Jennifer Love Hewitt recalls Boy Meets World cameo with ex Will Friedle

Jennifer Love Hewitt had the time of her life shooting one of the The boy meets the world the most famous episodes with an ex-boyfriend Will Friedle.

“Oh my gosh, I loved it,” Hewitt, 45, exclusively said Us Weekly while promoting his upcoming holiday projects. “First of all, I really watched this show. I also truly believe that Will is one of the best comedic actors ever. So brilliant and so funny. So I was really nervous to be in it (because I was a fan). And I remember very clearly thinking, like, ‘Oh my God, they’re going to think I can’t act and I’m not funny.’

Hewitt appeared in the season 5 episode “And Then There Was Shawn,” which saw Friedl’s character, Eric Matthews, stay at school with brother Corey (Ben Savage), and friends Sean (Rider Strong), Jack (Matthew Lawrence), Topanga (Daniel Fishel) and Angela (Trina McGee). Things take a turn for the worse when students, teachers and even a janitor start being killed by a mysterious masked killer.

Hewitt played Jennifer Love “Fefi” Fefferman in a meta-heavy 1998 episode of the sitcom — a play on her real name and an ode to her I know what you did last summer character. After arguing loudly against the lockers with Eric, causing Angela to “scream” and referencing her own hit show Party of fiveFeffy eventually meets her death.

“Wasn’t I hit by a bookcase or something?” Hewitt recalled us how she was killed. “Classic”.

Although Hewitt admitted he was worried about not being able to nail the comedy – Party of five was known for her more dramatic arcs—she ended up having a great time filming the episode.

“It was really fun and it was cute,” she said us with a smile. “I got to work with my boyfriend, I got to cheer him on! It was fun. I liked it.”

Hewitt and Friedl made their red carpet debut as a couple in I know what you did last summer premiered in September 1997 before appearing on BMW together next year. During a recent episode of his rewatch podcast, “Pod Meets World,” Friedl looked back on Hewitt’s appearance with co-hosts Strong and Fishel and gushed over the duo’s hot and heavy makeout scene.

“I don’t remember it going this far. … It was really like, ‘Wow, this is embarrassing,’” Friedl recalled. “It’s been super intense and people have even said to me like, ‘Oh, when I was a kid, I didn’t know you guys were together.’ So it was just like what the hell is going on?” It’s the most intense makeover we’ve had in seven years of the show, it’s right there in the hallway. Then we kiss her neck while she tries to talk and all that, like we haven’t said each other’s names yet. This is intense.

Fishel echoed Friedel’s sentiments about the intensity of the scene, adding, “I don’t know how even, like, how none of us thought, ‘We know they’re a couple in real life, but does it still (make sense) as far as the show ?”

When discussing the awkward moment with the episode director Jeff McCrackenFriedl jokingly asked, “Whose idea was it about sexual assault?”

McCracken, for his part, joked that Friedl was “instrumental” in the PG-13 scene, before adding that Hewitt “couldn’t be better” and “fit in” with the rest of the cast .

“She knew everybody and she knew how close I was to everybody,” Friedl agreed. “And she was game. She was, you know, a great actress and she was always throwing herself into a project. So it was fun.”

Awkward over-the-top kiss scene or not, Hewitt takes it easy The boy meets the world experience — but is currently focused on what lies ahead. her book Inheriting Magic: My Journey Through Grief, Joy, Celebration, and Making Every Day Magicalas well as her film The Holiday Junkieboth are out later this month.

The Holiday Junkie sees Hewitt against another one of his true love interests: his wife Brian Hallisay. Hewitt plays Andy in the film, a woman trying to keep her business afloat while grieving the loss of her mother, and Hallisey portrays Mason, a rebellious carpenter who has recently faced his own kind of loss. Together, the two figure out a way to embrace Christmas again, finding love along the way.

While talking to usHewitt shared what she hopes people take away from her film and book — which were inspired by the death of her mother, Patricia — this holiday season.

“I really hope (people) walk away from reading (this) book and watching (this) movie and go, ‘Oh, that’s her.’ Like, I’m the vacation junkie. I’m like Andy. I really love this man in real life and in the movie. And I really believe in everyday magic. I believe it is possible.”

The Holiday Junkie premieres on Lifetime on Saturday, December 14 at 8:00 PM ET.

Inheriting Magic: My Journey Through Grief, Joy, Celebration, and Making Every Day Magical goes on sale Tuesday, December 10.