<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He is married to <em>Melrose Place<\/em> actress <strong>Laura Leighton<\/strong>, with whom he shares children <strong>Lucy<\/strong> and <strong>Jack<\/strong>. Savant also has two kids, <strong>Arianna<\/strong> and <strong>Madeline<\/strong>, from his first marriage to <strong>Dawn Savant<\/strong>.<br \/>As the show&#x27;s omnipresent and deceased narrator Mary Alice Young, Strong was heard often but seen little during her time on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, she&#x27;s been much more visible. She starred as Ann Ewing in TNT&#x27;s 2012 revival of <em>Dallas<\/em> before landing her role as Lex and Lena Luthor&#x27;s mother Lillian on <em>Supergirl. <\/em>Strong has also acted in <em>13 Reasons Why,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Unprisoned<\/em>, <em>Scandal, Fear the Walking Dead <\/em>and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She married director-actor <strong>John Farmanesh-Bocca<\/strong> in 2015 four years after divorcing first husband <strong>Tom Henri<\/strong>, who is the father of her son <strong>Zakery Henri<\/strong>.<br \/>Joining the show as Gabrielle and Carlos&#x27; daughter Juanita after the time jump between seasons four and five, De La Garza remained with the show through its series finale. Since <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> wrapped, the younger half-sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/demi_lovato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Demi Lovato<\/strong><\/a> has grown up (she turned 18 in December 2019) and has appeared in the films<em> Caged No More<\/em> and <em>Gnome Alone<\/em> as well as in shows like <em>Good Luck Charlie<\/em> and <em>Bad Teacher<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>De La Garza has gotten candid about the hate she received over her appearance while on <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>, which she said led her to develop an eating disorder.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would spend hours and hours reading comments,&quot; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1371503\/desperate-housewives-child-star-madison-de-la-garza-recalls-eating-disorder-at-age-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recalled<\/a> on a 2023 episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/drugfree.org\/article\/heart-of-the-matter-guest-madison-de-la-garza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Heart of the Matter<\/em><\/a> podcast. &quot;They said things like they wanted me to die because of what I looked like. It was like, &#x27;Ugly fat cow. And I hope you get cancer and die because you&#x27;re so fat.&#x27; And just horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible things. And this is when I was 6, 7, 8 years old.&quot;<br \/>&quot;My first memories of trying to starve myself, I was 7 years old,&quot; she continued. &quot;A lot of it came from reading those comments. My family had no idea that this was going on. My mom had no idea that I was seeing these things, that I was reading these things, because I was very, very sneaky about it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In September 2024, she announced she&#x27;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1406953\/demi-lovatos-sister-madison-de-la-garza-is-pregnant-expecting-first-baby-with-ryan-mitchell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expecting a baby<\/a> with <strong>Ryan Mitchell<\/strong>. Sadly, the child, a daughter named <strong>Xiomara<\/strong>, died later that month after being delivered via an emergency C-section, the actress said the following October.<br \/>As Susan&#x27;s ex-husband Karl Mayer, Burgi&#x27;s status on the show often fluctuated. Beginning as a recurring guest star in season one, he was promoted to series regular in season two, demoted to guest in three and four, recurring in five and six, and returning as a guest in eight. Since the series wrapped, Burgi has guest-starred on <em>Hawaii Five-0, General Hospital<\/em> and <em>Devious Maids<\/em>, among other shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor has also taken on the role of father to kids <strong>Samuel<\/strong> and <strong>Jack<\/strong>.<br \/>Dana Delany<br \/>After initially declining the role of Bree, Delany joined the show in season four as the mysterious Katherine Mayfair. She left after season six to star in her own ABC series, <em>Body of Proof<\/em>. When the medical procedural was canceled after three seasons, Delany landed lead roles in the series <em>Hand of God<\/em> and <em>The Code<\/em>. She&#x27;s also appeared in <em>Tulsa King<\/em>, <em>Mayans M.C.<\/em> and <em>O H\u00f3spede Americano<\/em>.<br \/>Bowen played Susan&#x27;s daughter Julie on <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When the show wrapped, she went on to star in the teen comedy <em>G.B.F.<\/em> and land roles in several TV movies, including <em>Hall Pass Nightmare<\/em>, <em>Psycho Sister-In-Law <\/em>and<em> A Wedding Wonderland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bowen has also continued her voice work as the English version of Aerith Gainsborough in the video games <em>Final Fantasy Explorers, Mobius Final Fantasy<\/em>, and <em>Kingdom Hearts III<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She&#x27;s in a relationship with her <em>Desperate Housweives<\/em> costar <span class=\"x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xvs91rp x1s688f x5n08af x10wh9bi x1wdrske x8viiok x18hxmgj\" dir=\"auto\"><strong>Josh Zuckerman<\/strong>, who played The Fairview Strangler Eddie Orlofsky.