Not every iconic \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d scene was easy to film.<\/p>\n
Ray Romano has revealed that he nearly \u201cpassed out\u201d while shooting one memorable moment from the beloved sitcom\u2019s seventh season in 2002.<\/p>\n
The episode in question, \u201cShe\u2019s the One,\u201d saw Ray\u2019s brother Robert Barone (Brad Garrett) bring home a woman named Angela (Elizabeth Bogush) for dinner.<\/p>\n
Ray Romano during the \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion\u201d special that aired on Nov. 24, 2025. Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n
Romano as Ray Barone during Season 7 of \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the episode quickly went off the rails<\/a> after Ray witnessed his brother\u2019s love interest eat a dead fly from off the dining room table.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know what I think of a lot?\u201d Garrett, 65, said during the cast\u2019s\u00a0recent 30th anniversary reunion\u00a0special.<\/a> \u201cThe episode where the girl Robert was dating ate the fly. And when you tried to tell me what you saw in the kitchen, the scene was so great.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI almost passed out,\u201d Romano, 68, responded. \u201cI hyperventilated, and if you look very closely, you see me go,\u00a0oop,\u00a0oop, because I was gonna pass out.\u201d<\/p>\n Elizabeth Bogush as Angela, eating a dead fly during a Season 7 episode of \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond.\u201d<\/p>\n Romano revealed that he \u201calmost passed out\u201d after watching Bogush\u2019s character eat the dead fly.<\/p>\n But Garrett wasn\u2019t going to let his former onscreen brother forget how he reacted during the hilarious incident.<\/p>\n \u201cWho hyperventilates saying a line?\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d premiered in September 1996 and ran for nine seasons until its finale in May 2005.<\/p>\n The show earned a whopping 69 Emmy nominations and won 15, including awards for Romano, Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone), Doris Roberts (Marie Barone) and Garrett. It also won for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2003 and again in 2005.<\/p>\n Brad Garrett, Sawyer Sweeten, Romano, Patricia Heaton, Peter Boyle, Sullivan Sweeten, Doris Roberts and Madylin Sweeten on the set of \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d during its nine-season run. \u00a9CBS\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n Garrett, Romano, Madylin Sweeten, Monica Horan, Heaton and Sullivan Sweeten back in the Barone family living room for the beloved sitcom\u2019s 30th anniversary special on Nov. 24, 2025. Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n Last month, the sitcom\u2019s surviving cast members headed back to Long Island for the \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion\u201d special.<\/p>\n The highly anticipated special saw Romano reunite with Garrett,\u00a0Heaton,\u00a0Monica Horan (Amy MacDougall-Barone),\u00a0Madylin Sweeten (Ally Barone), Sullivan Sweeten (Michael Barone) and series creator\u00a0Phil Rosenthal on a recreated set of the Barone living room.<\/p>\n Romano revealed that he was \u201cintimidated\u201d by Peter Boyle<\/a> during their first meeting. Boyle, who died in 2006 at 71, portrayed Ray\u2019s grumpy but lovable father, Frank Barone.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was an imposing figure,\u201d Romano recalled during the special. \u201cI didn\u2019t know then how sweet he really was. He could tell I was nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n Romano, Garrett, Boyle, Heaton and Roberts in a promo for \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond.\u201d \u00a9CBS\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n Garrett and Romano, 30 years after the premiere of \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond.\u201d Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n Rosenthal, meanwhile, revealed that he chose Romano and Heaton, 67, to play Ray and Debra because the pair \u201chad the most spectacular chemistry.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI always said that Patty Heaton\u2019s the best wife on television,\u201d the sitcom creator, 65, shared.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re forgetting one little key element that really sold me on you during that first audition,\u201d Romano chimed in. \u201cThat\u2019s how desperate I was to get the job.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d cast also made a point to remember their former co-stars<\/a> who have passed away since the beloved sitcom ended 30 years ago.<\/p>\n Romano and Heaton on the recreated set of \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d for the sitcom\u2019s 30th anniversary special. Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n Romano and Heaton during the final season of \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d in 2005. Getty Images<\/p>\n Roberts, who portrayed Ray\u2019s onscreen mother Marie Barone, died in 2016 at the age of 90.<\/p>\n Sawyer Sweeten, who played Ray and Debra\u2019s son Geoffrey, tragically\u00a0died by suicide<\/a>\u00a0in April 2015 at 19. He was Sullivan and Madylin Sweeten\u2019s real-life brother.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, Sawyer, of course, is no longer with us, and we miss him,\u201d Romano said during the reunion episode last month. \u201cAnd he, just like you are, was this bright energy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Romano during an NBA game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 18, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n The episode later showed a photo of Sawyer on screen alongside the text: \u201cIn loving memory of Sawyer Sweeten, 1995-2015.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n