Scott Wolf is grateful for the impact Party of Five left on fans — including other celebrities he (literally) looks up to.
During a Tuesday, Jan. 7, appearance on Sherri Shepherd’s eponymous daytime talk show to promote his new Fox medical drama Doc, the actor, 56, looked back on a moment when an A-list star asked to meet him at a party, leaving him shocked at the show’s viewership.
“The craziest one was when Party of Five was still on,” Wolf told Shepherd, 57, of the encounter. “I was at some event, I don’t know what it was — like an event in Los Angeles — and someone was like, ‘Hey, someone’s here and they want to tell you they love the show.’ ”
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Wolf said he was delighted to meet a fan, but things changed when he actually met the individual.
“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s cool,’ and I get a tap on my shoulder and I turn around, and I’m looking at a waist,” the actor said, describing the person’s height.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, the rest of them is up there,’ ” he continued, adding, “And it was Shaq!”
Both Wolf and Shepherd reveled in the fact that 15-time NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal enjoyed watching Party of Five.
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According to Wolf, the former pro athlete, 52, told him he was “a huge fan of the show.” Wolf described the moment as “the best thing I ever heard in my life.”
“So hearing that from people that I look up to, not just because he was 9 ft. tall, that’s really cool when that happens,” Wolf said with a laugh.
Party of Five ran from 1994 to 2000.
In addition to Wolf’s role as Bailey, the series starred Neve Campbell (Julia Salinger), Michael Goorjian (Justin Thompson), Matthew Fox (Charlie), Lacey Chabert (Claudia) and Jacob Smith (baby Owen).
The Fox drama followed the five Salinger siblings, who were forced to live on their own after their parents died in a car crash.
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“The whole point of telling these kinds of stories, being part of shows, is you want them to matter to people,” Wolf told Shepherd, adding that “25 years later” fans still come up to him “like they watched it last week.”
The original cast has remained close throughout the years, too, Wolf revealed.
“It’s funny, Michael Goorjian, who played Justin, is our kids’ godfather,” Campbell, 51, told PEOPLE in May 2024 while referring to her partner JJ Feild and her former costar. “He’s one of our best friends. So we’ve stayed really tight.”
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She also shared that she’d recently attended Chabert’s 40th birthday party.
Party of Five is streaming in full on Apple TV.
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