<\/span><br \/>After starring as late Wisteria Lane addition Renee Perry in the show&#x27;s final two seasons, Williams appeared on <em>666 Park Avenue<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Daytime Divas<\/em>, <em>The Good Wife<\/em> and <em>The Librarians<\/em>. The<em> Ugly Betty<\/em> alum has also acted in <em>Velma,<\/em><em>\u00a0Girls5eva <\/em>and <em>Tripped Up.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Williams does voiceover work, including starring as the M&amp;M Ms. Brown and Captain Beakman on the animated series <em>T.O.T.S.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She is also the mother to four children: <strong>Melanie<\/strong>, <strong>Jillian<\/strong> and <strong>Devin<\/strong>, whom she shares with her first husband <strong>Ramon Hervey II<\/strong>, and <strong>Sasha<\/strong>, whom she welcomed with her second husband <strong>Rick Fox<\/strong>. Williams tied the knot a third time with <strong>Jim Skrip<\/strong>. However, they later divorced.<br \/>Metcalfe&#x27;s role as the hot gardener John Rowland on the premiere season launched him into fame. He went on to star in the film\u00a0 <em>John Tucker Must Die <\/em>and appear on the\u00a0shows <em>Dallas<\/em> and <em>Chesapeake Shores<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Metcalfe has also been open about the challenges he&#x27;s faced, including his battle with addiction.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Getting sober for me was a 20-year saga, really, from when I first started using,&quot; he said on a February 2024 episode of <em>Eric Worre&#x27;s Network Marketing Pro<\/em> podcast. &quot;I do believe that those struggles made me who I am today. I do believe that I have an empathy and a humanity about me that I bring to my work, that I bring to my personal relationships now. I have an appreciation for that depth, but it wasn&#x27;t easy.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Today, Metcalfe is continuing to act\u2014recently appearing in <em>Clear Cut<\/em> and <em>Divine Influencer<\/em>\u2014as well as make music.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Moses<br \/>As Mary Alice&#x27;s shady husband Paul Young, Moses starred in the show&#x27;s first two seasons before returning to Wisteria Lane in season seven a series regular all over again. <\/p>\n<p>Since the show wrapped, the actor has appeared in the films like <em>Cesar Chavez<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bombshell <\/em>and<em> Reagan. <\/em>He also portrayed Duck Phillips on <em>Mad Men<\/em> and has acted on shows like\u00a0<em>Salvation<\/em>, <em>The Last Ship<\/em>, <em>Deputy<\/em> and <em>Alaska Daily<\/em>.<br \/>In addition to playing Mary Alice&#x27;s son Zach, Kasch has guest-starred on shows like <em>Law &amp; Order: SVU, CSI<\/em> and <em>It&#x27;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.<\/em> Other performances have included his work in <em>Chain Letter<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Last Rescue<\/em>,<em> Powder and Gold <\/em>and<em> Normal, Ohio.<\/em><br \/>Shawn Pyfrom<br \/>With his eight seasons playing Bree&#x27;s son Andrew behind him, Pyfrom went on to appear in an episode of <em>Rizzoli &amp; Isles<\/em>, the TV movie <em>Killing Lincoln<\/em>, and the films <em>Hard Surfaces, Rudy&#x27;s Canvas<\/em> and A<em> Deadly Price for Her Pretty Face<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After <strong>Philip Seymour Hoffman<\/strong>&#x27;s 2014 overdose and death, Pyfrom shared that, as of February that year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/506583\/shawn-pyfrom-desperate-housewives-star-is-5-months-sober-i-am-an-alcoholic-and-a-drug-addict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was five months sober<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As he wrote on Tumblr at the time, &quot;Knowing that if, by sharing my story, I could potentially save a life\u2014and didn&#x27;t; that I would no longer be able to look myself in the mirror with the same pride I&#x27;ve allowed myself to have, for overcoming the thing that almost took my life.&quot;<br \/>After starring as Bree&#x27;s second husband Orson in seasons three through six, MacLachlan quit the show in 2010 so he wouldn&#x27;t have to keep up his constant cross-country commute from New York City. (However, he <em>did<\/em> return as a guest star in the show&#x27;s final two seasons.) <\/p>\n<p>Since his time on the series, he&#x27;s appeared in films like <em>Inside Out<\/em> (providing the voice of Riley&#x27;s dad Mr. Anderson), <em>The House with a Clock in Its Walls<\/em>, <em>Tesla <\/em>and<em> Blink Twice.<\/em> MacLachlan also acted on shows like <em>Portlandia<\/em> and <em>Agents of SHIELD <\/em>and<em>\u00a0<\/em>returned to his seminal role of Dale Cooper for Showtime&#x27;s <em>Twin Peaks<\/em> revival in 2017 (earning a Golden Globe nod for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film)<em>.<\/em><br \/>After joining the series as new Wisteria Lane resident Betty Applewhite for the show&#x27;s second season, Woodard kept busy, starring in short-lived shows including <em>My Own Worst Enemy, Three Rivers<\/em>, and <em>State of Affairs<\/em> before joining Netflix&#x27;s Marvel TV universe as the villainous Mariah Stokes in <em>Luke Cage<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>She also starred in Apple TV+&#x27;s <em>See <\/em>and Marvel&#x27;s series <em>Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur<\/em>. On the film side, Woodard has acted in films like <em>Beauty Shop, The Family That Preys, 12 Years a Slave, Annabelle<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Lion King <\/em>and<em> Salem&#x27;s Lot.