Meg Ryan Not at Fault for Divorce From Quaid

Meg Ryan is finally speaking openly about her divorce from Dennis Quaid and how it felt being largely branded a hussy for hooking up with Russell Crowe in the midst of her personal turmoil.

“Dennis was not faithful to me for a very long time,” Ryan tells In Style Magazine in October’s issue, “and that was very painful. I found out more about that after I was divorced.”

Ryan was blamed for the break-up of the marriage after appearing to have a torrid on-set romance with her co-star Russell Crowe, but she insists the tabloid scandal wasn't what it appeared to be and Crowe took too much blame.

She adds, “I think he took a big hit, but Russell didn’t break up the marriage. He was definitely there at the end, but it wasn’t his fault. I was a mess. I hurt him too at the end. I couldn’t be in another long relationship, it wasn’t the time for that. So I got out."

The fallout from her affair ripped the title “America’s Sweetheart” from her chest and replaced it with a scarlet "A," something she appreciates in retrospect, eight years later. “My time as a scarlet woman was really interesting. As painful as it was, it was also incredibly liberating. I didn’t have to care about what people thought.”

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