Barbara Eden Makes Surprising Admission About 'I Dream of Jeannie'

Actress Barbara Eden , 93, is opening up about her time on the beloved NBC sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie .

During a Forbes interview, published on July 31, Eden, who famously played the genie named Jeannie on the show, shared whether she believed modern audiences would accept I Dream of Jeannie being made now, as reported by Remind Magazine . She noted that Jeannie did call Captain/Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson, played by Larry Hagman , master, which would likely be controversial.

"I think it could be - I'm not sure that anyone would want to do it. You know, ‘master' is just a word and it was in her vocabulary," said Eden during the interview. "She didn't really say she was a slave. Never, you know? It was actually a classic theme. A thousand years and all the genies - and she