Leslie Jordan

Mayim Bialik honored Leslie Jordan by wearing Jordan's shoes in the Jan. 5 episode of "Call Me Kat."

Plus, why the cast didn't want to do a funeral storyline.

In the goodbye episode, which airs in the US this week, the show's characters quote Jordan's iconic sayings - but there will be no funeral.

Mayim Bialik unveiled her special tribute to her late "Call Me Kat" co-star Leslie Jordan.

JEOPARDY!'s Mayim Bialik revealed an inside tidbit about Call Me Kat's tribute episode to the late Leslie Jordan.Lesliedied at the age of 67.

“Call Me Kat” has bid farewell to Leslie Jordan's colorful cafe staple Phil. Jordan, who played the baker with a crazy mama on the Fox comedy starring Mayim ...

“And I just want you to know that (here she sings) I will always love you. He also took scene-stealing parts in "Reba," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," "Monk," "George Lopez," "Ugly Betty" and "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." “You made us happy while you were here, and we’re happy that you’re at peace,” she continues. “What we’ve done here is we’ve given Phil a happy ending,” Bialik says to the audience. He knew every everything about everyone, and he was really a constant fountain of jokes and funniness. And I know that would be the last thing you would want us to be. Thursday, Vicki Lawrence ("The Carol Burnett Show" and "Mama's Family") – and Jordan’s co-star in Fox’s one-season comedy "The Cool Kids” – appears as Phil’s much-talked-about mama to bake for the café in Phil’s absence. Anyhow, I just want you to know that we all love you, we all miss you, and I bet you’re having a big laugh over all of us being sad and sorrowful. 24](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/10/24/leslie-jordan-death-actor-comedian-will-and-grace-tiktok/10590182002/) when his car crashed into a wall in Hollywood. Apparently, Phil and Jalen’s first dance included the famous lift from “Dirty Dancing.” “You accepted him with no judgment.” "If you needed something super way-out-there, super crass, super wacky, super testing the waters of decency, Phil was this perfect fun character to do that,” Bialik saysof Jordan, a fixture since the show’s January 2021 debut.

The emotional episode gave a heartfelt send-off to Jordan's character, Phil, the beloved baker who worked at Kat's (Mayim Bialik) cafe. The episode saw Jordan's ...

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Dolly Parton made a surprise appearance on Fox's Mayim Bialik comedy Call Me Kat last night to honor the show's late co-star Leslie Jordan.

“I just want you to know that we all love you,” she continued, “we all miss you, and I bet you’re having a big laugh over all of us being sad and sorrowful, and I know that would be the last thing you would want us to be. I just want you to know that I will always love you. You left a lot of people here with a lot of precious, precious memories.

Call Me Kat paid tribute to the late Leslie Jordan during Thursday's midseason premiere. As part of the emotionally charged installment, Dolly Parton ...

Goodbye, my sweet Leslie." "I know usually at a memorial, people talk about somebody. "I just want you to know that we all love you, we all miss you, and I bet you're having a big laugh over all of us being sad and sorrowful."

Dolly Parton honored Leslie Jordan on 'Call Me Kat' in a surprise appearance. See what she said.

“I just want you to know that I will always love you. See you over there.” Parton ended by singing a bit of her hit “I Will Always Love You.” “You left a lot of people here with a lot of precious, precious memories. “You made us happy while you were here and we’re happy that you’re at peace,” she added. I just want you to know that we all love you.” “I know usually at a memorial people talk about somebody.

On the Jan. 5 episode of FOX's Call Me Kat, country icon Dolly Parton shared a heartbreaking eulogy for late star Leslie Jordan and sang a verse from a song ...

[captioned his last Instagram post](https://people.com/tv/leslie-jordan-sings-original-hymn-posted-one-day-before-his-death-love-and-light/) announcing a new song the day before he died: "Love. And I know that would be the last thing you would want us to be. I just want you to know that I will always love you. "I just want you to know that we all love you, we all miss you, and I bet you're having a big laugh over all of us being sad and sorrowful. Well, I'm going to talk to you," said the "I Will Always Love You" singer, 76. Jordan played Phil, the head baker at Kat's ( [Mayim Bialik](https://people.com/tag/mayim-bialik/)) café.