Sarah Michelle Gellar sparks Jennifer Love Hewitt feud rumors with awkward interview
Do Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Love Hewitt have beef?
The “Cruel Intentions” star set tongues wagging on Wednesday when she spoke at the “Dexter: Original Sin” premiere about the upcoming “I Know What You Did Last Summer” reboot.
While the actress, 47, was excited to talk about the project’s “incredible cast” and “fun script,” the interview took an awkward turn when the Extra reporter asked about Hewitt.
“I know Jennifer Love Hewitt said that she’s possibly returning,” the journalist said. “You can’t tell [us]?”
Gellar silently shrugged before stepping back and saying she has “nothing to do with that.”
Social media users had a heyday with the red carpet clip, with many believing the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum was “definitely throwing shade” at the 45-year-old.
“Look at that face! She hates her so bad,” one person speculated via X, while another wrote, “This seems so shady LOL.”
A third joked, “I thought she was an actress? Girl… act.”
Gellar and Hewitt’s reps have yet to respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
The previous day, Hewitt appeared on the “I’ve Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario” podcast and spoke about Gellar.
Hewitt brought up the alleged “fighting” on her own, saying, “I root for her and [husband] Freddie [Prinze Jr.] and think it’s the cutest thing in the world that they’ve been married for 100 years and have kids.
“It’s adorable,” the “9-1-1” star continued. “So it’s been really funny to see all this [negative] stuff that people think.”
Hewitt and Gellar co-starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” in 1997, playing Julie James and Helen Shivers, respectively.
News broke that a reboot was in the works when Gellar posted an Instagram photo from the set in November, which she admittedly got “in a little bit of trouble” for.
In a recent interview with Page Six, Hewitt told us she was interested in being part of the project and confirmed they were “in talks,” but it was a matter of making the shooting schedule work.
“Fingers crossed right now,” she said, adding, “I do want it to happen. It was a fun it was a fun thing for me. And I feel like at, you know, 45, it would be really cool to go back to something. I started when I was 18, which is crazy to think about, but I think it would be fun.”
She confirmed the reprised role in a Friday Instagram post, with Gellar sharing the announcement to her Story.
