The Sopranos Fan Favorite Alleges a Secret Set Leak — And Fans Can’t Stop Debating It
The Sopranos star Steve Schirripa claims a mystery insider was selling secrets from the set—an elusive leak the show’s creators never managed to expose.
Because of course The Sopranos had its own off-camera mystery. Steve Schirripa says there was a leak on set back in the day, and not just loose chatter — someone was allegedly selling intel.
Schirripa says someone was selling information from the set
Schirripa, who played Bobby 'Bacala' across 53 episodes, recently sat down with his former co-star Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and revisited the show’s more secretive side. According to him, the production had a mole feeding details to the outside world, and the creative team could never nail down exactly who it was — though they had theories.
'There was a leak on set because somebody was selling information... We had some suspects.'
Imperioli kept things classy — and a little pointed — when the topic came up.
'I would never say anything bad about anybody… I mean, I could, but I won't. I'm sure people say bad things about me — I wouldn't be surprised — but we tried to keep it above the belt. No low blows. I find it not classy.'
The early spoiler wars started here
When The Sopranos premiered in 1999, it lit the fuse on the kind of fan obsession that later followed shows like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. That passion also meant headaches. The first four episodes of season 4 — the show’s fourth and highest-rated season — surfaced online early, blowing major plot points and forcing the team to come up with new ways to fight leaks.
Two decades later, the series still sits near the top of the TV canon and gets plenty of credit for kicking off the so-called Golden Age of Television. And somewhere out there, a very old-fashioned spoiler still knows exactly what they sold.