Did the Mythbusters get along?

The two stars don’t get along, and have no relationship outside of the show. “We like to point out we’ve known each other for 25 years and never once sat down to have dinner alone together,” Hyneman told Entertainment Weekly in a recent interview. “We sort of managed to tolerate each other.

Are the Mythbusters guys friends?

To the question “would it be an exaggeration to say that you didn’t really like him?”, Hyneman replied directly: No. We certainly had respect for each other, but we really weren’t friends.

Why are the hosts of Mythbusters not friends?

“We don’t get along very well together on a personal level. In 25 years we’ve known each other, we’ve never had dinner alone together. We do not choose to hang out if we don’t have to be in proximity, and yet, there’s a couple of things that happened, and they’re pretty remarkable.”