Debra Messing and Debbie Reynolds were the mother-daughter duo everyone grew up adoring on “Will & Grace.” While the show just got revamped for a brand new season this year, back in the day, the iconic sitcom was way before it’s time with the humor, political conversations, and social situations many didn’t truly appreciate just yet. Now, there’s no better show to spark conversation than Will & Grace. And, while the show still is lucky enough to have the same cast, a very special person was missing when the new season came out. Debbie Reynolds, who played Bobbi Adler, Grace’s mother, on the show, passed away in December 2016.
When Reynolds passed, Messing was devastated and expressed her sorrow and grief on social media saying:
Debbie went to be with Carrie. She always worried about her. Carrie left too soon and now they are together again. My heart is literally broken. For 8 years she was my mom. She was pure energy & light when she came on stage. She was loving, and bawdy, and playful- a consummate pro- old school and yet had the work ethic and investment in her craft of a new fiery up and comer. She was always running off to Vegas or somewhere else “on the road” to be a hoofer, to sing and dance and make people laugh. She performed 340 days out of the year. An inspiration on every level. A Legend of course, the epitome of clean cut American optimism, dancing with Gene Kelly as an equal, a warrior woman who never stopped working. A devoted mother and grandmother, and aunt and great aunt, and friend. I lost my mom a few years ago. She loved that Debbie was my TV mom. I hope they find each other and hug and kiss and my mom says, “I got you, Debbie. Carrie’s waiting for you.” RIP Bobbie Adler. ❤
On Tuesday night, Messing paid another beautiful tribute to the late Reynolds on the holiday episode of Will & Grace.