“I don’t remember it going that far,” star Will Friedle said after rewatching his scene with then-girlfriend Hewitt.

Child Meets the World stars kiss and describe a “disturbing” moment Jennifer Love Hewitt appeared in the hit coming-of-age comedy.

During a recent episode Pod Meets the World podcast with bmw stars Will Friedle, Strong RiderAnd Danielle Fishelthe trio was recapping the infamous season 5 episode “And Then There Was Shawn” when the topic of Friedle’s “super intense” makeout session with then-girlfriend Hewitt came up.

In the episode, which is a parody of various slasher films, the cast, including Friedle’s Eric Matthews, Fishel’s Topanga Lawrence, and Strong’s Shawn Hunter, are pursued by an unknown killer after being trapped at the school during detention. At some point, I Know What You Did Last Summer The star, who plays a new girl at school named Jennifer Love Fefferman, runs into Eric, who begins kissing her intensely.

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Although the episode’s plot was eventually revealed to be a dream, in retrospect Friedle, Strong, and Fishel agreed that the moment with Hewitt made no sense and was too hot to handle, even though everyone on the set knew the actors were seeing each other. In that case.

“It was very intense,” Fishel recalled of the scene between Friedle and the brief 1996 guest star. They’re a couple in real life, but does that still make sense in terms of the show?'”

Friedle said that watching that moment again for the podcast surprised him. “I don’t remember getting that far, saying, ‘Oh my God,'” he said. “And also kissing her neck and stuff like that. Really, wow, that was so uncomfortable.”

The trio speculated that the decision to include the scene in the series was purely for laughs, but they all ultimately agreed that it was inappropriate because most viewers likely had no idea the actors were having an off-camera relationship.

“It was very intense,” Friedle continued. “And I’ve even had people say to me, ‘Oh, when I was a kid, I didn’t realize you were together.’ So it’s like, what’s going on?”

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The kissing session was the hottest moment of the show throughout the entire programme. “It’s just like making love,” Friedle said. “This was the most intense make-up we’ve ever done in the seven years of the show, it was in the hallway, then I was kissing her neck while she was trying to talk and all that. Like, we haven’t even said our names yet. It’s so intense.”

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Child Meets the WorldThe series, which also starred Ben Savage, William Daniels and William Russ, aired on ABC for seven seasons from September 1993 to May 2000. Episodes are now available on Disney+.

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