Jennifer Love Hewitt Has Not Spoken to Sarah Michelle Gellar Since She Was ’18 Years Old’ When Original ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Premiered

During a recent interview with Vulture, Jennifer Love Hewitt said she hasn’t spoken to her “I Know What You Did Last Summer” co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar since the slasher debuted in 1997. Despite the lack of communication, Hewitt maintains there is no beef between them.

“I honestly don’t even know what that was or how that all came to be,” Hewitt said of her rumored feud with Gellar. “I just think people don’t want the narrative to be easy. Why do we always have to be against each other and out for each other?”

She continued, “I haven’t seen Sarah. Literally, we’ve not talked since I saw her at 18 years old when the first movie came out. That’s why it’s so funny to me. People were like, ‘Say something back’ And I’m like, ‘What am I going to say? I’ve not seen her.’ On my side, we’re good. I have no idea where this is coming from.”

Hewitt and Gellar reprised their “I Know What You Did Last Summer” roles for the 2025 reboot, which released on Friday. Hewitt returned as Julie James to mentor a new batch of youngsters who are being hunted by the hook-wielding fisherman. Gellar’s Helen Shivers famously dies in the original, but returns for the reboot in a dream sequence to warn Southport’s new it-girl, Danica Richards (Madelyn Cline), that danger is coming her way. Freddie Prinze Jr. also reprises his role of Ray Bronson for the new film.

Other cast members include Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon and Billy Campbell.