Typically ‘He Has No Thought Who I am Speaking About’

The 2 met a Victoria’s Secret vogue present after-party in 1994, which he attended with Full Home costar Lori Loughlin. Whereas the actor notes that he and Lori have been single and he was contemplating taking issues to the following degree on the time, he modified course upon assembly the model-turned-actress and started to pursue Romijn as an alternative.

Their relationship rapidly progressed, with Stamos calling Romijn his “finest pal” and “somebody I genuinely look after” earlier than he proposed — bare — on Christmas Eve in 1997. They tied the knot the next September, with Romijn’s profession actually beginning to take off throughout these first years of marriage.

“I inform myself that I’ve had an excellent run; now it is her flip. I attempt to keep out of her gentle, and her profession takes off,” he wrote, including that he was “proud” of her success, particularly following the X-Males movies.

Cracks began to indicate when Stamos turned down a starring position on Nip/Tuck, after Romijn allegedly stated she felt the script was “demeaning to ladies.”

“Little by little, I begin to second-guess my instincts, quick promote my talents, take fewer dangers, and get misplaced in my marriage,” wrote Stamos. “I do, nonetheless, put some power into the events we’re internet hosting on most weekends. She bounces again sooner than I do.”

Stamos stated he felt “down on myself” seeing her proceed to land appearing roles — just like the film Femme Fatale with Antonio Banderas — whereas he could not “even get a pilot made.” On the time, he stated issues have been “beginning to fray a bit of” — writing, “I am not placing sufficient power into my very own relationship. I slowly begin to surrender on Rebecca.”

After he landed a job in 9 on Broadway, Stamos stated they drifted aside much more, writing that he started spending an excessive amount of time along with his forged members and forgetting to verify in along with his spouse. The actor stated that, on the identical time, she started making new “poisonous associates” who “throw shade, name-drop, and attempt to outdo each other with obscure references.” Stamos additionally claimed Romijn made “it clear that I am the TV man and she or he’s the newly minted movie star” — saying, “She implies, typically subtly and typically overtly, that I am not good sufficient for her and her entourage of ass-kissers.”

“Someplace deep inside, I begin to imagine it,” he continued.

Within the e-book, Stamos stated that because the years went on there was “zero discuss” about having children, one thing he claimed was “at all times our plan.” He felt it additionally grew to become “tougher to find time for one another,” whereas he struggled to voice his “emotions of emasculation.” Nonetheless, nonetheless, he stored telling himself it was only a “part” they usually’d get “again on observe.” That, he stated, by no means occurred.

“One thing merciless and calculating creeps into the nice patter of the day. She smiles at me rather less, does not look me within the eyes over dinner, takes cellphone calls within the different room. Whispers behind doorways. She makes a visit to the shop appear clandestine,” he wrote. “Betrayal begins as a sinking feeling in your abdomen, grows right into a suspicion that clouds your each thought, and by the point you discover out the reality, it is uniquely horrible at first but in addition anticipated, such as you’ve been ready for one thing dangerous to occur.”

He stated he felt like she was “phasing me out for good,” earlier than they determined to separate in secret in March 2003. When he requested whether or not that meant they might see different individuals, he claimed she responded by saying, “It means no matter you assume it means” — resulting in “pure hell” for Stamos.

In response to Stamos, they did reconcile after that, however he stated it did not take lengthy for them to comprehend it simply wasn’t going to work out. In April 2004, they introduced their separation, earlier than going into mediation collectively. “I by no means knew I could possibly be so offended and hate-filled towards one other human being, a lot much less one I had been devoted to for a decade,” he stated of that point, earlier than detailing considered one of their mediation conferences.

Writing that he was “hurting fairly dangerous” and had “downed a couple of half dozen beers,” they got here to a disagreement over what Romijn allegedly owed Stamos for paying out their joint taxes. When advised by their enterprise supervisor that they have been in a negotiation, the actor stated he shouted, “Negotiate my balls!” With that, she allegedly stated, “Give him every part I owe him” — earlier than agreeing to let him to be the one to file for divorce first.

“I do not actually really feel she owes me something greater than an apology. I assume I owe her one, too. However we do not say a phrase,” he wrote of that final assembly. “I stroll over and provides her a hug. We spill tears. We had promised one another that we might spend a while collectively after as we speak, however we do not. This would be the final time I ever see her. We won’t cross paths once more, we won’t run into one another at occasions. That is the top.”

Talking with Howard Stern this week, Stamos stated that whereas he was “offended at her for thus lengthy,” that is now not the case. “I am simply so joyful to not be offended, I am joyful for her,” he stated — acknowledging his personal position in the long run of their marriage. “You begin considering, it is like, ‘Oh, she wasn’t the Satan. Possibly I used to be as a lot accountable as her,’” he additionally advised PEOPLE. “It was very public, and that was very painful. I did not write a lot about that, nevertheless it’s onerous.”

To date, Romijn has not commented on her ex’s e-book. Her present husband, Jerry O’Connell, appeared on Entry Hollywood this week and stated they did not get a heads up in regards to the claims made within the memoir. He didn’t, nonetheless, react to any of them — saying it was Rebecca’s story to inform, ought to she need to. TooFab has reached out to her rep for remark.

Throughout an look on The Discuss alongside Romijn final 12 months, Jerry famous, “Once I’m with you personally, and I hear you discuss your ex-husband … it sounds prefer it was enjoyable. You at all times have actually enjoyable recollections.”

The “Star Trek: Discovery” actress agreed, saying that she has “numerous very fond recollections” of Stamos and likewise “numerous issues about him that I miss.” She added, “It is difficult. It is a very onerous choice to return to while you determine to finish a wedding. It was heartbreaking.”

Romijn and O’Connell have been married since 2007 and have two daughters collectively. Stamos, in the meantime, married Caitlin McHugh in 2018; they share one son.