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WWE beauties Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss to guest star in hit new TV show Punky Brewster reboot
WWE stars Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss are set to swap the ring for the small screen with a cameo in upcoming series Punky Brewster.
The reboot series, which debuts on NBC's Peacock streaming service, picks up where the original US sitcom left off in 1988.
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Punky Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye reprises her iconic role as a spunky single mother in the show's first trailer.
Bleacher Report shared on-set photographs which appear to show that former WWE champions Flair and Bliss will be starring as their wrestling characters on the show.
This will be the second credited role for Flair, who made an appearance as Heather Rockrear in 2017's Psych: The Movie.
Bliss starred in the seventh season of the E! and WWE reality show Total Divas but this will be her first credited role.
Flair and Bliss will follow in the footsteps of fellow WWE star Sasha Banks, who starred as Koska Reeves in two episodes of Star Wars show The Mandalorian.
Punky Brewster will air on Peacock which is also the new home for WWE Network in the US.
Title star Punky is all grown up as Soleil returns to her role in the popular eighties sitcom.
Thirty-seven years after she appeared on screens, Punky is now an independent, divorced mother of three kids.
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She still has her best pal Cherie (Cherie Johnson) in the newly revived series.
In 2021, Punky will also help out a rebellious orphan called Izzy – played by Quinn Copeland – who has a similar background to her.
In the newly-released trailer, Punky's oldest daughter Hannah (Lauren Lindsey Donzis) can be seen writing on her mum's online dating profile.
She types: "Newly single. Professional photographer. Used to be fun."
Punky replies "I'm still fun" before she's seen doing her iconic 'can't stop, won't stop' dance around the kitchen table.
Nearly four decades after its small-screen debut, the show will now explore Punky's complex relationship with ex-husband Travis, played by 90s hunk Freddie Prinze Jr.
One morning, Punky accidentally kisses her ex and refers to him as "babe," prompting little Izzy to comment "you still have a thing for him."
Travis can be seen telling their son: "We're still a family. We just look a little different."
However, Punky's experience would appear to mirror Soleil's real life after she split from her husband Jason Goldberg, 48, in December 2020 after 22 years of marriage.
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The couple, who share four children together – Poet Sienna Rose, 15, Jagger Joseph Blue, 12, Lyric Sonny Roads, 6, and Story, 4 – wed in 1998 and were believed to have one the strongest marriages in showbiz.
People confirmed the news, with a rep telling the outlet: “Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg quietly separated this year.
“Their priority will continue to be their four beautiful children as they move forward with love and compassion.”
The 44-year-old actress will also be appearing in a new documentary to complement the Punky Brewster reboot.
Titled KID 90, which will premiere on Hulu, the film will feature footage from the 1990s along with new interviews with some of her lifelong friends.
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The documentary will also incorporate voicemails, audio recordings and even entries from her diary with the footage.
Meanwhile, the Punky Brewster reboot series on Peacock premiers on February 25.
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