Sally Field’s revelation came during a 2022 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, but its impact has lingered far beyond a single late-night segment. When she admitted that her “worst” on-screen kiss was with Burt Reynolds, it wasn’t just a playful jab at a Hollywood icon. It was a small, disarming window into a relationship she has described as emotionally difficult and deeply fraught.
Field and Reynolds were once one of cinema’s most magnetic couples, both on screen and off, yet behind the charm was a dynamic she later unpacked with painful clarity in her memoir, In Pieces. Now 78, Field’s willingness to speak plainly—about love, disappointment, and the messy truth behind the legend—has only strengthened her bond with audiences. Her candor doesn’t tarnish the past; it reclaims it, on her own terms.