(L-R) Rebecca Romijn and John Stamos.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Rebecca Romijnis finally addressing the elephant in the room.
Months after her ex-husbandJohn Stamosmade headlines forhis candor about their marriagein his memoirIf You Would Have Told Me, Romijn is speaking out about it for the first time.
Romijn was married to theFull Housealum, 60, from 1998 to 2005. In his book, which was released in October 2023, Stamos accused Romijn of infidelity.
He also opened up about feeling emasculated in their marriage, especially as Romijn’s career began to take off while Stamos’s hit a lull.
“My first marriage was shattering to me. I was shattered for way too long, too,” Stamos later told PEOPLE. “I mean, a year, OK, good. But it went on [for] years and years.”
(L-R) Rebecca Romijn and John Stamos.Ron Wolfson/WireImage
Ron Wolfson/WireImage
Acknowledging that it was “difficult” to write the chapters about his time with Romijn, Stamos said the experience allowed him to reflect on his feelings at the time.
“In my mind back then, she was the Devil, and I just hated her,” he admitted. “I couldn’t believe how much I hated her, and it ruined my life.”
Stamos explained how, back then, “one of the steps in AA, the fourth step, is you lay out all your grievances, everything that people did to you. And then I said, ‘Oh, she did this, she did that, blah, blah, she did blah, blah.’ And then my sponsor goes, ‘Now what part did you play in that?’ And I go, like, ‘None.'”
Recognizing he played “some part” in his first marriage’s demise, theBig Shotactor — who is now married toCaitlin McHugh Stamos— added: “You start thinking, it’s like, ‘Oh,she wasn’t the Devil. Maybe I was as much to blame as her.'”
(L-R) Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell are pictured attending the 5th Annual Vanderpump Dog Foundation Gala at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on May 18, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.JC Olivera/Getty
JC Olivera/Getty
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As Stamos’s revelations and claims made headlines, Romijn’s husbandJerry O’Connellsaid onThe Talkthat addressing the remarks “would be bringing attention to a situation I don’t want to feed into.”
“There’s children involved, teenage children who read everything on the internet,” he also said ofhis children with Romijn. “So you don’t want to feed that fire.”
source: people.com
