7th Heaven’s Jessica Biel and Barry Watson.Photo:E.J. Camp / Spelling Prod. / Courtesy of Everett
E.J. Camp / Spelling Prod. / Courtesy of Everett
Barry Watsonis looking back on an awkward moment from the pilot of7th Heaven.
“I knew then, I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this,’” he recalled. “And I found out from Brenda [Hampton], the creator, that it wasAaron [Spelling]that insisted on having that scene. I was like, that was the only time I ever questioned Aaron’s creativity because I always think, ‘This would never happen.’”
Barry Watson at 90s Con on March 16, 2024.Barry Brown/Shutterstock
Barry Brown/Shutterstock
Catherine Hicksthen asked whether the two actually “made out” on the show, Watson responded: “No!”
He jokingly added: “Of course, back then, Jessie probably wouldn’t have mind.”
Elsewhere during Sunday’s panel also featuringBeverley Mitchell, David Gallagher andMackenzie Rosman, the group dished on some surprise cast crushes on Watson.
“Jessie and Beverley had such a crush on him,” Hicks, 72, revealed, referencing Biel, 42, and Mitchell, 43. “They were, like, so in love with him. [Beverley] was 15 and Jessie was 14.”
Gallagher, 39, then joked: “We were all in love with Barry!”
“I’d come out of my trailer, they were always lingering around,” Watson recalled to laughter from the audience. “They were trying to act naturally.”
Mitchell then clarified that her trailer was “right next to” Watson’s own. But Watson argued that the pair would be “on the stairs” waiting outside for him.
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7th Heavencan be streamed in full on Paramount+.
source: people.com
