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"Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki have praised their characters&amp;#039; romance on The Big Bang Theory. Penny and Leonard have previously dated but the relationship struggled after Leonard told Penny that he loved her during the last season. &amp;quot;I thought it was very near to real life,&amp;quot; Cuoco told TV Guide. &amp;quot;I like that we didn&amp;#039;t wait until the last day of season nine for them to get together. I&amp;#039;m sure they are going to dabble in this relationship much more in the future.&amp;quot; Galecki added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m hard-pressed to believe that&amp;#039;ll be the end of it. We see too many glimpses of true caring between them. What we don&amp;#039;t see, and what they don&amp;#039;t possess, are the tools to know what to do with that caring. Hopefully we&amp;#039;ll be given enough time to watch them learn.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, the show&amp;#039;s executive producer Bill Prady defended the decision to consummate the relationship between Penny and Leonard so quickly. &amp;quot;When everybody in the room approves of something, that means you are doing something very safe,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;The disagreement in the audience always excited me.&amp;quot; Prady also revealed that Leonard and Penny will feel awkward around each other in the new season, saying: &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re going to have to deal with what&amp;#039;s going on in each other&amp;#039;s lives, and that&amp;#039;s going to get a little complicated for them.&amp;quot; The Big Bang Theory returns on September 23 on CBS. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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