Bryan Cranston Defends Anna Gunn Over Skyler Backlash

Bryan Cranston defended his Breaking Bad co-star Anna Gunn and her character Skyler White during a recent appearance on the YouTube series Hot Ones Versus, pushing back against criticism from fellow actor Frankie Muniz. The exchange occurred while the two promoted the reboot of their shared sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, which premiered on Friday.

Muniz, expressing his fondness for the acclaimed crime drama, admitted to disliking Skyler. "I loved Breaking Bad, obviously everyone in the whole world loved it," he said. "I wanted to kill Skyler to make your life easier. Your life would have been so much easier. You were such a bad guy, you could have just gotten rid of her. All she did was complain." Cranston, who portrayed Walter White, the show's protagonist, responded immediately, highlighting the unfairness of the backlash. "Now, see, she got a lot of blowback from that," he said. "Well, first of all, Anna Gunn is a superb actor, but she got, like, 'Oh, why don't you get off his back?' Wait a minute. Let me understand this. Her husband leaves without any explanation, she's pregnant, he's making crystal methamphetamine and people have died, and she's the bitch? Like, we couldn't...