Sally Field Reveals Why Ex Burt Reynolds Was Her ‘Worst’ On-Screen Kiss: Watch

Sally Field, 76, was asked who her least-favorite on-screen kisser was on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, and her reply amazed everyone. “This is gonna beryllium a shocker, truthful clasp connected folks,” Sally said during her Dec. 1 quality connected the late-night show. The Brothers & Sisters star revealed it was her precocious partner Burt Reynolds, arsenic the assemblage gasped. Andy Cohen pointed retired that Sally really dated Burt backmost successful the day.

Sally Field and Burt Reynolds (Photo: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection)

“I tried to look the different way, and say, ‘Well that was conscionable then.’ It was conscionable not thing helium did precise well,” Sally said astir Burt, who she archetypal smooched on-camera successful the 1977 movie Smokey And The Bandit. They dated for 4 years until they divided successful 1980.

Sally told Andy that she “could spell into detail” astir Burt’s subpar kissing skills. The Real Housewives boss pressed the Oscar victor for much details and asked if Burt’s lingua was the problem. Sally clarified that the lingua “was not wholly involved,” though Burt was guilty of “a batch of drooling.”

Sally Field connected ‘WWHL’ December 1 (Photo: NBC)

Sally had a hard narration with Burt, which she openly discussed successful a March 2022 interrogation with Variety. “He was not idiosyncratic I could beryllium around,” the Mrs. Doubtfire star said. “He was conscionable not bully for maine successful immoderate way. And helium had someway invented successful his rethinking of everything that I was much important to him than helium had thought, but I wasn’t. He conscionable wanted to person the happening helium didn’t have. I conscionable didn’t privation to woody with that,” she added.

Burt died astatine the property of 82 successful Sept. 2018 aft suffering a bosom onslaught astatine a Florida hospital. Sally reacted to Burt’s passing successful a little but meaningful connection astatine the time. “There are times successful your beingness that are truthful indelible, they ne'er slice away. They enactment alive, adjacent 40 years later. My years with Burt ne'er permission my mind. He volition beryllium successful my past and my heart, for arsenic agelong arsenic I live. Rest, Buddy,” Sally said.