<br \/><\/em><br \/>Since starring as Edie&#x27;s creepy husband Dave Williams in season five of the show, McDonough has appeared on series like <em>Agents of SHIELD, Justified<\/em> and <em>Altered Carbon<\/em> while bringing to life the iconic role of Damian Darhk across the <em>Arrow<\/em>verse. <\/p>\n<p>In 2011, he appeared as Dum Dum Dugan in Marvel&#x27;s <em>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em>. McDonough also acted in films including <em>Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Proud Mary<\/em> and <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He is married to wife <strong>Ruv\u00e9 Robertson<\/strong> and is a father to their children. A devout Catholic who refuses to film sex or kissing scenes, McDonough claimed his faith got him fired from the lead role of the 2010 drama <em>Scoundrels<\/em> over his refusal to film certain scenes.<br \/>Drea de Matteo<br \/>After spending one season on Wisteria Lane as Angie Bolen, the <em>Sopranos<\/em> vet joined the cast of <em>Sons of Anarchy<\/em> through its 2014 finale. She also appeared in the films <em>Free Ride<\/em> and <em>Dark Places<\/em>\u00a0and guest-starred on <em>The Mindy Project<\/em> and <em>Agents of SHIELD<\/em>. From 2016 to 2018, the actress co-starred on NBC&#x27;s cop drama <em>Shades of Blue\u00a0<\/em>and recurred on\u00a0ABC&#x27;s <em>A Million Little Things<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2011, de Matteo and longtime partner <strong>Waylon Jennings<\/strong> welcomed their second child, son<strong> Waylon Albert &quot;Blackjack&quot; Jennings<\/strong>. (Daughter <strong>Alabama Gypsyrose Jennings<\/strong> was born in 2007.) The couple&#x27;s relationship ended shortly thereafter. In 2015, de Matteo became engaged to Whitesnake bass guitarist <strong>Michael Devin<\/strong>. However, they later split. She is now in a relationship with <strong>Robby Staebler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to acting\u2014with recent projects including <em>One Way<\/em> and <em>Collide<\/em>\u2014de Matteo has spoken about how she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13105057\/drea-matteo-onlyfans-paid-debts-new-business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earns income from OnlyFans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After playing Lee, one half of Wisteria Lane&#x27;s resident gay couple, for the show&#x27;s final five seasons, Rahm appeared on shows like <em>Mad Men<\/em>, <em>Bates Motel,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Madam Secretary<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Lethal Weapon <\/em>and<em> Love, Victor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As for his film work, he&#x27;s landed roles in movies like <em>Nightcrawler<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Clinical<\/em> and <em>The Oath<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the<em> Desperate Housewives<\/em> series finale aired, he married cardio-thoracic surgeon <strong>Amy Lonkar<\/strong> on April 28, 2012. The pair welcomed a daughter two years later.<br \/>Since playing Bob, the other half of Wisteria Lane&#x27;s gay couple who is married to Lee, Watkins guest-starred on shows like <em>Parks and Recreation, Bob&#x27;s Burgers<\/em> and <em>It&#x27;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. <\/em>The<em> One Life to Live <\/em>alum has also appeared on series like <em>Black Monday<\/em>, <em>Uncoupled<\/em> and <em>The Great North<\/em>.<em><\/p>\n<p><\/em>What&#x27;s more, Watkins is a star on the stage. He appeared in the 2018 Broadway revival of the play <em>The Boys in the Band<\/em>, returning to the role of Hank for <strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong>&#x27;s film adaptation. <\/p>\n<p>In April 2013, Watkins came out as gay and shared he&#x27;d welcomed twins via a surrogate the prior December. <\/p>\n<p>He&#x27;s in a relationship with fellow Broadway star\u00a0<strong>Andrew Rannells<\/strong><em>.<\/em><br \/>After starring in season six as Carlos and Gabrielle&#x27;s niece Ana Solis, Walsh appeared on shows like <em>The Vampire Diaries, Switched at Birth, The Last Ship,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Criminal Minds,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Good Trouble<\/em> and <em>Reis<\/em>.<br \/>After joining <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em> in its final season as the Australian real estate developer Ben Faulkner who went on to marry Williams&#x27; Renee, Mesure appeared on shows as varied as <em>Once Upon a Time, General<\/em> <em>Hospital<\/em>, <em>Girlfriends<\/em>&#x27; <em>Guide to Divorce<\/em> and <em>The Magicians<\/em>.<br \/>After starring as Chuck Vance, a detective involved with Bree, in the show&#x27;s final two seasons, Cake appeared on shows like <em>Law &amp; Order: SVU, The Affair, Seal Team, Legends of Tomorrow<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Grey&#x27;s Anatomy <\/em>and<em> Stargirl.<\/em><br \/>Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and \u200bcelebrity gossip. 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