‘Big Bang Theory’ Creator Denies Adding More Sex Scenes for Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki After Real-Life Split, Actors Thought He ‘Was F—ing With Us’

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Zack Sharf Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki will forever be associated with their respective roles as Penny and Leonard on CBS’ long-running sitcom “The Bing Bang Theory.” The actors, similar to the characters they played on the show, fell in love while working together and dated from 2008 to 2010. “Bing Bang” writers were already planning Penny and Leonard’s breakup when Cuoco and Galecki split in real life.

During interviews for Jessica Radloff’s new book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story” (via Vanity Fair), both Cuoco and Galecki shared their belief that series creator Chuck Lorre added more Penny-Leonard kissing and sex scenes after their real-life split just to mess with them. “All of a sudden, we started noticing there were extra makeout scenes for our characters, and/or sex scenes,” Cuoco said.

I was like, ‘I think Chuck is fucking with us!’ We were convinced. Convinced! Like, Yeah, they want to date and break up on my show, well, here you go!

and he was writing all the little doodads in there.” While Penny and Leonard called it quits on the show, their relationship continued to stay at a “will they or won’t they” level and they often fell back on old vices and hooked up. “Even though it was organic for the characters, I think he would fuck with us,” Galecki said with a laugh about Lorre. “If it was an accident, it was a very timely accident.” When presented with his stars’ claims, Lorre denied them and said he’d never screw with any actor while making a television series. “No.