The duo don’t want to ‘burst the bubble.’

*Charmed *costars Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause say fans think they are dating: ‘We just go with it’

The duo don't want to 'burst the bubble.'

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June 25, 2026 12:51 p.m. ET

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- Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause say fans think they are an "item."

- The *Charmed* actors played love interests for eight seasons on the WB drama.

- Combs doesn't want to "burst the bubble" of people who believe she's with Krause.

Onscreen love interests Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause are letting fans think their relationship is the same offscreen, too.

The duo starred together for eight seasons on *Charmed*, with Combs portraying one of the Halliwell sisters, Piper, and Krause as their guardian angel, Leo. While traveling down to Australia for a convention, the actors joined *The Morning Show* to talk about what it's like for *Charmed* lovers to see them out in the world as a pair.**

"I think we freak people out sometimes," Combs said. "We were having breakfast in the hotel the other day, and I was like, 'Do you think people think we just do this randomly?'"

Krause further shared, "Some people think we're an item, a thing," and Combs added, "We don't want to burst the bubble, so we just go with it."

Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause at 2019 Wizard World Comic Con.

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On *Charmed*, the bond between Piper and Leo grew over the years, and they eventually married and had children together. In real life, Combs is married to restauranteur Mike Ryan. But Combs and Krause remain close, hosting the *Charmed* rewatch podcast, *The House of Halliwell*, alongside costar Drew Fuller.

"I always thought it was a little cheesy to go do [conventions] until you start meeting people," Krause previously admitted. "It's one thing my mom had said to me before she passed was, 'Your fans are everything. If someone writes you a letter, you write back. Without them, there's nothing.' So meeting people and seeing, hearing their stories and their tears, I love it."

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Combs has three sons from a previous marriage, and she tried to get them into *Charmed*, but they were not caught under the spell of the beloved fantasy drama.

"I think I waited too long to show it to them," she admitted on *The Morning Show*. "So, by the time that I did, they were sort of perturbed and then bored within 15 minutes. It's a 45-minute show, so it's not a TikTok. After 15 minutes, they were like, 'Yeah, this is weird,' and they went off to the kitchen, highly unimpressed."

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