Jennifer Gray says that this famous ex "did not feel comfortable" with his success
His star rose faster than hers in the 80s, thanks to Dirty Dancing.
Jennifer Gray's Memoir is titledOut of the corner, not only as a reference to the line ofHis most famous film,Dirty dance, but also because he tells stories of self -discovery. And a way the actor estimated that she had been put in this metaphorical corner was by a relationship in which she was during the twenties. In a new interview with the book, Gray spoke ofMeet another artist Who fought with the fact that her career progressed faster than hers and why she stayed in the relationship despite the realization of this.
Gray does not blame this famous ex now for the way he reacted; Instead, she considers their past as a learning experience for herself. Read the rest to see what the actor had to say about his old relationship.
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Gray dating from herFerris BuellerCO-STAR.
Gray gathered withFerris Bueller's day off co-starMatthew Broderick When they played brother and sister in the 1986 film.
"I was as surprised as anyone when our relationship has changed the rivalry of brothers and sisters on the screen to an out -of -screen illegal romance," writes GrayOut of the corner (via theNew York Post). According to her, Broderick was in a relationship with someone else at the time. "I realized that I was in love with Matthew and I told him that I couldn't see him anymore," she continues. But then, he "quickly broke with his" friend of the nearby family "and we were together".
The dated pair - and was even briefly committed - until 1988. Gray later married the actorClark Gregg in 2001. The couple welcomed a girl,Stella Gregg, together, and divorced in 2021.
Gray says Broderick told her that she would not be thrown awayDirty dance.
In his book, Gray writes that the day before his hearingDirty dance, Broderick told him that he did not think that she would get the role.
"He said this strange thing, as if to reassure himself, as if he did not know that he used his" voice aloud "," she wrote. She says he said to him, "I don't know what worries me. There is no way you are going to get it. I'm sure they see everyone for this part."
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She doesn't think he was "comfortable" with his career.
"For me, it's love, it was like love. It was like an imprint," said GrayLos Angeles Times Relationship with Broderick. "A part of me was dependent on this dynamic of being with someone who did not feel comfortable with me exploding and arriving where I was going. And part of me felt that I deserved it. And This is what I try to go out in the book. Not it was bad because it was not. It was me. I could have been with anyone, and it is What I chose. I could have left but I stayed because I agreed with that. I was colliding with that because it was really like at home. "AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Gray shares similar words in his book. "Matthew felt like my guy [and] he felt like at home," she wrote. But, she added her personality at the time, "he was a 24 -year -old child who could easily slip into the character of an old grumpy man when it suited her."
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Gray noticed that his relationship was part of a model in his family.
Gray said toLos Angeles Times, that she was determined not to follow in the footsteps of her mother but realized that she was in a relationship similar to her parents. Gray's mother is the former actor and singerJo Wilder, and his father is an actorJoel Gray.
"My mother worked with [the feminist and political activist]Gloria Steinem, however, she had abandoned herself and was so torn on this subject and tortured and sad and depressed and confused how it happened to her, because it was not going to happen to her because she saw it happening to her mother ", said Gray. "And then I'm like, 'I am I'm not going to do that, I'm never going to do that. I will continue my career, I will not let it happen ", then I find a guy who does not want me to succeed, not so different from my father. And not consciously; he is not a villain."
She added: "Why am I attracted by this person of all the people of the world? And why do I let it affect me? Why do I stay? Why does it seem good to me? For me, is it what it is about. "
Gray said she was nervous by writing the book and stalking people who were in her life, like Broderick, because "it's not about dragging someone in the mud". She explained: "I don't think anyone who reflects moments in their lives. We are talking about 30 years ago. We are talking about ancient history."