Reba McEntire Will 'Never Forget' Shock of Steve Howey's Full-Frontal Nudity onShameless

Mar. 15, 2025

Reba McEntire; Steve Howey.Photo:Taylor Hill/FilmMagic;Rick Kern/Getty

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic;Rick Kern/Getty

Reba McEntireis still processingSteve Howey’s memorable scene inShameless.

In an interview withEntertainment Tonight,Rebacostars McEntire, 69,Melissa Peterman, 53, and Howey, 47, reunited for their new sitcom,Happy’s Place, and also remembered some unforgettable moments that have happened throughout their friendship.

“I’ll never forget us coming to work,” McEntire recalled. “‘Did you see Steve last night?’ ‘Yes I did.'” McEntire then reenacted her original response, hiding her eyes and saying, “‘Oh! Oh my gosh.'”

Steve Howey in ‘Shameless’.Showtime/Everett

Showtime/Everett

“I said, ‘You need to warn us if there’s gonna be some unclothing happening inShamelessbecause you’re like our brother!’ It was too much!” Peterman added. She said she did tune in for the episode after “I washed my eyes out.”

The trio all previously starred on the 2001-2007 sitcomReba, and reunited for the new sitcom,Happy’s Place. Whether or not Howey’s shirt remains on for the upcoming show is up in the air, though Howey is open to the idea.

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When asked if there will be any shirtless scenes, he said: “I don’t know. We might have some rewrites.” Peterman chimed in, telling Howey he will “give America what it wants,” and that he is “gonna take your shirt off at some point.”

Steve Howey and Reba McEntire.Michael Ansell/Disney/Getty

Michael Ansell/Disney/Getty

The creator of bothHappy’s PlaceandReba,Kevin Abbott, told PEOPLEthat he didn’t want to do “another family show.” He wanted to “tell more adult stories, not necessarily from an R-rated perspective, but from an adult perspective that we found really interesting.”

Happy’s Placefocuses on Reba’s character, Bobbie, who “inherits her father’s restaurant and a business partner — her previously unknown half-sister,” as perNBC, and the two must navigate this new chapter of life together.

“I absolutely love it,” McEntire said of filming forHappy’s Place. “Our group, our cast with theRebashow was magnificent, but with this cast and [writers] Mindy [Schultheis] and Michael [Hanel], Kevin said it at the very beginning, it [felt] like a second season on the first episode instead of a pilot. I don’t know why, but this show was meant to be at this time.”

Happy’s Placeairs on Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

source: people.com