Overview
- Radnor told the Half the Picture podcast on Aug. 16 that he and his former co-stars are “not even a little bit” close anymore and said he did not mean the remark in a dramatic way.
- He described the group as more like family than active friends, saying there is a deep lasting affection that no longer plays out in daily contact.
- Radnor gave specific examples of current contact, saying he and Jason Segel exchange occasional texts, Cobie Smulders has appeared on his rewatch podcast so he’s mostly seen her on Zoom, and Alyson Hannigan attended his 2024 wedding but he has not seen her since.
- He said he and Neil Patrick Harris revisited past on-set tension on their March episode of the How We Made Your Mother rewatch podcast and called the conversation “fascinating and kind of healing,” suggesting some issues were tied to confusion between actor and character.
- The remarks underscore a common pattern for long-running ensembles by explaining how geography, careers and ordinary life changes, rather than a single falling-out, can leave former co-stars fond but distant and may alter how fans approach rewatches.