Fans were stunned. Reynolds, a Hollywood heartthrob, had dated Sally for five years after they met on the set of Smokey and the Bandit in 1977. Despite their off-screen chemistry, Field admitted their on-screen smooches were far from romantic.
“There was a lot of drooling,” she laughed, adding, “It just wasn’t something he really did for me.”
A Complicated Relationship
While Reynolds publicly expressed regret over their breakup, calling Sally the “love of his life” in his memoir, Field has been more reserved. In a 2022 interview, she shared that she hadn’t spoken to Reynolds in the last 30 years of his life, describing their relationship as unhealthy.
“He wasn’t good for me,” she explained. “He wanted what he couldn’t have, and I didn’t want to deal with that.”