The former TV star said constant scrutiny stripped away her privacy early on, a trade-off that later pushed her to retreat from Hollywood.<\/p>\n
“We lost our privacy, totally,” Jackson told People<\/a> at the 50th anniversary celebration of “Charlie’s Angels.” “We just absolutely totally lost every bit of privacy. And then, to make it worse, those horrible tabloids<\/a>.”<\/p>\n The “Charlie\u2019s Angels” alum didn\u2019t mince words as she reflected on modern culture and her disconnect from social media.<\/p>\n SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR ON WHY SHE DITCHED HOLLYWOOD FOR NEARLY A DECADE<\/a><\/p>\n Kate Jackson claimed “Charlie’s Angels” fame destroyed her privacy while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the hit show. (American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “I don\u2019t understand social media. I mean, I don’t get it,” she said. “All I want is a little privacy. And I don’t understand why people are so fond of taking their picture and telling the world where they are at this very moment, doing this thing. I don’t get it.”<\/p>\n Jackson, now 77, got her start on “Dark Shadows” before cementing herself as a household name with her performance as Sabrina Duncan on “Charlie’s Angels<\/a>.” She later solidified her TV legacy with roles in “Scarecrow and Mrs. King.”<\/p>\n Despite a career that made her a television mainstay, Jackson said she never anticipated the lasting impact of her “Charlie’s Angels” role.<\/p>\n “[I] never dreamed from day one, 50 years later, anyone would be interested at all or even had seen it,” Jackson told Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd attend the “Charlie’s Angels” 50th anniversary celebration. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n “But the fact is it’s never gone off the air, ever. It\u2019s always been on television.”<\/p>\n “Charlie’s Angels,” which aired from 1976 until 1981, originally starred Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and the late Farrah Fawcett. Cheryl Ladd was added to the group after Fawcett filmed only one season. Jackson eventually exited the series and was replaced by Shelley Hack.<\/p>\n Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson were the original cast members of “Charlie’s Angels.” (Unknown\/Abc Photo Archives)<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n Jackson previously admitted she walked away from “Charlie’s Angels” because she didn’t want to “sacrifice” her life for a TV show.<\/p>\n “I finally had to say, \u2018Wait a minute, there\u2019s my life, and there\u2019s the show, and one is killing the other, so something has to go,'” she recalled in an interview with the US edition of Closer magazine<\/a>. “I sure as hell wasn\u2019t about to sacrifice my life for a television show.”<\/p>\n Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson helped to save a “little Angel” from a diabolical murderer in “Charlie’s Angels.” (ABC Photo Archives\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Farrah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Charlies-Angels-cast.jpeg\")
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