Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt may have a long history since they starred in I Know What You Did Last Summer together in the ’90s. But that doesn’t mean they’ve always remained tight. Freddie opened up about the nature of his relationship with Jennifer after a rumored feud between them was recently debunked.
During an interview with Variety, Freddie admitted that before reuniting with JLH for the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot, they hadn’t seen each other in nearly three decades. “We run in different circles,” he explained. “I hadn’t seen her since we wrapped the second movie in ’98, but we care a lot about these characters, and it was all still there. After we finished that first scene, we had a chance to say, ‘Oh, you have kids. And you have kids.’”
The Scooby-Doo alum, who has been married to fellow IKWYDLS star Sarah Michelle Gellar since 2002, added, “Honestly, I think the first scene we share in this movie, where Ray and Julie confront the reality of their relationship, is the best work we’ve done of all three. I’m really proud of it. Our director, Jenn Robinson, three-dimensionalized these characters.”
Per Us Weekly, fans have long speculated that Jennifer had a tiff with SMG after the first film and requested that her character be killed off from the franchise. The Ghost actor debunked the rumor during a 2024 appearance on the I’ve Never Said This Before podcast, saying, “I was 18. They were not taking script notes from me, guys.”
She also clarified that she was “totally” friends with Sarah back then, adding, “All of us were in that experience together and, kind of, figuring it all out and everything. I root for her and Freddie and think it’s the cutest thing in the world that they’ve been married for 100 years, and have kids. It’s adorable. It’s just been really funny to see all of this stuff that people think.”
After the premiere of the latest IKWYDLS movie, Sarah entered the chat in her Instagram comments section to clarify where she and Jennifer stand. “For everyone asking—I never got to see @jenniferlovehewitt who is fantastic in the movie. I was inside with my kids when the big carpet happened. And unfortunately JLH didn’t come to the after party,” she wrote.
She added, “If you have ever been to one of these it’s crazy. I sadly didn’t get pics with most of the cast. But that doesn’t change how amazing I think they all are. Unfortunately some things happen only in real life and not online.”
The film’s reboot, which stars Gen Z powerhouses Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Jonah Hauer-King, Gabbriette Bechtel, and Sarah Pidgeon, continues in the same timeline as the original 1997 movie. Director Jenn Kaytin Robinson brought Freddie and Jennifer’s OG characters back for the legacy sequel and shot down theories that the pair shot their scenes separately amid their longstanding feud rumors.
“They absolutely shot their scenes together. Hope this helps,” Jenn wrote in response to a social media post that sparked a debate between fans of the iconic franchise.
TL;DR: it seems like there isn’t any bad blood between these scream queens and kings.
