America’s (former) sweetheart, Meg Ryan, is finally opening up after years of silence and talking about her former marriage to (she claims) adulterer Dennis Quaid.
On her marriage, Meg reveals that “Dennis was not faithful to me for a very long time, and that was very painful. I found out more about that after I was divorced.”
Poor Meg!
But, she adds, “I am not a victim. I was there. I was in that marriage for a really long time. Some days you think, This is so crazy, and you are all intellectual about it. And other days, it’s just really, really painful.”
So, after her public divorce in 2001 and her brief hookup with Russell Crowe, Ryan opted to stay out of the media spotlight for a while. Effectively killing her career.
Oh, and that whole thing about calling her “America’s Sweetheart” which started more than 20 years ago…..Turns out Meg doesn’t like it.
She says, “It’s an old-fashioned idea, so anachronistic. I understood it was a compliment about being lovable, and it felt nice … but it also felt, after a time, like ideas were being projected onto me that had nothing to do with me. The girl next door to what? I never felt like a very conventional person.”
Ingrate!
So, what’s Ryan been up to these past few years?
Traveling and living off her millions of course.
Meg says, “I’ve been famous for a long time, and these last years there’s been a great lull. So its has been me throwing a backpack on, traveling a lot — its been fantastic.”
Turns out the traveling has been great. And almost three years ago she adopted a baby girl from China during her travels, Daisy True.
Of the adoption, Meg adds, “I don’t feel like I adopted a child. I feel like I just got this unbelievable companion. Daisy is brilliant. This kid says things every day that make you just stop and stare at her. As mysterious and magical as it is to have a baby you gave birth to, I have that exact same thing with Daisy. I feel like we made some agreement, long ago and far away, to meet in the way we did.”
Looks like Meg’s life has been pretty clam and boring lately. But that’s probably what she wants.
[Image via Robert Erdmann for In Style]
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