'We had no idea!' Lauren Graham opens up about the shock of learning Gilmore Girls had been axed

By Bobbie Whiteman for MailOnline

Published: 21:02 EST, 21 January 2015 | Updated: 21:53 EST, 21 January 2015

It's been eight years since Gilmore Girls came to an end.

And now Lauren Graham has revealed her shock at learning the series was over - having unknowingly filming her last scene.

The actress opened up as she prepared to say goodbye to the cast and crew of her current Parenthood, which wraps on January 29 after six seasons.

'It’s really difficult but also really nice to be able to say goodbye,' the 47-year-old told Seth Meyers on Late Night on Tuesday.

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Coming to an close: 'It’s really difficult but also really nice to be able to say goodbye,' Lauren told Seth Meyers on Late Night on Tuesday about shooting the final episode of Parenthood, which airs January 29

Coming to an close: 'It’s really difficult but also really nice to be able to say goodbye,' Lauren told Seth Meyers on Late Night on Tuesday about shooting the final episode of Parenthood, which airs January 29

'I’ve mainly been on shows where they just yank it and you find out later,' the actress said, adding that was what happened when her much loved dramedy, Gilmore Girls, was abruptly pulled in 2007 after eight years.

Lauren, who played single mother Lorelai Gilmore, said they had no idea they were shooting the last episode because there had been 'some back and forth' about the next season.

'I was in a restaurant and I'd turned my phone off, because that's polite, and a waiter comes to the table and he was like "Are you Lauren Graham? Your agent's on the phone."

Not such a happy ending: The 47-year-old brunette said things were very different when her popular drama Gilmore Girls was abruptly yanked in 2007 

Not such a happy ending: The 47-year-old brunette said things were very different when her popular drama Gilmore Girls was abruptly yanked in 2007 

'It's cancelled!': The actress's manager rang the house phone of the restaurant where she was having dinner with a friend to give her the bad news because she had turned her cell phone off - 'that's polite, right?'

'It's cancelled!': The actress's manager rang the house phone of the restaurant where she was having dinner with a friend to give her the bad news because she had turned her cell phone off - 'that's polite, right?'

The actress, hammed it up as she recalled; 'I thought like I'm in a Forties movie as I'm walking to the house phone and I pick it up and he says, "It's cancelled" and that's how I found out.'

Seth sympathised, saying: 'I like that his thought is she'll want to know during dinner.'

By comparison, the beautiful brunette, who also plays a single mother on Parenthood, was able to say a proper goodbye to the cast and crew. 

Stepping out: Lauren wore black and carried a hounds tooth check jacket in black and white when she turned up at LAX on Monday for her flight to New York 

Stepping out: Lauren wore black and carried a hounds tooth check jacket in black and white when she turned up at LAX on Monday for her flight to New York 

'We had a group scene where a lot of us are playing baseball and because of that it ended up being a very family kind of feeling.

'People's families came, they took pictures, they did a Parenthood yearbook...' as the audience sympathised with an 'awwwww.'

The show is well known for being extremely emotional and Lauren admitted she became even more tearful as the final season progressed, sharing: 'In the last two episodes I think I cried during almost every scene.' 

They never got to say goodbye properly: The actress with co-star Alexis Bledel in Gilmore Girls, which was abruptly cancelled  in 2008

They never got to say goodbye properly: The actress with co-star Alexis Bledel in Gilmore Girls, which was abruptly cancelled  in 2008

That's good news for some viewers who have turned the show into a drinking game. 'Apparently, they drink if somebody breaks into tears,' she giggled.

And Seth had the audience in gales of laughter when he said he had his own version: 'I drink until I cry - it's called Tuesdays.'

Lauren looked glamorous in a LBD with a plunging neckline, sheer black tights and high heelw with blingy statement earrings.

The star was also decked out in black when she arrived at LAX for her flight to New York on Monday. 

A better way to wrap: The cast and crew had been told that the sixth season of Parenthood would be its last

A better way to wrap: The cast and crew had been told that the sixth season of Parenthood would be its last

 

   

 

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