United Kingdom, July 20 -- Todd Bridges reconnected with his Diff'rent Strokes co-star Gary Coleman with a little help from an airline crew.

The pair played bothers on the hit sitcom, but they grew apart in the last few years of filming and lost their friendship completely after the show came to an end in 1986 but Todd, 61, has now revealed the pair mended the rift after they found themselves seated together on a flight.

During an appearance at the Fanboy Expo Knoxville, Todd explained: "The first three years [of Diff'rent Strokes] we were all very close, and then Gary's parents came and changed a lot of stuff ... [We] weren't very close after [the series ended] ...

"I'll tell you a funny story. I hadn't seen Gary in years or talked to...