Molly Ringwald, one of the most notable female members, weighed in on the unsuspecting status and shared a bit of the backstory of the whole series of events while at a Breakfast Club reunion event. While at Orlando MegaCon for a Breakfast Club reunion panel (Via People),

NME reports that the now-veteran actor called the Brat Pack term “a pejorative,” one that proved hard for those actors to escape over the years since New York Magazine writer David Blum coined it for a 1985 feature.

Molly Ringwald says the 'Brat Pack' — the term coined by journalist David Blum to describe the actors who appeared in a string of films like The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986) — was "a pejorative term.