Brenda Song Recalls Her 'Emotional' Reaction to Running into 'Suite Life' Costar Phill Lewis' Now-Grown-Up Daughter (Exclusive)
She described the reunion as "emotional" because Annie — whom she has known since she was 3 years old — is now "like a full-grown woman"
Phill famously played Mr. Moseby in the Disney Channel series, and Song would sometimes babysit Annie
Brenda Song is recounting her "emotional" reunion with a special member of the Suite Life of Zack & Cody family.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE tied to her partnership with DoorDash, the actress, 37, revealed that she recently ran into former costar Phill Lewis' daughter Annie while out to dinner with her husband, Macaulay Culkin. She recalls being blown away by seeing Annie all grown up.
"I ran into Phill Lewis' daughter, who I've known since she was 3 years old, and she's like a full-grown woman, and it made me so emotional," Song says. "And she's like, 'Mama Brenda!' "
Song says Annie told Culkin, 44, how she taught her to do makeup and even babysat her when she was little.
"And Annie was like, 'You would come babysit.' Because I remember Phill, who played Mr. Moseby, and his wife Megan, I would go and babysit the kids because I was like, 'They need a night off because parents need nights off.' And I loved being with them," Song tells PEOPLE.
She says seeing Annie after all this time was "this weird kind of full-circle moment."
"I was like, we are really a family. We still see each other. I love them to death. They are truly my second family. He is my second father," she adds of Phill, 57.
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The Suite Life, which also starred Cole and Dylan Sprouse, aired on the Disney Channel from 2005 to 2008. It followed the adventures of brothers Zack and Cody Martin, who lived in a Boston hotel suite. Song played hotel heiress London Tipton, and Phill portrayed the hotel's manager, Mr. Moseby.
A sequel series, The Suite Life on Deck, debuted in 2008, followed by The Suite Life Movie in 2011.
Last year, Dylan and Cole, now 32, reunited with Phill on the red carpet at the premiere of Dylan's movie The Duel. The trio posed for photos together at the July 28 event, with the Sprouses standing on opposite sides of Phill with their arms around him.
At one point, Dylan playfully air punched Phill, who reacted with a big smile and later leaned in and hugged his former costar.
The show's stars have enjoyed other reunions over the years. Back in 2022, Cole hilariously crashed a video press interview that Song was doing at the time with Lana Condor. The moment was captured in a clip shared on TikTok.
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In the clip, Cole told Song he was "so upset" when he found out that Condor would be talking to her. "I miss you!" he said.
Song jokingly replied: "You don't answer my texts. You don't talk to me."
"To be honest, this is probably the only way Cole will talk to me, so …" she added with a laugh.
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