Minnie Driver is trying again on what may’ve been — and she or he’s blissful she went a special approach.
The “Good Will Looking” actress stated she knew her romance with ex-fiancé Josh Brolin was destined to be ill-fated.
Driver, 54, met the Marvel actor, 56, on the set of the 2000 movie “Sluggish Burn.”
Minnie Driver stated she knew her romance with ex-fiancé Josh Brolin was destined to be ill-fated. FilmMagic, Inc
Driver, 54, met the Marvel actor, 56, on the set of the 2000 movie “Sluggish Burn.” WireImage
The pair quickly fell sufficient, with Brolin quickly popping the all-important query the next 12 months.
However lower than 6 months into their engagement, the duo known as off their wedding ceremony and parted methods in October 2001.
“Minnie Driver and Josh Brolin have determined to cancel their wedding ceremony plans. Their resolution is mutual and amicable,” a rep for the actress stated on the time, including that the couple by no means set a date.
In hindsight, by no means making it to the altar is one thing she’s blissful to not have achieved.
However lower than 6 months into their engagement, the duo known as off their wedding ceremony and parted methods in October 2001. WireImage
“The one time I used to be engaged, it will have been, I believe, the largest mistake of my life,” she advised The Sunday Instances in a brand new interview, including that her exes had been “not the best males to be married to.”
The exes have since moved on, with Brolin tying the knot to Kathryn Boyd in 2016.
Driver, for her half, has discovered love with author and director Addison O’Dea in 2019.
Brolin has since tied the knot with Kathryn Boyd in 2016. GC Photos
“However now I’m with somebody who doesn’t need to get married however who’s probably the most devoted, loving, extraordinary … all the pieces I may have needed in my childhood thought of a husband, he truly is,” she advised the outlet of her present beau.
Elsewhere within the interview, Driver stated her dad and mom by no means married as a consequence of her dad’s infidelities, which in flip affected her personal romantic relationships.
Driver, for her half, has discovered love with author and director Addison O’Dea in 2019. FilmMagic
“If I have a look at my historical past, what it did was make me need to be married a lot after which select males who had been so not the best males to be married to,” she defined.
“So I might keep it up longing to be married and to have that conservative model [of a relationship], discover males who had little interest in that, after which if one did, run a mile.”
Previous to her failed romance with Brolin, Driver was romantically linked to Matt Damon.
Driver stated her dad and mom by no means married as a consequence of her dad’s infidelities, which in flip affected her personal romantic relationships. Nathan Congleton/NBC by way of Getty Photos
Earlier this 12 months, Driver revealed what she would inform her 25-year-old self when ex Matt Damon gained an Oscar in 1998 shortly after their breakup.
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“I want I may’ve advised her, ‘Honey, it’s cool, like, you’ll be able to rejoice, and life’s gonna be nice and delightful and exhausting and superb, and also you’re gonna love once more. It’ll be high quality,’” the actress stated on the “Jennifer Hudson Present.”
Driver made headlines three months in the past when she admitted she was “devastated” seeing Ben Affleck and Damon –– who had already moved on and was courting Winona Ryder –– win the Oscar for greatest unique screenplay for his or her joint film, “Good Will Looking.”
Previous to her failed romance with Brolin, Driver was romantically linked to Matt Damon. WireImage
“I wanna wrap my arms round that younger girl and hug her and go, ‘It’s all gonna be high quality honey, don’t fear,’” Driver advised Hudson.
The “Circle of Associates” actress defined that she and Damon had simply “lately damaged up,” and she or he was nonetheless “completely heartbroken” and “terrified” on the time of the annual awards present.