Dana Scully is solving another mystery. The X-Files star Gillian Anderson explained via a new TikTok video just why she kissed her costar David Duchovny before her then-boyfriend Rodney Rowland at the 1997 Emmy Awards. Anderson, 55, famously planted Duchovny, 63, on the lips after she was announced as the winner of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
After her peck with Duchovny, who was sitting behind her, she then shared a kiss with Rowland, who was seated next to her, before taking the stage to accept her award. To this day fans have been wondering what was going on. Well, let Anderson clear it up for you: “David and I were actually living together and Rodney was my beard,” the actress deadpanned in a TikTok video shared on Friday, August 3.
“That’s just a joke,” she quickly added. “Was that really mean?” you guys said you needed answers 😎 ♬ original sound – Gillian Anderson “I don’t know why I kissed him first,” Anderson went on to explain. “I guess because he was on the show with me and we were practically married? We spent more time with each other than we did with our loved ones.
We were there to celebrate the series and so, yeah, maybe that’s what it was. I don’t know.” Anderson said Rowland was a “great guy” and she doesn’t think her kiss with Duchovny “bothered him.
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it was complex,” she concluded. “That’s all I got.” X-Files fanatics have willed Anderson and Duchovny to get together, .