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Part of our ’90s Blast From The Past series.
The headline hit on April 29, 2005: “Cruz Regrets Getting Too Close To Salma.” Penelope Cruz regretted grabbing pal Salma Hayek’s backside during a photo shoot, because it sparked stories the friends were actually lesbians.
The Spanish star insisted she was sick with the flu and a little delirious when she let her hand linger on Hayek’s butt at a press conference for their new film Bandidas.
She said, “I grabbed Salma’s ass just to keep things moving, because everyone was a little slow. And, of course, the energy changed when I did that. There are magazine covers in Mexico describing us as these lesbians because of that. A lot of people were saying we were lovers.”
