I’ve always been a fan of Sally Field. She is a legend and truly a gifted actress, and the 76-year-old has shared many on-screen romances throughout her storied career.
She has, therefore, had her fair share of on-screen kisses as well. She recently revealed which one was the worst, though she initially hesitated to name the costar involved.
Considered one of the most versatile and talented actresses of her generation, Sally Field can look back on a remarkable career in Hollywood. She has charmed audiences with iconic roles across numerous films and TV shows.
For example, I will never forget her unforgettable performance in Steel Magnolias and that funeral scene. Sally did an excellent job portraying a woman torn by love, discouragement, anger, and loss. But of course, she’s also known for her roles in Gidget, The Flying Nun, Smokey and the Bandit, Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Erin Brockovich.
Sally was born into a working-class showbiz family in Pasadena, California. But her childhood was far from a fairytale. In her memoir, Sally wrote that her stepfather did some very bad things to her, and that she had a secret abortion at 17.
Yet she grew into such a beautiful, humble human being. Today, Sally continues to work regularly. She played Janice in the 2020 TV series Dispatches From Elsewhere. In 2022, she starred as Jessie Buss in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, the popular TV series portraying the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers.
Considering how active she remains, it’s no surprise that Sally appears in interviews from time to time. On the Thursday, Dec. 1 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the beloved star decided to reveal her worst on-screen kiss after a probing question from a fan.
Field, 76, looked around after the question was asked, laughing, “Oh boy. Shall I really name names here?”
“I think you should,” Cohen, 54, replied.
Field gave in: “Okay. This is going to be a shocker. Hold on, folks.”
The Oscar-winning actress named her former boyfriend, star Burt Reynolds, as the culprit.
Cohen quickly followed up, asking, “But weren’t you dating at the time?”
Field explained that during filming for Smokey and the Bandit, she often had to “look the other way” in those scenes because it “just was not something he really did for you.”
“Isn’t that something,” Cohen responded in surprise.
The actress went on to say there was a lot of “drooling” on Reynolds’ part during their time sharing the screen.
The two co-stars met in 1977 while filming Smokey and the Bandit, and they went on to date for about five years. Reynolds, who sadly died of cardiac arrest at 82, reportedly reflected on his relationship with Field in his memoir But Enough About Me, according to the New York Post.
He expressed regret about their time together, wishing he had tried harder to make things work.
In March, Field told Variety that she had stopped speaking with Reynolds in the final 30 years of his life for good reason.
“He was not someone I could be around,” she explained. “He was just not good for me in any way. And he had somehow convinced himself, in rethinking everything, that I was more important to him than he had thought—but I wasn’t. He just wanted to have what he didn’t have. I just didn’t want to deal with that.”
I’ve always had nothing but high praise and respect for the work of Sally Field. Absolutely top-notch!
