Gellar — who starred within the unique flick — was available on the occasion with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., who additionally stars within the new movie alongside Hewitt. Whereas the couple posed for photographs collectively and Gellar later snapped pics with former Buffy the Vampire Slayer costar Seth Inexperienced, followers had been upset when she and Hewitt did not have a crimson carpet reunion of their very own.

Then, on Wednesday, Gellar shared a carousel of photographs from the premiere to Instagram — the place, once more, she wasn’t pictured with Hewitt and did not immediately point out her in her caption.

“What an evening!!! Nonetheless cannot consider …… years later (no must date myself) I acquired to stroll the crimson carpet at one other premiere of @ikwydlsmovie Nonetheless starring essentially the most good-looking man I do know @realfreddieprinze however this time directed by my finest good friend @jennkaytin and written by Jenn and @samlansky,” she captioned her put up. “I really like this film sooooo a lot and this forged!!”

Virtually instantly, her feedback had been flooded with questions like, “The place is J Love? ”, “I really like you, however the place’s Jennifer?” — in addition to feedback together with, “I really like you so dearly, nevertheless it makes me so unhappy there may be ZERO recognition for Jennifer Lover Hewitt both” and hypothesis about “beef” between the 2.

Minutes after her preliminary put up, Gellar responded to followers questioning about Hewitt.

“For everybody asking – I by no means acquired to see @jenniferlovehewitt who’s incredible within the film,” she clarified in a remark. “I used to be inside with my youngsters when the large carpet occurred. And sadly JLH did not come to the after social gathering.”

“When you have ever been to considered one of these it is loopy. I sadly did not get pics with many of the forged,” she continued. “However that does not change how superb I feel all of them are. Sadly some issues occur solely in actual life and never on-line.”

Gellar beforehand needed to clear up on-line hypothesis a couple of feud between them, after her crimson carpet response to a query about Hewitt’s involvement within the new sequel went viral.

Hypothesis there was some beef brewing between the 2 scream queens blew up on social media again in December 2024, all due to a crimson carpet interview Gellar did with EXTRA whereas on the premiere of Dexter: Authentic Sin.

Through the interview, she was requested concerning the upcoming I Know What You Did Final Summer time sequel after Gellar shared a photograph from the set.

Whereas she will not be returning for the brand new film — as her character was killed off in probably the greatest horror film chase sequences ever — Gellar visited the Australian set to help her husband, who’s reprising his function from the unique. She’s additionally shut buddies with the reboot’s director, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who Gellar labored with on the Netflix film Do Revenge.

After praising Robinson and the film’s “enjoyable” script, Gellar was requested about Hewitt presumably returning as properly. “I’ve nothing to do with that,” she responded, earlier than beginning to stroll away from the reporter.

The video blew up on X, racking up greater than 5 million views amid hypothesis on social media and within the YouTube feedback that one thing went down between the 2 stars. Because the chatter began to choose up some steam and retailers started reporting on it, Gellar took to her Instagram web page to set some issues straight.

First, she shared a DeuxMoi put up to her Instagram Story, wherein the popular culture account speculated Gellar was “hesitant to reply any questions on ‘I Know What You Did Final Summer time’ after she acquired in bother for posting a set photograph!”

This seems to be the case, as Gellar mentioned throughout a Dwell with Kelly and Mark look she acquired in bother for sharing a photograph of a director’s chair on the Australian set in November. “Then I discovered that they hadn’t posted any photos from the set but — hadn’t introduced they began filming. Yeah … that was an ‘Oops! My dangerous!’” she mentioned on the morning present.

Addressing the interview on IG, Gellar added, “Aspiring actors please notice: this deer within the headlights response is ideal for when you find yourself excited to see so many aged buddies in a single challenge however have already stupidly forgotten what NDA means as soon as this month.”

She then adopted up each posts by sharing the official announcement Hewitt was returning to the franchise — one thing which wasn’t confirmed till after the crimson carpet second, although she clearly knew about.

Hewitt, in the meantime, addressed some gossip about her and Gellar throughout an interview with Tommy DiDario’s I’ve By no means Mentioned This Earlier than podcast across the identical time. Although it did not seem she was referencing Gellar’s crimson carpet second, she did react to rumors that “Sarah and I had been preventing,” seemingly again within the ’90s.

She mentioned she even noticed individuals speculate she “made certain” Gellar’s character was killed within the first film “as a result of woman actresses do not prefer to work with woman actresses” — earlier than saying she positively did not have any energy to dictate a personality’s destiny on the time.

“I root for her and Freddie. I feel it is the cutest factor on this planet. They have been married for 100 years and have youngsters. It is lovely,” she informed DiDario. “It has been actually humorous to see the entire stuff that folks assume.”

See Hewitt and Prinze Jr. again in motion when I Know What You Did Final Summer time hits theaters this weekend.