Kathy Bates Calls Retirement Announcement a ‘Misunderstanding’ [Video]

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After Kathy Bates’ New York Times interview was released on September 8, there was an uproar surrounding the 76-year-old actress’s alleged plans to retire. Now, the Misery star says it was all just a misunderstanding.

The upcoming reboot of Matlock may indeed be Kathy Bates’ “swan song,” as she said during the interview, but she hopes that it will be a long one – “another eight years or so,” she told ET‘s Nischelle Turner at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 15.

Bates appeared on the red carpet alongside Matlock co-star Skye P. Marshall to discuss their upcoming show. Marshall, 39, enthusiastically joked that she would not let the Titanic actress go. “I will drag her …