In his new book, Jerry O’Connell opens up about why he didn’t publicly address her ex-husband John Stamos’ inflammatory comments about his wife Rebecca Romijn.
The New York native, 49, said on CBS’s The Talk Monday that he refrained from elaborating on Stamos’ comments about Romijn because “there are kids involved.”
He said, “My wife’s ex-husband recently wrote a biography in which he refers negatively to my wife.” And a lot of people have asked me about it in the press, and it would be easy for me to say, “Screw it , how dare you ask me that?”
The actor, who has appeared in films including “Jerry Maguire” and “Stand By Me,” said that commenting on Stamos’ remarks would “draw attention to a situation that I don’t want to get involved in.”
The Crossing Jordan star and the Berkeley, California-born beauty, 51, tied the knot two years after her split from Stamos, 60, whom she was married to from 1998 to 2005.
The Latest: Jerry O’Connell, 49, opened up on Monday in his new book If You Would Have about why he hasn’t publicly addressed her ex-husband John Stamos, 60,’s inflammatory comments about his wife Rebecca Romijn, 51, told me
O’Connell and Romijn, 51, married in 2007, two years after her split from Stamos, 60, whom she was married to from 1998 to 2005
O’Connell and Romijn are parents to 14-year-old twin daughters Charlie Tamara Tulip and Dolly Rebecca Rose.
“There are children involved, teenagers who read everything on the internet; “So you don’t want to fuel the fire,” O’Connell said, drawing applause from the studio audience.
In an interview with People last month to promote his new memoir, If You Would Have Tell Me, Stamos said he was bitter toward Romijn during the end of their marriage.
“In my mind at the time, she was the devil, and I just hated her,” Stamos told the publication. “I couldn’t believe how much I hated her and it ruined my life.”
He later added: “The perception was that she left me because her career was going well and mine wasn’t, and that’s humiliating.”
“I don’t blame her for that. It was just the perception that people had, and maybe they weren’t wrong. She was doing great at the time and I wasn’t.”
O’Connell said last month that he and his wife received no warning from the “Full House” star before he wrote about them in his new memoir.
O’Connell appeared on Access Hollywood on October 23 and told hosts Mario Lopez and Kit Hoover that he and his wife found out about the book after it had already been published.
The actor said he refrained from going into detail about Stamos’ comments about Romijn because “there are children involved,” as he and Romijn are parents to 14-year-old twin daughters Charlie Tamara Tulip and Dolly Rebecca Rose
The actor said: “There are children involved, teenagers who read everything on the internet; so you don’t want to stoke the fire’
The actor said that commenting on Stamos’ remarks would “draw attention to a situation that I do not wish to become involved in.”
O’Connell said last month that he and his wife received no warning from the “Full House” star before he wrote about them in his new memoir
“We don’t get any warning,” he said. “We’ll figure it out, just like everyone else.”
O’Connell then declined to comment on whether or not his wife was shocked by 60-year-old Stamos’s comments about their divorce in his book, published Oct. 24.
“It’s not really my job to say,” he said in response to the question. “I would prefer my wife to talk about it.” “My wife and I get along so well today.”
In his new memoir, Stamos spoke candidly about his “failed” first marriage to the former model.
In the People interview, Stamos also revealed that he was “shattered” after their seven-year marriage ended and said he “hated” her during their divorce.
The General Hospital vet confessed: “My first marriage was devastating for me.” I was also devastated for far too long.
“I mean, a year, okay, good,” he continued. “But it continued [for] Years and years.’
Stamos said that after their breakup, he relied heavily on alcohol as a coping strategy and only dealt with his resentment toward her after going through the steps in AA.
O’Connell and Romijn were pictured at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, DC in April
In his new memoir, Stamos spoke candidly about his “failed” first marriage to the former model. Pictured in LA last year
Before tying the knot with O’Connell, Romijn was already married to Stamos from 1998 to 2005. Pictured in NYC in 2003
In his new memoir, he spoke candidly about his “failed” first marriage to the former model. Pictured in LA in 2000
While promoting the book, Stamos also revealed that he was “shattered” after ending their seven-year marriage and said he “hated” her during their divorce. Pictured in LA in 2000
Stamos’ bombshell memoir If You Would Have Told Me hit shelves on October 24th
Stamos also revealed that he kept a special gift that his ex-wife gave him when they were together.
In Stamos’s bombshell memoir, he talks about his alcoholism and his stay in rehab. He also spoke about his late friend and “Full House” co-star Bob Saget passing away.
He also spoke about sexual assault and revealed that he had multiple nose jobs early in his career.