When Abbott Elementary premiered in 2021, if you happen to would have advised me that I’d sometime see Quinta Brunson’s Janine Teagues name somebody a “complete fucking cunt,” I’d have referred to as you a liar. However by no means underestimate the ability of Candy Dee. Half 2 of the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover with Abbott Elementary aired on the 2025 TV schedule, and as followers like myself freaked out over Janine’s surprising second, Charlie Day defined why that joke was the “excellent check.”
Janine Has Followers Clutching Their Pearls Over Her Cussing On Always Sunny
Janine was actual mad about Kaitlin Olson’s character making an attempt to steal her man, however I feel it’s protected to say that actually nobody predicted the second-grade instructor uttering the C-word in entrance of the fake movie crew. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Season 17 premiere “The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary” adopted Abbott’s mockumentary fashion for the second half of the crossover with the ABC sitcom, and followers had been simply not prepared. One X user mentioned:
Janine cursing despatched me so laborious and the best way Gregory was being supportive 😭🤣 #AbbottElementary #ItsAlwaysSunny pic.twitter.com/lSRfxMlYcVJuly 10, 2025
Gregory’s response was all the things, trying as shocked as all of us when he mentioned, “I assumed you was gonna name her a bitch.” This fan was floored by Janine’s response, quoting the character in her post:
‘Bitch generally is a very high-quality canine, that’s not what this lady is.’ Oh give her one other Emmy…..
I wouldn’t be towards that. This viewer even admitted to clutching their pearls when the elementary schoolteacher dropped the C-bomb, writing:
I like the gag of a personality who by no means curses saying probably the most aggressive and hateful curse phrases once they lastly do curse, bought me clutching my pearls like I would not say the identical shit.
Quinta Brunson actually did a quantity on followers, as a result of the above social media person was not the one pearl-clutcher within the viewers. Different reactions included:
- Holy shit. Janine bought me over right here clutching my pearls. I wasn’t prepared to listen to her say that. – ejaybugboy3
- I screamed 😭 thought she’s going to say bitch too – ladyevarina
- LMFAOOOOOOO I’M JAW DROPPED 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 – aliensgroove
- 😂😂 When ‘inform me how you actually really feel’ turns into ‘rattling not that actual.’ – stuful
This was an enormous second, as a result of it was once we actually knew that Quinta Brunson and the Abbott Elementary crew got here to play.
Charlie Day Calls The Joke ‘The Excellent Take a look at’
It was an excellent thought for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to shock followers straight out of the gate (and condolences to anybody who didn’t heed Kaitlin Olson’s recommendation on the NSFW collection). Charlie Day recalled how that immediate basic TV second got here to be and the way he used it to see simply how far Quinta Brunson was prepared to go. He advised Variety:
I keep in mind writing that joke and being like, ‘I don’t know if she’s going to go for this.’ After we despatched it over, truthfully, it was form of the proper check as as to if or not it was going to work. I feel to ensure that the crossover to really work, we would have liked them to play in the identical sandbox that we play in and prepared and so sport to do it. And don’t overlook, Quinta had an extended profession in comedy effectively earlier than. It was nice!
The Abbott Elementary bunch undoubtedly appeared sport to drop their community TV constraints for an episode — even Sheryl Lee Ralph’s swear swap was A+ — and it was each an effective way to kick off It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s seventeenth season and a satisfying conclusion to its unlikely Abbott crossover.
The first half of the crossover — Abbott Elementary’s “Volunteers” — aired on ABC in January, exhibiting The Gang doing court-ordered neighborhood service on the elementary college. Each collection might be streamed with a Hulu subscription, and new episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia air at 9 p.m. ET Wednesdays on FXX. Abbott will return to ABC this fall for its fifth season.
