John Stamos has reflected on his six-year marriage and divorce with Rebecca Romijn, saying that at the time they broke up he thought she was a “devil” but that he has since changed his mind.
John Stamos looking back on the divorce with Rebecca Romijn.
While discussing his new memoir, if you could tell meand peopleStamos recalled his relationship with a fellow actress and the divorce that “shattered” him.
“My first marriage was shattered for me, and I was shattered for too long,” said Stamos, who was married to Romijn from 1998 to 2004. “So, for a year, it was kind of good. But it continued.” [for] Years and years. ”
“In my mind at the time, she was the devil and I just hated her. I couldn’t believe how much I hated her. And it ruined my life. I did. Looking back, I’ll talk about it.” [in the book]Because this is one of the steps in AA, and the fourth step is to reveal all your grievances, all the things people have done to you. I say, “Nothing.” ”
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on the other hand, fuller house The actor admitted that it was “really difficult” to write about his failed marriage to Romijn, but over time he came to accept the role he played in their breakup.
“When you start thinking about it, you’re like, ‘Oh, she wasn’t the devil. Maybe I was just as to blame as she was,'” he says. “It was very public, and it was very painful. I didn’t write about it much, but it’s hard.”
“Most people say she left me because her career was going well and mine wasn’t, and that’s humiliating,” Stamos added. “I don’t blame her for that. It’s just a perception that people received and maybe they weren’t wrong. She was doing well at the time, and I wasn’t.”
TooFab has reached out to Romijn’s representatives for comment.
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stamos turned to drinking He would continue to struggle with alcohol for some time in what he described as an unhealthy healing process. But without that dark period, he said, he never would have been able to be with someone like his current wife, Caitlin McHugh.
“I never knew what true love was and I never would have stood tall to have someone like Caitlin in my life,” Stamos said.
She added: “If I hadn’t gone through all that, all the heartache, I wouldn’t be where I am today. That’s what I hope people take away from this experience.” he added.
If You Could Have Told Me is released on October 24th.
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