{"id":614423,"date":"2026-04-30T02:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614423\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:41:11","slug":"malcolm-actor-asks-paparazzi-to-leave-erik-per-sullivan-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614423\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Actor Asks Paparazzi to Leave Erik Per Sullivan Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMalcolm in the Middle<\/a> actor Justin Berfield feels bad that Erik Per Sullivan<\/a> has been garnering public attention even after he chose not to partake in the series\u2019 2026 revival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring a Tuesday appearance on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff<\/a> podcast, Berfield was asked by Howie Mandel if he believes Dewey, Sullivan\u2019s character from the original show, regrets not being a part of Malcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNo. I know they asked him a whole bunch,’\u201d he said. \u201cThey asked him like four or five times, and every time he was like, \u2018No.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMandel asked Berfield to text Sullivan while they were filming the podcast, and he said he didn\u2019t know if he would respond, noting, \u201cI think he\u2019s just out of the business. We all love him, no hard feelings.\u201d Even though Sullivan did not reprise his Malcolm character for the revival, Berfield said that hasn\u2019t stopped the public\u2019s interest in what he\u2019s been up to since leaving the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s a good guy. I love Erik. And I actually feel bad because he wants to stay out of the business and I\u2019ve been seeing paparazzi shots of him,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, leave Erik alone. He didn\u2019t want to come back to the show. No hard feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBryan Cranston, who played the father on Malcolm in the Middle, previously shed light on his conversations with Sullivan<\/a> after he learned the reboot was officially in the works. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI talked to Erik and I said, \u2018Hey, we got the show! It\u2019s gonna come back.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s fantastic!\u2019 And I go, \u2018Yeah, so we\u2019re looking forward to having you back.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Oh, no, no, I don\u2019t want to do it. But it\u2019s fantastic that you are,\u2019\u201d\u00a0Cranston said. \u201cHe\u2019s actually going to Harvard. He\u2019s really, really smart, and I think he\u2019s getting his master\u2019s at Harvard right now. He said, \u2018Oh God, no, I haven\u2019t acted since I was nine or something. So I\u2019m not into it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCaleb Ellsworth-Clark took over the role of Dewey in Malcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair. Cranston and Berfield reprised their roles from the original show, while Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson and Frankie Muniz also returned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malcolm in the Middle actor Justin Berfield feels bad that Erik Per Sullivan has been garnering public attention…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,250426,83480,92],"class_list":["post-614423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-erik-per-sullivan","tag-malcolm-in-the-middle","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}