On
Rules of Engagement,
David Spade plays single pal to a long-married couple, played by
Patrick Warburton and
Megyn Price, and engaged sweethearts,
Oliver Hudson and
Bianca Kajlich. But while Warburton, Price, Hudson and Kajlich are all married in real life, Spade remains to be their still single friend off camera.
According to show executive producer Tom Hertz, Spade and his character, Russell, are both aware that they are not successful at committing to a monogamous and long-term relationship.
“I guess they're sort of all right with it, but there's got to be a part where they wish they could,” Hertz said. "A big part of the show is the grass is always greener. The single people envy the stable married people, and the married people envy the free and wild single people. No one thing is better than the other; it's just different."
Spade, who previously dated Heather Locklear, says that being single in Los Angeles is something very “tricky” but believes that "it's harder to be married.”
“Being single out here is tough. On the show it's actually easier, funnier. Sometimes in life, it's complicated. Everyone around me is married. It's just like the show," Spade said.
Meanwhile, Spade isn't the only cast member of
Rules of Engagement who is comparing real life to onscreen roles. Price, the happily wed wife of an ER physician, plays Audrey on the sitcom and describes her onscreen relationship with Jeff (Warburton) as “a marriage that's a sick fairy tale,” while Warburton calls it as “cranky but happy.”
"I sort of refer to Jeff as Patrick Lite, because he's only been married for 12 years. I've been married for 17. I've got four kids and four dogs. I'm in a little bit deeper than he is."
As for Adam (Hudson) and Jennifer (Kajlich), they aren't marrying anytime soon, according to Hertz. Their relationship isn't on the rocks but that doesn't mean that the romance will be all smooth sailing.
Catch a new episode of
Rules of Engagement every Monday at 9:30pm ET/PT on CBS.
-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Zap2it.com
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