Why Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Ordered Pizza for Their Family Thanksgiving Dinner

Mar. 15, 2025

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar.Photo:Jerod Harris/Getty

Jerod Harris/Getty

Sarah Michelle GellarandFreddie Prinze Jr.had an unforgettable Thanksgiving abroad.

While appearing on the Tuesday, Dec. 10 edition ofLive with Kelly and Mark,Gellar, 47, opened up about how her family celebrated the holiday. She revealed that they were in Australia, as Prince Jr., 48, was filming theI Know What You Did Last Summerreboot.

“Well, first of all, it’s warm. So there’s the plus right there. And we had these great plans. Freddie was working and we were going to all have dinner. It was going to be Jen [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson], the director,” recalled Gellar.

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“We were in a car, it was mydaughter Charlotte, who’s 15 … and Rockyand Freddie were in another car. And it rained, which, it does rain in Australia,” said Gellar. “But for some reason, it shut the world down.”

According to the actress, whomet Prinze. Jr on the original 1997 horror film set, the weather caused them to be stuck in a tunnel for almost an hour.

After hostKelly Ripaexpressed that she loved the fact that Gellar had pizza on Thanksgiving, Gellar said, “There’s nothing wrong with pizza, ever.”

“They do pretty much good everything. The coffee is out of control in Australia,” said Gellar.

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Australia.Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

WhilePrinze Jr. will return as Ray Bronsonin thenew reboot, which is expected to be released on July 18, 2025, Gellar told PEOPLE in October that shewill not reprise her role as Helen Shivers, as her character died in the original 1997 film.

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“My best friend [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson] is directing it, so we joke that I have an unofficial job, which is I am continuity,” she told PEOPLE. “So I’m always the one telling her, ‘Well, that would happen, or that wouldn’t happen with those characters,’ so I do have kind of an unofficial job title.”

source: people.com