Find out details about the relationship between Kenan Thompson and Kel Michell, the protagonists of “Kenan and Kel”, behind the scenes of the iconic series
Being one of the biggest hits of the 90s, the series “Kenan & Kel”, created by Kiss Bas and produced by Nickelodeon, follows the life of Kenan, an ambitious young man who devised several plans to become rich, but despite his attempts, none of them worked, as they were always hindered in some hilarious way by his best friend and lover. orange soda, Kel.
Throughout the episodes, viewers had the opportunity to follow the nuances between Kenan and Kel’s friendship, who adopted the name of their interpreters, Kenan Thompson It is Kel Michell. But were the pair as close behind the scenes as they were in front of the camera? RECREIO tells you!
Friendship off camera
The truth is that, currently, Kenan It is Kel They are also as close in real life as their characters were during the series. However, as reported by the Yahoo!News portal, the duo had a small disagreement after the end of the series, and spent some time apart.
In an appearance on the American program “Today”, Kel Mitchellexplained the situation:
“It was more of a separation that morphed into the traditional terms of what a disagreement is, which means a lack of communication,” Kel said. “Originally, it was just the two of us looking for our own individualism, basically, as adults, taking a break from being a duo because we both came into the game as individual people. And we were put together because we work really well together and everything. It was just a journey of being adults. Time passes, and the more time passes, it [a briga] has become ridiculous.”
Kel ends the explanation by stating that, after some time, the two remembered the reason that caused the rivalry, got in touch via phone and resolved the problem in a matter of minutes.
In the same interview, Kenan completes the friend’s speech by stating that “When you have a real friendship, five minutes after the phone call, you’re back together. It was like, ‘what were we waiting for all this time?’ You never really know until you have that conversation.”
Nowadays, the duo is proud of everything they’ve been through together. In conversation with UsWeekly about their reunion in “The Burger Wars 2”, Kel he said that making a sequel to the famous film alongside his best friend brought him a beautiful nostalgia for the time when they started.
“Remember those times [e] the musical guests that used to go there, it’s all like a university. Every time we get together with any of the cast members, it’s like a high school reunion. It’s beautiful to be able to work with my brother all these years in friendship and also in business. We thought, ‘Wow, what a journey.'”
Source: Recreio
