A Big Bang Theory star has opened up about the time she ‘accidentally m**turbated’ during her first day on set.
Melissa Rauch, best known for portraying Bernadette Rostenkowski on the hit sitcom, was introduced in the third season as a co-worker of Penny (played by Kaley Cuoco) at the Cheesecake Factory.
Her character quickly evolved into Howard Wolowitz’s (Simon Helberg) romantic interest and eventual wife, becoming a beloved part of the sitcom.
While Bernadette’s introduction to audiences appeared effortless, things behind the scenes were quite different.
In an interview with Conan O’Brien, Rauch recalled an incident that left her mortified.
The actress admitted: “The first episode of the season, I had a little…incident.”
Rauch explained that during a particular scene, she was in bed in a hotel room setting and felt cold, so she instinctively pulled the covers up high, with only her head exposed.
To warm her hands, she engaged in a motion similar to rubbing sticks together, a habit she likened to a Boy Scout trying to start a fire.
Due to the chilly studio environment, the star continued this habit without realizing how it might appear on camera.
“So I’m under the covers, and it’s really cold on set because they keep it cold, and I’m under there and we’re shooting the scene and – out of habit – I’m doing this (rubbing hands together) under the covers,” Rauch recounted.
It wasn’t until after the scene had been filmed in front of a live studio audience that she became aware of how it looked.
Rauch continued: “We shot the whole scene, there’s a studio audience. And after the scene was over, our director and producer came over to me and they were like, ‘We need to see your hands in the next take – it looked like you were having way too much fun with yourself under the covers.’”
To make matters worse, an audience member also noticed something off about the scene. While interacting with viewers after the show, Rauch said a young boy commented on the reshoot.
She recalled: “This little boy said to me, ‘Did you shoot that scene again with your hands out because it looked weird? Because my dad said it looked real weird.’”
Feeling the need to share the awkward experience with someone, Rauch called her mother to talk about her first day. However, instead of reassurance, she was met with horror.
“She’s like, ‘I hope people understand that you weren’t really doing that, that’s disgusting!’” Rauch recalled.
Her mother even expressed concern over the implications of such misunderstandings, exclaiming: “People have been fired from that, people have lost their careers for doing that in movie theatres!”
The mishap became an ongoing joke between the two, with Rauch humorously noting that weekly she would tell her mom something new had happened at work, only to hear: “Stop doing that! You did it again? It’s enough; keep your hands to yourself!”
Despite initial awkwardness, Bernadette became a key character on The Big Bang Theory, and Rauch remained with the show until its conclusion.
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