On Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel said he was surprised, taping a skit with them earlier in the day, that X-Files stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny appear to be so friendly. "Well, you made us, like, have sex," Anderson said. "We don't usually do that every show." But she and Duchovny acknowledged that they did, in fact, rub each other the wrong way while filming the original series in the 1990s. Kimmel asked what was going on in those years, and then things started getting delightfully awkward. "I'm just looking away uncomfortably," Duchovny said. Anderson took a stab, after first noting that she also "wondered about this for a long time," explaining: "I think part of it — you know, we shot in Vancouver, and it's very moist in Vancouver...." Duchovny pulled a face at "moist," Anderson collapsed in embarrassed laughter, and it took another few minutes of confusion and crossed signals for her to finish her thought. Watch below. Peter Weber
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