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In Rugrats Reboot, Phil and Lil’s Mom Betty Will Be a Lesbian

<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-27T21:11:27+00:00“>May 27, 2021 | 5:11pm ET The Rugrats revival coming to Paramount+ is drawn in 3-D, but that isn’t the only way it’s being brought into the 21st century. As The A.V. Club first reported, Phil and Lil’s mom Betty has been reimagined as a single mom who happens to be a lesbian. She’s voiced by Natalie Morales, star of Abby’s and known for recurring parts in Parks and Recreation and Dead to Me. Originally, Betty had a dull husband named Howard, but in retrospect, it’s easy to view her as queer-coded: a former professional wrestler, she wore her hair short and her sweaters with a prominent ‘female’ symbol. As Morales put it, “...