Sally Field is spilling the tea on her years-long friendship with Steven Spielberg, which was almost taken to the next level many years ago. Field, 76, gave a speech at the 34th Palm Springs Film Awards on Thursday, Jan. 5, to introduce Spielberg, 76, and the rest of the team on The Fabelmans film as it was honored with the event’s prestigious Vanguard Award. While addressing the audience, Field took the opportunity to reflect on her lasting friendship with Spielberg, spilling that they once almost went out together. “My newly acquired business manager wanted me to meet one of his clients and wanted me to go to Universal for a supposed ‘meeting’ because he thought the two of us would really hit it off,” the 80 for Brady actress said, per People. But ultimately, she revealed, the date didn’t end up happening. “And though we never actually went on a date together, my beloved Steven Spielberg has never left my life,” she continued about knowing the renowned filmmaker for almost half a century. “For almost 50 years—is it really?—we have gone through this life that’s been filled with good and bad, the laughter and the angst,” she recalled. “He has been my biggest supporter and a constantly welcoming place.” Field then went on to talk about his undeniable impact on filmmaking, saying, “I honestly can’t imagine my life without him at this point, but I can’t imagine our country, much less the industry, had Steven Spielberg never held a camera in his hands.” “His vision, his sense of humor and fun, of terror and entertainment, his humanity and heart has been woven into the world’s consciousness,” the Mrs. Doubtfire alum continued. Field appears to be on a spree of dishing the dirt on her past love life, as she recently got brutally honest with Andy Cohen while revealing who her worst on-screen kiss was. As Parade reported, Field admitted that former co-star and ex-boyfriend Burt Reynolds takes the cake when it comes to bad kissing, noting, “it was just not something he really did very well.” “A lot of drooling was involved,” she further confessed. Who knows what tea Field is going to spill next?
