![]() Actually she stood up and yawned - keeping one hand on her Lucky jeans so they wouldn't fall off her bony hips - and walked over to her bamboo dressing mirror. "I was devastated when I heard that." Sky didn't look upset to me. "The two of us are really like sisters!"'" "I don't know what I'll do without Katie around," Sky said sadly when asked about the rumors. "'Sources say Kaitlin's lovable character, Sam, may be stricken with a fatal disease, leaving her twin, Sara, an only child. " 'Sky Mackenzie, Family Affair's favorite bad girl, is heartbroken over rumors that her TV sis, played by Kaitlin Burke, might be killed off,'" I read calmly. "So?" She snapped the red Kabbalah rubber band she had on, acting all uninterested. "I have it here." I shoved the worn magazine under her nose. Her African safari-themed dressing room is very un-PC. ![]() She was lounging on her reupholstered zebra-print couch, which sits in front of her new leopard-skin rug. "Skylar," I began, because I know she hates being called by her full name, "Did you see the new issue of TV Tome?" I'm convinced Sky is behind the tabloid frenzy, which is why I marched into her dressing room yesterday to confront her. This week, Mom showed me a cover story Hollywood Nation ran on my supposed downfall: "Is Kaitlin Burke No Longer TV's Good Girl?" the headline blared. They said I was thinking of leaving the show. They said my parents were control freaks. The stories said I threw a fit when FA's new hottie, Trevor Wainright, asked Sky out instead of me. These were cruel stories - ones that my mom feels compelled to read (she reads all my press) and show me. ![]() I'm not talking silly stuff like, "Family Affair's Kaitlin Burke is an alien!" That I could deal with. It was right after those rumors about me began popping up in the tabloids. Sky was so beside herself she trashed her dressing room and refused to work for days, saying she was suffering from "exhaustion." Personally, I think Sky was just mad that she ranked number eight. ![]() It all started when TV Tome voted me the most popular teen in prime time. "Ever hear of Clearasil?") I've even learned to tune out the tantrums she throws when she thinks I have more lines than her in an episode.īut this time Sky's gone too far. ("Nice zit, K," she said the other morning in makeup. Kind of makes you want to gag, doesn't it?Īfter twelve seasons, I've become a pro at ignoring Sky's comments. In one episode, Sam skipped the winter formal to run a food drive for a local orphanage. My character, Samantha, is a bit of a goody two-shoes. This season alone Sara has crashed our dad's Hummer, slept with his boss, and been in rehab for her rum and Coke addiction. Sky plays Sara, the scheming bad seed in our TV family. Just like real life, our characters are polar opposites. We delayed filming for a week - while we waited for the large bump on my head to go down. Seconds before the director yelled "action," Sky clocked me over the head with her pink Barbie Corvette. I should have known we would have a volatile relationship from our first scene together. Sky and I have never been friends and we've worked together since we were four, when we were cast to play fraternal twins on the nighttime soap Family Affair. Yeah, well, the real me is having a tough time sticking to that motto. The Kaitlin Burke the public loves would never do such a thing." "You don't bash people - especially your costars. "You're America's newest sweetheart," she explains with a flip of her $300 honey-highlighted hair during one of our notoriously long lunch meetings at The Ivy. What can I say? My publicist, Laney Peters, says talking honestly about Sky Mackenzie would be bad for my image. One of Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25." Number six on Entertainment Weekly's "It List." And, unfortunately, I'm as guilty as anyone of the secret I just shared. How do I know? You've probably already guessed. Celebrities will say anything for good publicity. The truth is they probably haven't seen each other outside work in six months. When a star is asked about her costar, she'll gush about how the two are best buds who go to the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf every Saturday morning after Ashtanga yoga for a fat-free vanilla Ice Blended. You can't believe everything you hear during interviews on Access Hollywood. I'm going to let you in on a little HOLLYWOOD SECRET: Movie stars don't always get along. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at Thank you for your support of the author's rights. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author's intellectual property. A Sneak Peek of On Location (Secrets of My Hollywood Life)
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