Mary Louise Parker, Billy Crudup’s Relationship Timeline: The Way They Were
usmagazine.comMary Louise Parker and Billy Crudup’s tumultuous split made headlines when the Almost Famous actor left the Weeds alum for Claire Danes.The former couple began dating in 1996 after meeting as costars in the Broadway play Bus Stop.
The Red Sparrow actress was seven months pregnant with their son, William, when Crudup ended their relationship in 2003 to pursue a romance with Danes.The Stage Beauty costars — who proceeded to date until 2006 — made an effort to keep their romance private amid the public backlash.
When the New York Times did a profile on Crudup in 2004, he sent an email to interviewer Jesse Green making “an argument for not including anything about the Mary-Louise Parker situation,” noting that the matter was “personal, painful and involves an infant,” according to the outlet.Parker, for her part, has also refrained from directly speaking out about the split.
However, the West Wing alum did allude to the situation in her 2015 memoir, Dear Mr. You, in a chapter dedicated to a taxi driver she once yelled at for getting lost.After the driver told her to get out of his car, saying, “I don’t want you anymore,” Parker broke down, telling him, “No one does. … My life is worse than yours in this moment. … I am alone.
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