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Brenda Song Recalls Passing Out During a Hot Tub Scene on ‘Suite Life’
Brenda Song says she passed out while filming The Suite Life of Zack and Cody after a hot tub heater malfunction made the water too hot.
She recalled breathing heavily, feeling heat in her chest and then losing consciousness during the scene.
Song described the work as underpaid and overworked, though she said Disney gave the cast a platform and that she had a good experience overall.
Song discussed the show with former co-star Dylan Sprouse on his podcast, Wildmen.
They also talked about residuals, which are payments actors may receive when shows are reused.
Sprouse said he received just one five-cent residual check, for a crossover episode with Hannah Montana.
Their comments revisit the working conditions and pay the young cast experienced during the Disney Channel era.
Brenda Song recalled fainting while filming a hot tub scene for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody after the water became dangerously hot.
She said she felt her chest become hot and wondered if she was having a panic attack before seeing stars and losing consciousness.
Song discussed the incident on her former co-star Dylan Sprouse’s Wildmen podcast.
She described the cast as underpaid and overworked, while also saying she had a good experience and that Disney gave her a platform.
Sprouse said cast members had complained about the heat before Song fainted.
- Who
- Brenda Song, an actor who starred on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and former co-star Dylan Sprouse.
- What
- Song recalled passing out while filming a hot tub scene. She also discussed pay and working conditions on the show.
- When
- Song spoke about it on a Wildmen podcast episode published on November 10, 2026. The date of the filming incident is not stated.
- Where
- The incident happened on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody set. The podcast conversation was on Wildmen.
- Why
- The hot tub water became too hot after its heater malfunctioned, and Song lost consciousness.
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Song fainted while filming a hot tub scene after the heater malfunctioned and the water became too hot.
Song recalled the incident while appearing on Dylan Sprouse’s Wildmen podcast.
- Show
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Podcast
- Wildmen
- Hot tub temperature
- 250 degrees, according to the Daily Mail
- Song’s age
- 38
- Published
- November 10, 2026
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What people are saying
I think the only thing that was hard about that time was I feel like we were underpaid and overworked.
I just remember breathing heavy and my chest felt really hot. I just went, ‘Am I having a panic attack?’ And then all of a sudden I remember stars and gone
If you didn’t pass out, you wouldn’t have said anything. At the same time, everybody on the set, once you passed out, went, "Oh s**t, this is really real.