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Catherine Hicks open to '7th Heaven' reunion without Stephen Collins

"We'd have to open with Stephen's coffin," the actress said.

By Annie Martin
Stephen Collins at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Three Stooges" on April 7, 2012. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Stephen Collins at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Three Stooges" on April 7, 2012. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Former 7th Heaven star Catherine Hicks is open to a reunion if it doesn't include her disgraced TV husband, Stephen Collins.

The 65-year-old actress, who played Annie Camden on The WB/CW series, revealed she'd be interested in a revival if the 68-year-old actor's character, Rev. Eric Camden, was killed off.

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"We'd have to open with Stephen's coffin," she told TMZ on Monday. "It's all up to [the] networks and those types of things. I think we'd all love to be together ... Eighth Heaven with a new boyfriend for Annie."

Collins admitted in December 2014 to molesting three underage girls between 1973 and 1994. The abuse was exposed after a recording surfaced of the actor confessing in a therapy session with his then-wife, Faye Grant.

"Forty years ago, I did something terribly wrong that I deeply regret," he said in a statement at the time. "I have been working to atone for it ever since. I've decided to address these issues publicly because ... [of the] recording made by my then-wife."

"On the recording, I described events that took place 20, 32, and 40 years ago," the star detailed. "The publication of the recording has resulted in assumptions and innuendos about what I did that go far beyond what actually occurred. As difficult as this is, I want people to know the truth."

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Collins had taken part in an informal 7th Heaven reunion just weeks before the recording went public. The series had an 11-season run from 1996 to 2007, and co-starred Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell and Barry Watson.

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