"New Girl" creator Liz Meriwether has poured cold water on reunion hopes stirred up by Max Greenfield, who plays Schmidt in the beloved sitcom. Greenfield had told Today with Jenna & Sheinelle that a revival was "happening" and claimed to have seen "amazing" scripts Meriwether had written, but Meriwether responded on Instagram with a comic rebuttal, suggesting the cast's excessive script notes had derailed things. No official reunion has been confirmed, and the playful spat highlights the gap between cast enthusiasm and any actual production plans.

In her video, Meriwether joked that Jake Johnson (Nick) wanted a nude dance scene to Dua Lipa's "Levitating," Lamorne Morris (Winston) demanded increasingly elaborate jewellery, and Greenfield himself had pushed to rename the show "Max Greenfield is the New Girl." Johnson later posted on Instagram suggesting Greenfield may have actually been referring to scripts for Meriwether's unrelated new show, "Furious," rather than a genuine "New Girl" revival. The original sitcom also starred Zooey Deschanel and Hannah Simone.