Kim Delaney hasn't had the easiest life in recent years. She was arrested for DUI in 2002; her show Philly was axed; she was let go from CSI: Miami; and, last year, she checked into an Arizona rehab facility to treat an alcohol addiction. This week, the actress raised eyebrows once again...
On Wednesday, Delaney and Beau Bridges did a telephone conference call with reporters to plug NBC's four-hour miniseries 10.5, about a deadly earthquake hitting the West Coast. (It airs May 2 and 3 at 9 pm/ET.) Between answering questions, the actress punctuated the pauses with anxious remarks — seemingly unaware (or unconcerned) that reporters could hear everything she said. "Beau, how weird is this?" she was heard to complain. "Beau, are you going crazy? I gotta call you after this. I'm dying!"
Bridges and the Peacock publicist in charge of the call had to reassure Delaney she was "doing fine." She kept insisting Bridges phone her after the conference to talk about it, as if something unusual were going on, other than her own surreal commentary. Frankly, this seemed odd behavior coming from an actress who's been doing press to promote her projects for years.
The 42-year-old Emmy winner, who plays a seismologist in the disaster drama, did grudgingly answer some queries. When asked if she'd do more NYPD Blue, she told TV Guide Online: "Always. If Steven [Bochco] calls me. He's been a great friend. If he calls, I show up."
We also inquired about the status of Sudbury, her CBS pilot about two sisters who happen to be witches. "I have no idea where it's going," she said. "It's a very nice cast. You got Dixie Carter, Shirley Knight, myself and Jeri Ryan. We finished [shooting] it. It was great." She also added, "I'm a good witch. It's not like black magic."
Is it anything like Charmed, that other show about close-knit sister sorceresses? "That's totally different," she said. How so? "I don't know that show, to be honest with you," Delaney responded. "This show is mostly about family." Well, we're glad we got that straightened out.
