Jennifer Love Hewitt slams Sarah Michelle Gellar feud rumors



She knows what they did last summer. 

As the modern classic 1997 horror movie “I Know What You Did Last Summer” has gotten a 2025 revival (now in theaters), there have been rumors of a feud between original stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, 46, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, 48. 

“I honestly remain still so confused by all of that stuff,” Hewitt exclusively told The Post.

The “Can’t Hardly Wait” actress, who was talking to The Post to promote her ID series “A Killer Among Friends (airing Mondays 10 p.m. on ID and streaming on HBO Max), added, “I just feel like we’re in a business where they always want women to have a problem with each other.”

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1998. Bei/Shutterstock
Jennifer Love Hewitt at the premiere of “I Know What You Did Last Summer” in LA on July 14, 2025. Sony Pictures via Getty Images
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe. Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Freddie Prinze Jr in 1997’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Mandalay Ent/Kobal/Shutterstock

“Nobody asked how often Freddie and Ryan have seen each other since the original movie,” she added, referring to Freddie Prinze Jr. 48, and Ryan Phillippe, 50.

The rumors of bad blood between Gellar and Hewitt started after the pair didn’t pose together for pictures on the red carpet of the sequel’s premiere on July 14. 

Hewitt told The Post that feud rumors, “seems to be things that they do to women in particular, and it’s not necessary.”

“I have absolutely zero beef with Sarah at all,” she went on. “In fact, I applaud her for being a long-standing badass career woman, a mom, wife  – all the things that I am, that we have in common.”

Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ryan Phillippe in 1997’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jennifer Love Hewitt in the 2025 horror flick “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1997’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

The “9-1-1” actress shares three kids with her husband, actor Brian Hallisay, who she married in 2013: Autumn, 11, Atticus, 10, and Aidan, 3.

The “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” star, meanwhile, shares two kids with Prinze Jr., who she married in 2002: Charlotte, 15, and Rocky, 12. 

Hewitt concluded to The Post that that the feud rumors are “just really unfortunate.” 

“We run in different circles,” Prinze Jr. recently told Variety. “I hadn’t seen [Hewitt] since we wrapped the second movie in ’98, but we care a lot about these characters, and it was all still there.”

Hewitt previously said that she hasn’t talked to Gellar since they were 18 in the 1997 movie. 

Gellar also addressed the rumors on social media

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. at the July 2025 premiere of “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Love Hewitt in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Moviestore/Shutterstock
Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Philippe in “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

“For everyone asking — I never got to see @jenniferlovehewitt, who is fantastic in the movie,” she wrote via Instagram on July 16. “I was inside with my kids when the big carpet happened. And unfortunately, JLH didn’t come to the after-party.” 

The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star 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 1997 Kevin Williamson-written film followed a group of four friends who accidentally kill a man. One year later, they’re stalked by a hook-wielding killer.

Hewitt and Prinze Jr’s characters were the only ones to survive – Gellar and Phillippe’s characters both kicked the bucket. 

Taking to The Post in May, Phillippe joked about how often he dies onscreen. 

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1997’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1997’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

“[For ‘Big Sky’] they put me all over the key art and the billboards, and then I died in the first episode,” he said, referring to his ABC series, which ran from 2020 to 2023. 

“So I had a lot of people that were very angry with me about that. A lot of friends or fans were like, ‘Oh, we’re going to watch this show and you die in the first episode!’ Now, I have to assure anyone when I’m in a project that I’m going to be in more than one episode.”

The latest “I Know What You Did Last Summer” ended with a wild post-credits scene, suggesting more movies in the franchise could happen.

“Oh my gosh, I have no idea. I mean, truthfully, I was just excited to be asked back for this one. So I don’t want to be too greedy,” Hewitt told The Post. “But as long as there’s a really interesting, fun story to tell, and as long the people still care about the characters, I’m always happy to hopefully find my way back there.”



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