The Truth About Catherine O'Hara And Eugene Levy's Relationship

When Catherine O'Hara was just a teenager living with her large family in Toronto, her older brother started dating Gilda Radner when she was just getting started in the business. O'Hara became fast friends with Radner, who inspired her to try out for a role in the musical Godspell which Radner was a cast member of at the time alongside Martin Short, and none other than Eugene Levy. O'Hara got a callback, but not a role, however, only a few years later, she found herself on the sketch comedy show SCTV, first as Radner's understudy and later as a cast member. Much of that Godspell group was in the SCTV cast, as well, including Levy (via Vanity Fair).

Orbiting each other for years, O'Hara and Levy became fast friends, and according to an interview with the pair on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, O'Hara revealed that the two went on "one or two dates." She explained to Cohen, "There's nothing sexier than laughing together and having someone who makes you laugh." O'Hara went on to say, "So, everybody at Second City theater tried to date everybody. Like, 'He makes me laugh. I should go out with him.'" While their brief romance never took off, O'Hara did tell Vanity Fair, "I think we went out to breakfast once. I think we must have kissed. But nothing further because he was a gentleman and I'm a good Catholic girl."

While romance didn't bloom between the castmates, both are happily paired off with families of their own, a lifelong friendship did.