Jennifer Love Hewitt breaks silence on Sarah Michelle Gellar feud rumors

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Jennifer Love Hewitt revealed she hasn't spoken to Sarah Michelle Gellar for nearly three a long time, breaking her silence on rumors of a feud along with her "I Know What You Did Final Summer season" co-star.

In a latest interview with Vulture, the 46-year-old actress downplayed on-line hypothesis of a falling out with Gellar, 48. Nonetheless, Hewitt shared that she hadn't seen or communicated with Gellar, 48, since she was 18 when the hit 1997 slasher movie was launched.

"I actually don’t even know what that was or how that each one got here to be," Hewitt mentioned of the rumored unhealthy blood between her and the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum.

Jennifer Love Hewitt, left, spoke out about her rumored feud with Sarah Michelle Gellar. (Michael Buckner/Selection through Getty Photographs)

"I simply suppose folks don’t need the narrative to be straightforward," she added. "Why can we all the time should be in opposition to one another and out for one another?

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"I haven’t seen Sarah," the former "Party of Five" star added. "Actually, we’ve not talked since I noticed her at 18 years previous when the primary film got here out. That’s why it’s so humorous to me. Individuals had been like, ‘Say one thing again.’ And I’m like, ‘What am I going to say? I’ve not seen her.’ On my facet, we’re good. I do not know the place that is coming from."

Hewitt performed the lead character of Julie James in "I Know What You Did Final Summer season" and reprised her function within the 1998 sequel, "I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer season." The actress made a shock return to the franchise in its fourth installment, "I Know What You Did Final Summer season," which was launched Friday.

The 2 co-starred alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. and Ryan Phillipe in 1997's "I Know What You Did Final Summer season." (Columbia Photos/Getty Photographs)

Gellar's husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., , who portrayed Julie's love curiosity, Ray Bronson, within the authentic movies, additionally reprised his function within the 2025 sequel.

Neither star appeared within the direct-to-video 2006 standalone sequel, "I will All the time Know What You Did Final Summer season," or the short-lived 2022 TV sequence, "I Know What You Did Final Summer season."

Gellar and Ryan Phillipe co-starred within the authentic film alongside Hewitt and Prinze Jr. Nonetheless, they didn't return for the next "I Know What You Did Final Summer season" tasks after the primary film since each of their characters, magnificence queen Helen Shivers and boyfriend Barry Cox had been killed off.

Nonetheless, Gellar made a quick cameo look throughout a dream sequence within the newest installment. On Monday, "The Ghost Whisperer" star accompanied Prinze Jr. to the premiere of the film, which was additionally attended by Hewitt.

Prinze Jr. and Hewitt reprised their roles within the 1998 and 2025 sequels. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Assortment through Getty Photographs)

Throughout Hewitt's interview with Vulture forward of the premiere, the actress was requested if she deliberate to see Gellar on the occasion.

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"I hope so," she instructed the outlet.

After the premiere, social media customers identified that Gellar and Hewitt didn't seem in crimson carpet photographs collectively. After being questioned by followers concerning the rumored feud, Gellar later confirmed she did not encounter Hewitt on the occasion, although she praised her former co-star.

"For everybody asking - I by no means acquired to see @jenniferlovehewitt who's unbelievable within the film.," Gellar wrote on Instagram. "I used to be inside with my youngsters when the massive carpet occurred. And sadly JLH didn’t come to the after celebration.

"If in case you have ever been to considered one of these it’s loopy," she added. "I sadly didn’t get pics with a lot of the solid. However that doesn’t change how wonderful I feel all of them are. Sadly some issues occur solely in actual life and never on-line"

Jennifer Love Hewitt posed individually for photographs on the crimson carpet on the sequel's premiere. (Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage)

Hypothesis of a feud between actresses started to swirl in December 2024, when Gellar was requested by an "Further" reporter about Hewitt's potential return for the 2025 film.

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"I've nothing to do with that," she mentioned earlier than abruptly ending the interview.

Gellar later took to her Instagram story to elucidate her response was attributable to her wariness over violating a non-disclosure settlement that prohibited her from spoiling casting bulletins.

"Aspiring actors, please observe: This ‘deer within the headlights’ response is ideal for if you end up excited to see so many elderly pals in a single mission however have already stupidly forgotten what NDA means as soon as this month," she wrote alongside a photograph taken on the film's set.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who had a cameo within the film, accompanied her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., who performed one of many leads. (Michael Buckner/Selection through Getty Photographs)

That very same month, Hewitt confirmed she could be reprising her function within the sequel with a put up on Instagram.

In April, Gellar additional fueled hypothesis of unhealthy blood between her and Hewitt when she shared the trailer for 2025's "I Know What You Did Final Summer season," tagging members of the principle solid, together with Prinze Jr., Madelyn Cline, Gabbriette Bechtel, Sarah Pidgeon and Chase Sui Wonders and director/screenwriter Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and co-screenwriter Sam Lansky however notably leaving out Hewitt.

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Whereas some followers on social media took the omission as a definitive signal of a feud between the celebrities, a couple of Reddit commentators famous that Hewitt has activated an Instagram characteristic that forestalls her account from being tagged by different customers.

Ashley Hume is an leisure author for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions might be despatched to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume