new Brat Pack documentary on Hulu, Andrew McCarthy, 61, confronted writer David Blum, 68, about how he coined the now-iconic group title in a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985.At the time, Blum was doing a piece on Emilio Estevez and joined him on a night out in LA with other actors including Rob Lowe and Judd Nelson.

Blum ran the Brat Pack profile that changed the lives of McCarthy, Estevez, Lowe, Nelson, Demi Moore, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy forever.

During “Brats,” McCarthy, who wrote, directed, and stars in the project, went to see Blum at his hotel room to hash things out decades later.“If you had told me 10, 20, 30 years ago I’d be walking out to see David Blum’s apartment, the writer of the Brat Pack article, I’d say you’re f–king crazy,’ ” McCarthy said just before the sit-down.Blum told the “Pretty in Pink” actor how he never meant for the Brat Pack article to come off negative.“I didn’t dislike any of them — I thought they were all quite nice,” Blum said. “It’s hard to explain, but I didn’t think at the time, ‘Ugh, these brats.’ At all.”He also revealed how he came up with the Brat Pack title: the night before the dinner, he was out with other journalists, and one of them referred to the group as the “fat pack.” That joke “reemerged” in Blum’s head before he went out with Estevez and company.“It didn’t cross my mind really that it was all that big a deal,” Blum told McCarthy.McCarthy, still bothered about the situation, asked Blum if he thought the Brat Pack title was “scathing.”“I guess in retrospect, yes.

At the time, no,” said Blum. “I was proud of my creation of the phrase. Look, I was 29. I definitely knew it was gonna have a reaction.”McCarthy explained: “My.

Andrew McCarthy finally confronts writer who coined ‘The Brat Pack’ label he despised — here’s what happened

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