Keri
Russell
remembers
when
she
was
no
longer
eligible
to
be
a
Mouseketeer.
The
Felicity
alum
began
starring
on
the
Disney
Channel
remake
of
the ’50s
children’s
variety
series
The
Mickey
Mouse
Club
in
1991.
After
two
years,
alongside
the
likes
of
Christina
Aguilera,
Britney
Spears, Justin
Timberlake
and
Ryan
Gosling,
she
exited
the
series
at
the
age
of
17.
And
she
has
a
theory
as
to
why.
“It’s
usually
girls
who
looked
like
they
were
sexually
active,”
the
48-year-old
told
Jesse
Tyler
Ferguson
on
the
July
9
episode
of
his
podcast Dinner’s
On
Me
of
who
got
the
boot
from
the
show. “Which,
probably,
I
was
one
of
the
first.”
She
later
added
jokingly, “Pregnant
Mouseketeers
aren’t
on
the
roster.”
The Diplomat actress
also
signaled
that
there
was
a
disparity
between
the
trajectory
of
female
and
male
actors
on
the
new
Mickey
Mouse
Club.
“We
had
boys
stay
till
they
were
like
19,”
she
said. “I
was
like, ‘Um,
by
the
way,
I
had
sex
with
that
person,
I
know
that
they’ve
had
sex.'”
