Jennifer Love Hewitt despatched a blunt message in regards to the rumors that she and Sarah Michelle Gellar are in a feud 28 years after I Know What You Did Final Summer time premiered.
Throughout an interview with Vulture for an article printed on Friday, July 18, Hewitt, 46, lastly addressed the stories that she and Gellar had been on unhealthy phrases.
“I actually don’t even know what that was or how that each one got here to be,” Hewitt confessed. “I simply assume folks don’t need the narrative to be simple. Why can we at all times need to be in opposition to one another and out for one another?”
She then admitted, “I haven’t seen Sarah. Actually, we’ve not talked since I noticed her at 18 years previous when the primary film got here out.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Love Hewitt in ‘I Know What You Did Final Summer time’ (1997) (Columbia Footage / courtesy Everett Assortment)
In 1997, Hewitt portrayed Julie James, whereas Gellar performed Helen Shivers within the teen slasher film. The ’90s flick additionally starred Gellar’s husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, Muse Watson, Anne Heche, Bridgette Wilson, and Johnny Galecki, amongst others.
Of the rumored rift, Hewitt added, “That’s why it’s so humorous to me. Folks had been like, ‘Say one thing again.’ And I’m like, ‘What am I going to say? I’ve not seen her.’”
She concluded, “On my facet, we’re good. I do not know the place that is coming from.”
On July 18, a remake of I Know What You Did Final Summer time hit theaters. The reimagined movie stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell and extra. Moreover, Prinze Jr. and Hewitt reprised their characters.
The July 14 premiere of the brand new film sparked feud rumors, as Hewitt and Gellar notably didn’t take images collectively on the purple carpet.
Gellar, 48, responded to the hypothesis within the feedback of her Instagram replace in regards to the occasion.
“For everybody asking – I by no means received to see @jenniferlovehewitt, who’s incredible within the film,” she wrote. “I used to be inside with my youngsters when the massive carpet occurred. And sadly JLH didn’t come to the after get together.”
I Know What You Did Final Summer time (2025) now in theaters, I Know What You Did Final Summer time (1997), streaming on MGM+