“I realized kind of quickly that you didn’t like me,” The True Blood actress, whose character Jo was introduced in season 9, explained. “Let’s call it the burger truck incident of 2012. There was a lovely burger truck and I snapped a picture of the truck and was like, ‘I’m gonna post it on Twitter, and tag Shonda and say thank you for the burger truck,’ which was very polite. Um, someone wasn’t a fan of it.”
Camilla went on to admit that there was a “sliver” of Jessica eating featured in the photo, that caused their rift to come to a head.
“You were eating a burger like everyone else,” Camilla described the photo, “And you were like, ‘You need to ask me before you post.’ And I was horrified because I’m new and terrified and this is Jessica Capshaw. And I was like okay she full-on hates me because burgergate happened and the vibes were not good.”
The duo continued their beef for a while—noting they were lucky their characters didn’t often interact—but they ultimately buried the hatchet over another food: sushi.
“Long story short, we invited a group of people to go to dinner at Katsuya,” Camilla recalled. “And we were the only ones who showed up. Basically, everyone canceled on us.”
By this point, the actresses described their relationship as “fine,” but it soon blossomed into a close bond over sashimi.
“And then we really did become friends immediately,” Jessica recalled of the shared meal. “It was instant ease and total belonging.”
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