Sorry, Burt: Sally Field says Burt Reynolds was actually her worst on-screen kiss

Sally Field is reveling in her kiss-and-tell era.

The “Spoiler Alert� star and “Brothers & Sisters� alum continued her high-profile peck-and-name-drop tour Thursday when she revealed that her “Smokey and the Bandit� co-star Burt Reynolds gave her a slobbery smooch.

Taking fan questions on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live,� the “Gidget� star was asked about her worst on-screen kiss and didn’t, er, hold her tongue.

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“Oh, boy, shall I really name names here?� the 76-year-old actor laughed. “OK, this is gonna be a shocker, hold on folks: Burt Reynolds.�

When host and next-door neighbor Andy Cohen prodded her for more details, the two-time Oscar winner added: “It was just not something he really did very well. I could go into detail, but you don’t want to hear it ... a lot of drooling was involved.�

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The actors co-starred in the 1977 film and its 1980 sequel, as well as the 1978 film “Hooper.� They dated for about five years around the making of the films and Field detailed their rocky romance in her 2018 memoir “In Pieces,� which was published mere days after Reynolds died. The “Boogie Nights� actor previously described Field as the “love of my life� and “the one who got away.�

In a 2016 appearance on the Bravo talk show, Field said that “without a doubt� her best on-screen kiss was with James Garner in the 1985 film “Murphy’s Romance.� At the time, she also said that her 1981 “Back Roads� co-star Tommy Lee Jones had been her worst, but chalked it up to the actor being “in a bad phase of his life.