He was the first person on the set of the HBO drama that Sigler told about her diagnosis.
The Sopranosstar also noted that Gandolfini was the first person on the set to learn about her medical issue.
“He pulled me aside one day and he said, ‘Jamie, what is going on?'”
James Gandolfini and Jamie-Lynn Sigler attend HBO’s Emmy Awards party in 2007.Stephen Shugerman/Getty
“I just fell in a puddle in his arms.
And he’s like, ‘Your secret’s safe with me.'”
Sigler noted that, at the time, she was struggling.
James Gandolfini and Jamie-Lynn Sigler on play father and daughter on “The Sopranos.".Barry Wetcher/Hbo/Kobal/Shutterstock
“I was going through a divorce, and I wasn’t telling anybody about it.
“And I have to pee.
And in the middle of a take, I’d be like, ‘I’m sorry.
I have to pee.’
And they’d be like, ‘What the f– is wrong with her?'”
She went on to praise him for being a hard worker.
Sigler has raved about Gandolfini in the past.
And it had nothing to do with him.
