Leighton Meester Reacts to Husband Adam Brody’sNobody Wants ThisKiss — but He Says His Wife 'Gets the Good Stuff'

Mar. 15, 2025

From Left: Leighton Meester and Adam Brody at the 2025 Golden Globes.Photo:Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty

Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty

Leighton Meesteris weighing in onthatviral kiss inNobody Wants This.On Sunday, Jan. 5, theGossip Girlalum, 38, reacted to husbandAdam Brody’s steamy lip lock with his costar,Kristen Bell, in the hit Netflix romantic comedy series on the2025 Golden Globesred carpet.When asked how she felt about the moment, Meester toldAccess Hollywood, “I don’t mind. It’s okay, I like it. How do I feel about the kiss? I think it’s great.“From Left: Leighton Meester and Adam Brody at the 2025 Golden Globes.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImageBrody, 45, also interjected and revealed that the actress taught him everything he knows about creating an intimate scene. “She taught me,” he said of the kiss. “I mean, you know, she gets the good stuff. That’s not even like the A-material.“Nobody Wants Thisfollows “an agnostic sex podcaster [Bell] and a newly single rabbi [Brody] [who] fall in love,“the streamer’s synopsisreads. However, their romance begs the question — “can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?“The series, which is loosely based on creatorErin Foster’s real-life love story,was renewed for season 2on Oct. 10, 2024, just two weeks after its debut.(L) Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in ‘Nobody Wants This’.NetflixAt the New Yorker Festival on Oct. 26, Bell’s husband,Dax Shepard, recalled the moment he saw the kiss go down onscreen. “We watched that scene together, the kissing scene, which I’d argue is the very best kissing scene ever, ever put on film,” he said. “And my best friend, Aaron, from childhood, he goes, ‘Does she ever kiss you like that?’ No, I didn’t even know she could kiss like that.“Bell, 44, also previously toldE! Newsthat Shepard enthusiastically responded to her steamy scenes with Brody. “Even I can acknowledge watching it, like, ‘Whoa, that’s hot,’ ” she laughed. “My husband said the same thing. Like, watching the first episode he was like, ‘Oh my God, I want you to kiss him so badly.’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Nobody Wants Thisseason 1 is now streaming on Netflix.

Leighton Meesteris weighing in onthatviral kiss inNobody Wants This.

On Sunday, Jan. 5, theGossip Girlalum, 38, reacted to husbandAdam Brody’s steamy lip lock with his costar,Kristen Bell, in the hit Netflix romantic comedy series on the2025 Golden Globesred carpet.

When asked how she felt about the moment, Meester toldAccess Hollywood, “I don’t mind. It’s okay, I like it. How do I feel about the kiss? I think it’s great.”

From Left: Leighton Meester and Adam Brody at the 2025 Golden Globes.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage

Brody, 45, also interjected and revealed that the actress taught him everything he knows about creating an intimate scene. “She taught me,” he said of the kiss. “I mean, you know, she gets the good stuff. That’s not even like the A-material.”

Nobody Wants Thisfollows “an agnostic sex podcaster [Bell] and a newly single rabbi [Brody] [who] fall in love,“the streamer’s synopsisreads. However, their romance begs the question — “can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?”

The series, which is loosely based on creatorErin Foster’s real-life love story,was renewed for season 2on Oct. 10, 2024, just two weeks after its debut.

(L) Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in ‘Nobody Wants This’.Netflix

Netflix

At the New Yorker Festival on Oct. 26, Bell’s husband,Dax Shepard, recalled the moment he saw the kiss go down onscreen. “We watched that scene together, the kissing scene, which I’d argue is the very best kissing scene ever, ever put on film,” he said. “And my best friend, Aaron, from childhood, he goes, ‘Does she ever kiss you like that?’ No, I didn’t even know she could kiss like that.”

Bell, 44, also previously toldE! Newsthat Shepard enthusiastically responded to her steamy scenes with Brody. “Even I can acknowledge watching it, like, ‘Whoa, that’s hot,’ ” she laughed. “My husband said the same thing. Like, watching the first episode he was like, ‘Oh my God, I want you to kiss him so badly.’ "

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