Bazinga! Fans welcomed the cast of The Big Bang Theory into their living rooms for 12 seasons before saying goodbye to the sitcom, but the stars did not disappear after the show ended. They have been appearing in a variety of projects since then.
Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper), Kaley Cuoco (Penny Teller), Johnny Galecki (Leonard Hofstadter), Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz), Kunal Nayyar (Raj Koothrappali), Mayim Bialik(Amy Farrah Fowler). Melissa Rauch(Bernadette Rosstenkowski) played the role of a group of friends that included physicists as well as their partners. The show aired on CBS between September 2007 and May 2019.
During filming, the cast became very close. Cuoco and Galecki, in particular, remained friends — and an onscreen couple — after their split in December 2009 following two years of dating.
“When we broke up, it was funny because that was when our relationship on the show was hot and heavy. There were a lot of bed scenes,” the actress told Haute Living Los AngelesMay 2019, “We were a little like, ‘We were trying to end the relationship and it kept falling back in.’ We got over it really fast, and we’re closer than ever now. It could have gone either way, and I was really proud of us.”
Galecki and Cuoco handled the potentially awkward situation with grace. “We weren’t weird, which is what was weird,” she recalled. “It was a mutual breakup, and you can rarely say that. Johnny and I were friends first, then obviously we dated.”
Parsons and Bialik found common ground as they played the roles of Amy and Sheldon. “Jim and I had a lot of nice moments together on set and I think one of the things that worked so well for us as actor partners, and maybe as producing partners too, is that we’re not overly sentimental as humans, which I think is helpful,” the BlossomExclusively told by alum Us WeeklyIn April 2021. “It was helpful in our acting and also in the way we kind of processed ending a decade together.”
Cuoco said that the show would end after its long run. Variety in March 2021 that the cast chose to “go out together” after discussing their options in cocreator Chuck Lorre’s office.
“Jim said, ‘I don’t think I can continue on,’” she recounted. “And I was so shocked that I was literally like, ‘Continue on with what?’ Like, I didn’t even know what he was talking about. I looked at Chuck: ‘Wow. I thought we were — I’m so blown away right now.’”
Take a look at the gallery below to see the best of the Big Bang Theory cast has been up to since the show ended!
