Josh Radnor recently told the “Half the Picture” podcast that he is “not even a little bit” close to his “How I Met Your Mother” co-stars, despite filming together for 208 episodes across 9 seasons.
When asked if he’s still tight with his “How I Met Your Mother” family, Radnor said, “No. Not even a little bit.”
He explained, “I don’t mean that in any dramatic way. It’s just… We had Neil [Patrick Harris] on the podcast, and he and I had a really interesting conversation about some of the tension we had on set that was fascinating and kind of healing.”
Radnor hosts a “HIMYM” rewatch podcast with series co-creator Craig Thomas. Harris appeared on an episode earlier in 2026.
He explained that he and Jason Segel “send each other texts every once in a while,” but he hasn’t seen him in “a really long time.” As for Cobie Smulders, who’s been on his podcast a few times, he’s “seen her mostly on Zoom.” Radnor recalled seeing Alyson Hannigan last at his wedding in 2024.
“I have love for all these people,” Radnor said. “It’s like college where you have this very intense time together, and you think you’re going to be — you can’t imagine not seeing each other every day because you’ve seen each other every day for so long. And then it just disperses, and you just go out and live your life.”
He continued, “I think it’s a little more like family than friends in that you don’t get to choose your family. We were cast. We didn’t choose each other. And family dynamics come out to play when you’re in an environment like that for so long. But you also have love that is quite deep and rich and probably everlasting, but it’s not an active love. Acting is like love affairs that you have, and then you move on.”