Good Burger 2's Kenan Thompson explains falling out with Kel Mitchell
Good Burger 2 star Kenan Thompson has explained his falling out with co-star Kel Mitchell before making the sequel.
Their long-awaited follow-up to the 1997 comedy has finally arrived, bringing back the duo's characters Ed and Dexter to save the burger joint from evil corporate overlords.
The project came about after several years of estrangement between Kenan and Kel, which Thompson discussed during an appearance on NBC's Today Show to promote the sequel.
"It was more of a separation that kind of grew into the traditional terms of what a falling out is, which is like not a lot of communication," he explained.
Kenan went on: "Originally, it was just us kind of looking for our own individualism, basically, as adults, taking a breather from being a duo because we both came into the game as individuals.
"And we were placed together because we worked so well together and all that. It was just a journey of being adults. Time passes and more time passes and it just became ridiculous."
The actor admitted he couldn't "even remember" what led them to fall out in the first place, so it was all quickly forgotten when they reunited.
"When you have a real friendship, it was five minutes into the phone call, we were back," he recalled. "It was like, what were we waiting on all this time? You just never really know until you actually have that talk."
Good Burger 2, which has received strong reviews, features cameos and guest roles from some of the pair's famous friends – including Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Andy Samberg and Marvel star Zoe Saldaña.
Kenan's current and former SNL co-stars Pete Davidson, Bowen Yang, Maya Rudolph, Ego Nwodim, Leslie Jones, Michael Longfellow and Molly Kearney all appear in the film as well.
Good Burger 2 is now streaming on Paramount+
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