“We got together and just fell mad for each other for two years, but then we broke up. When we did the pilot, I was crushing so hard on Galecki, but he had a girlfriend,” Cuoco recalled during a November 2020 episode of Dax Shepard‘s “Armchair Expert” podcast.
“We dated really early on for almost two years. When the series began, they sparked an offscreen romance but kept their relationship out of the spotlight before calling it quits.
The actors worked together on the Big Bang Theory for 12 seasons from 2007 to 2019. No hard feelings! Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki have maintained a strong friendship since their 2009 split - and never let their personal lives get in the way of their professional bond.