Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Fez on Fox's That '70s Show, has been linked in the press with ubiquitous starlet Jennifer Love Hewitt. And you know what? That doesn't bother him one bit. "It's very weird," Valderrama tells TV Guide Online of the tabloid furor he and Hewitt kicked up after they kicked up their heels at a Fox party in Los Angeles this summer. "In fact, I taught her how to salsa. So in the party they saw us dance together, and Entertainment Weekly started writing about it. And a lot of other people started to write about it, and we were hanging out for a while. But people started... putting one and two together, you know?"
Are the press reports accurate? "Definitely, a lot of the things have come out, and a lot of the things were associated to moments that have happened," he says. "I love her so much. She is one of my best friends. She and I talk all the time and we see each other at some Fox parties and stuff."
All the attention has been something of a shock to Valderrama, who is managing to enjoy the scrutiny. "It is actually kind of neat because you always read about everybody else, and now you get a chance to read a little bit about you." All the attention may have an impact on the pair's two shows, too: Valderrama claims there's talk of having Hewitt guest star on That '70s Show. "I've talked to the creators and they definitely wrote an episode," he says before becoming tight-lipped.
One guest star Valderrama can confirm is Sabrina, the Teenage Witch's Melissa Joan Hart. In an episode set to air Nov. 30, Valderrama and Hart double date. The evening ends with their characters getting to know each other better in a hot tub. "It's very fun, and you will see my chest again."— John Aboud