Do 'The Bear's Carmy and Sydney Have a Romantic Connection? Ayo Edebiri Weighs In

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Ayo Edebiri has thoughts about 's fan theories. The actress speaks up about her feelings regarding a Carmy and Sydney romance in 's latest cover story. «It's really not our thought process when we're making the show,» Edebiri tells of the potential for a love story between the show's two protagonists.

The interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Created by Christopher Storer, tells the story of fine-dining chef Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) who teams up — and oftentimes butts heads — with sous chef Sydney (Edebiri).

The two start as partners in pursuit of saving Carmy's late brother's restaurant, The Original Beef, but later move their efforts to the development of their own restaurant, The Bear.Though the two characters are close friends from the beginning, some fans launched rumors of a potential romance between the them.

Edebiri says that she understands such theories «can be part of a show’s culture,» but adds that she doesn't believe fans will «get what they want.» In season 2, Edebiri says her hardest work came during the third episode, when Sydney embarks on a food tour across Chicago. «It was just two weeks of shooting me eating food and being in the cold, and I was by myself and missing everybody,» she says. «That's the hardest type of acting for me, where it's like, you’re a person, by herself, being vulnerable.