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Fran Drescher reveals Donald Trump's request on The Nanny

Natacha Maloon

Fran Drescher isn't one to shy away from Donald Trump!

The actress, 63, reflected on the time the now-US president made a cameo appearance on her hit sitcom The Nanny in 1993.

Drescher shared the anecdote on Late Night With Seth Meyers, recalling how Trump agreed to film a guest spot playing a rich friend of Charles Shaughnessy's character Mr. Sheffield.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 23: Fran Drescher from "Indebted" attends the NBC Midseason New York Press Junket at Four Seasons Hotel New York on January 23, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Getty

"I stood in this scene," Drescher told Seth Meyers, "and I said to the two of them, 'All you millionaires are alike.'

"And Peter [Jacobson], now my gay ex-husband, he got a note from his assistant, Donald Trump's assistant, that said, 'Mr. Trump is not a millionaire. He's a billionaire and we'd like you to change the script."

However, Drescher wasn't convinced changing the line was a good idea: "I thought that seemed too on the money, because I know Fran would have described anyone who was rich as a millionaire," she added.

"But to say billionaire seems like a specific choice. So we asked him if it would be OK if we wrote zillionaire. And he said that was fine."

Fran Drescher and Donald Trump.

Fran Drescher and Donald Trump. Imdb

The Nanny, which ran for six seasons and ended in 1999, is getting a reboot, with the announcement the story would be turned into a stage musical.

Drescher is collaborating with her former husband and Crazy Ex Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom to bring it to life.

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"Nobody is cast yet," Drescher and Jacobson told The Hollywood Reporter.

"We're plotting, but we feel confident we will find a fabulous actress who is funny, charming and has a great voice."

Fran Drescher on The Nanny.

Fran Drescher on The Nanny. Getty

But Drescher has no intentions of stepping back into her iconic role.

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"Of course I would do it myself," added the actress. "But we'd have to change the title to The Granny."

Drescher is now starring in Indebted, playing a grandmother who moves in with her adult children after her husband goes broke.

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