Back in September, KJ Apa shared a video of him and his co-star, Camilla Mendes, gargling mouthwash as they prepped for a kissing scene on Riverdale.
Yesterday, when he was on Live with Kelly and Ryan, the hosts wanted to know more about that process. “We have to come to set a little early, and we have to rinse our mouths out for one minute,” Apa said. “There is a guy standing there with a timer, counting down 60 seconds.”
Imagine the guy who has to time them. He calls his mom up after a long day of work, and she is like, “what did you do on the set today?” He tells her that he timed the actors to make sure they gargled their Listerine for a minute every time they had to kiss on camera. She must be so proud of her boy. He wants to become a big Hollywood director, and he is getting his big break by telling actors when to spit. He could’ve gone to dental school for that.
Back to Apa, how does he feel about it? “Apparently, it kills all the germs in my mouth. In my mind, by the time you got your tongue in someone’s mouth. I don’t think it really matters.” That is not what she said because who wants to kiss someone with bad breath?
Plus, scientists have proven that mouthwash does help get rid of coronavirus in your mouth. Who knew Hollywood was onto something?
