Hollywood legend Doris Day recently gave a rare interview in which she opened up about her friendship with Rock Hudson, who she appeared in many movies with in the 1950s and 60s.

Day is now 96 years-old, and she rarely gives interviews about her personal life. That’s why it came as a huge surprise when she just opened up about Hudson.

“Between scenes, we’d walk and talk and laugh, and I guess our comedic timing grew out of our friendship and how naturally funny we were together,” Day said. “I honestly don’t think I taught him anything he didn’t already know after all his years in the business.”

Mark Griffin, who wrote the book “All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson,” said that Day and Hudson had incredible chemistry on the screen.

“They just played off one another beautifully,” Griffin said. “What’s interesting now, years after these movies have been released, is if you say Rock Hudson, the next thing people inevitably say is Doris Day. They’re synonymous with each other.”

Griffin also talked about the struggles Hudson faced as a closeted gay man in Hollywood.

“Long before he landed in Hollywood, he understood that if he wanted to be accepted, the very essence of who he was would have to be edited out of the frame,” Griffin said. “From an early age, he learned that you could talk about pretty much anything, except what you truly felt and what you really wanted.”

Day also opened up about what it was like to see Hudson struggle with AIDs, which he died from in 1985.

“I hardly knew him,” Day said. “He was very sick. But I just brushed that off and I came out and put my arms around him and said ‘Am I glad to see you.’”

She went on to talk about the last time she visited him.

“He’d get very tired,” Day said. “I’d bring him his lunch and fix him a big platter but he couldn’t eat it. I’d say, ‘What if I get a fork and feed you?’ But he said ‘Doris I can’t eat.’ They had a small plane to get him to the airport. We kissed goodbye and he gave me a big hug and he held onto me. I was in tears. That was the last time I saw him — but he’s in heaven now.”