Molly Ringwald has ranked The Secret Life of the American Teenager dead last among her career experiences — and pointed at one unnamed person on set as the reason.

Appearing on the August 4, 2026 episode of Andy Cohen's Bravo talk show Watch What Happens Live, Ringwald played a round of "Spill the IMDb Tea," in which Cohen asked her to rate past projects from 1 to 10 based on how she felt making them. The Secret Life of the American Teenager got a one. Variety

"There was one person that was really difficult," Ringwald said, according to Entertainment Weekly. "And I'm not gonna say who that one person is, [but] they brought it down to a one." The Daily Beast confirmed she declined to name the individual during the game segment. The Daily Beast

The ABC Family drama ran from 2008 to 2013. Ringwald was a series regular for the first four seasons and returned as a special guest star for the fifth and final season. She played the mother of Shailene Woodley's character, a pregnant teenager — and made a point of saying she loved the cast, including Woodley. Variety

At the other end of the scale, Ringwald gave Pretty in Pink a 10 and called it her favourite project, noting that writer-director John Hughes wrote the film for her. Cohen also asked her about Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Not Another Teen Movie, Teaching Mrs. Tingle and Jem and the Holograms. Variety

The remarks were corroborated independently by Deadline, People, Entertainment Weekly and The Daily Beast, all reporting on August 5, 2026 that she called the show the "worst" experience of her career. Deadline; People

Bravo's official site hosts a clip from the episode titled "Molly Ringwald's True Feelings About The Secret Life Of The American Teenager," in which she rates her projects and explains what made the experience difficult. A separate clip from the same broadcast captures Ringwald saying she could see The Breakfast Club becoming a musical. Bravo

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen is Bravo's late-night, interactive talk show, airing Sunday through Thursday with episodes streaming the next day on Peacock. Bravo

For anyone who grew up watching Ringwald in the John Hughes films that defined 1980s teen cinema, the interview offered a rare unvarnished ranking — a career full of iconic roles, and one show she would rather not have scored so low.