13 television couples who got along badly in real life

How we like to see a little history of couples and friendships on screen… and, I don’t know about you, but I often wonder how the actors of this or that series get along in real life. Of course, be careful with the question because the answer, sometimes, It is not at all what one expects.

Let’s review some of the most famous television couples —whether romantic, from coworkers, family or friends—that what they showed on the screen was diametrically opposite to the relationship (of enmity) that the actors had in real life. Come on, they got along terribly.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in ‘The X-Files’

Perhaps the best-known couple of television investigators is Mulder and Scully in ‘The X-Files’. Although the chemistry between the FBI agents was appreciable (with a tension that ended up being resolved), the truth is that the opposite happened in real life. Something that David Duchovny revealed in an interview back in 2008 in which he claimed that he and Gillian Anderson ended up fed up with each other. «We argued about everything. “We couldn’t even see each other.”confessed the actor.

Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in ‘Moonlight’

One of those great couples that had an entire generation of viewers with the intringulis of “they will hook up or they won’t hook up” were Maddie and David from ‘Luz de luna’. And when the unresolved sexual tension in the series was resolved, things between Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis derailed. “There came a point where we just hated each other.”, acknowledged the actress. A deterioration in the relationship that would have been caused by a disastrous incident at the beginning of the series, according to Curtis Armstrong.

Kirk Cameron and Julie McCullough in ‘Trouble Grows’

The family sitcom had a before and after when Kirk Cameron, the young Mike Seaver, converted to Christianity. The actor began to have a lot of power and control over what he was willing to do and what he was not willing to do (due to immorality) in ‘Problems Grow’ and that caused, among other things, many fights with his co-star and partner in fiction Julie McCullough (Julie Costello in the series). So much so that, according to her, Cameron was the one who caused her to be fired from the series because she posed for Playboy.

Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley in ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Love triangles in fiction are as old as, well, basically fiction. And in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ we had a memorable one between Elena, Stefan and Damon (Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somehalder). “There is a fine line between love and hate,” Dobrev acknowledged when talking about his relationship with Wesley, “we despised each other so much that it could be read as love”. And the relationship between the actors was quite icy from the beginning of the series… but finally (apparently) things softened between them.

Joan Collins and John Forsythe in ‘Dynasty’

Of course we can’t have a list of this type without one of the great enmities arising from “you’re going to steal the series from me.” And the arrival of a 50’s diva like Joan Collins ‘Dynasty’ did not please the protagonist much, John Forsythe, who considered that he was going to lose prominence. A rivalry that added to the on-screen dynamic between Alexis Colby and Blake Carrington.

Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic in ‘Castle’

If there is a recent series that exploited the unresolved sexual tension between its protagonists, it was the police series ‘Castle’. And the story of the writer and the police was a bit of a nightmare behind the cameras for Stana Katic and Nathan Fillionwho arrived at about to be forced to go to couples therapy, according to internal sources. Sources that basically defined the relationship off camera as non-existent, as not being talked about… and when the little they did talk about was on bad terms.

Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi in ‘The Good Wife’

The recent departure of Julianna Margulies from ‘The Morning Show’ has revived the ghost of her feud with Archie Panjabi, her co-star from ‘The Good Wife’. And the (complex) friendship between Alicia and Kalinda It was accompanied throughout the seasons by insistent rumors that said that both could not even be seen on set. Of course… what happened there was never confirmed or denied but one thing is certain: Their last scene together was recorded by each one separately..

Will Smith and Janet Hubert in ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’

One of the great fights on television has Will Smith as the protagonist and the series that catapulted him to fame. And Aunt Vivian from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ had a change of actress between seasons 3 and 4 of the comedy after the tumultuous feud between Smith and Janet Hubert. The actor assured at the time that the actress had professional jealousy and demanded a greater presence. «For her, I was the Antichrist»Will Smith said. Of course, as it is never too late if the happiness is good, there was reconciliation.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall in ‘Sex and the City’

One of the great “morbidities” with ‘And Just Like That’ lies in the appearance (brief and distant) of Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones. And the friendship of the ‘Sex and the City’ quartet was not replicated in real life. At least between Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker. “We were never friends”Cattrall declared to Piers Morgan, describing a relationship that would have been eroded during the following years with sporadic barbs from one to the other transcending the media.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher in ‘That ’70s Show’

Even though they are now a couple (and well, with some controversy due to the letter they wrote in support of Danny Masterson), Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher didn’t get along on set of ‘That ’70s Show’ during the first seasons of the series. Some, in fact, claim that they hated each other and that they stayed as far away from each other as they could.

Betty White and Bea Arthur in ‘The Golden Girls’

I recognize that among all the examples we are talking about today, this is the one that “breaks” a myth the most for me: two of ‘The Golden Girls’ did not get along at all. And the fact of having different backgrounds and different ways of working on set made Bea Arthur and Betty White clash again and again, especially after the first seasons. The first, in addition, considered that White was a fake, according to one of the series’ scriptwriters.

Shelley Long and Ted Danson in ‘Cheers’

One of the big absences during the mini tribute to ‘Cheers’ at the 2023 Emmy gala was, you found out, that of Shelley Long. The actress, who played Diane Chambers during the first five seasons of the comedy, earned a reputation for being difficult, getting on the nerves of the rest of the actors as well as the writers and producers. This includes Ted Danson whose frustration with Long was more than palpable.

Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano in ‘Charmed’

Another of the enmity relationships that have come to the fore again relatively recently is that of two of the protagonists of ‘Charmed’. And it is that The power of three thing was a bit complicated when two actresses with a certain reputation for being problematic come together. on set (Doherty was fired from ‘Sensation of Living’). And the tensions and fights on set between Doherty and Milano would have led to the former being fired. According to Doherty, it was Milano herself who caused the dismissal. Something that the actress denies.

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