Kaley Cuoco’s Boyfriend Tom Pelphrey Makes Surprising Big Bang Theory Confession

Well, this is awkward.

In a new interview with W Magazine, Kaley Cuoco’s boyfriend Tom Pelphrey reveals that he hadn’t seen a second of The Big Bang Theory before he and Cuoco started dating.

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“I hadn’t seen Kaley in anything,” the Ozark alum confesses. “Before I met Kaley, I was living in upstate New York, on a dirt road, in the middle of the woods, without much Wi-Fi. She’s brought me into modern times.”

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But wait, it gets better! When Pelphrey first introduced Cuoco to his family and friends, someone in his inner circle kept referring to her as “Penny” — and he had no idea why.

“My mom’s partner — who apparently was a Big Bang Theory fan — was there, and he kept calling her Penny,” he recalls. “I had no clue what was going on. So I pulled Kaley aside, like, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t understand what’s happening. Why does he keep calling you Penny?’ She’s like, ‘That’s my character in The Big Bang Theory.’ I was completely unaware. I’ve watched a few episodes with her since, and, obviously, she’s fantastic.”

Cuoco played girl-next-door Penny for all 12 seasons of Big Bang, which wrapped its record-setting, 279-episode run in 2019. She returned to the franchise in 2020 when she made a surprise voice cameo on Young Sheldon. She has since gone on to headline Max’s The Flight Attendant and Peacock’s Based on a True Story.

Pelphrey, who is coming off Max’s Love and Death, shares 4-month-old daughter Mathilda with Cuoco.

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