Jerry O'Connell said he found her ex-husband John Stamos' inflammatory comments about his wife Rebecca Romijn in his new book “a little scary” and that he doesn't think he'll ever write one himself.
The New York native, 49, chatted with TMZ in the Big Apple on Thursday, where he was asked about tell-all books after Stamos spoke negatively about his marriage to Romijn in If You Would Have Told Me, the memoir he released in October had expressed.
“My family was featured in a tell-all story recently and you know it's a little scary but I mean people have to make a living, I guess it just happens,” O'Connell said. “We live in a time where people just want to know these things.”
“I don’t think I’ll ever write a tell-all story – I think I’ll take some secrets to the grave – but people love them.”
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.
Jerry O'Connell, 49, said that her ex-husband John Stamos, 60,'s inflammatory comments about his wife Rebecca Romijn, 51, in his new book seemed “a little scary” to him and that he isn't thinking about it ever write one yourself. The couple were pictured in LA in May
Stamos spoke negatively about his marriage to Romijn in his memoir “If You Would Have Tell Me,” which he published in October. Pictured last week in Miami Beach, Florida
O'Connell and Romijn are parents to 14-year-old twin daughters Charlie Tamara Tulip and Dolly Rebecca Rose, who celebrate their birthday later this month.
The actor, who has appeared in films such as “Jerry Maguire” and “Stand By Me”, was asked by the newspaper whether people who write tell-all novels should notify the people they mention in the book in advance.
“Someone my wife used to be married to wrote a book and we didn't get any notice,” he said, without mentioning Stamos' name. “Should you tell someone?”
“I've never been married, so I can't speak from experience, but let's just say, God forbid, my wife and I separated and I wrote a story about my wife… there would be nothing to tell.” “We are older and it would be pretty boring.”
He joked that the content of a book about their lives would be how they stop their children from smoking or failing geometry, adding: “Do you want to read that in a short story?”
O'Connell said he would “probably” make Romijn aware of everything he said if he wrote a disclosure statement.
O'Connell said on CBS's The Talk on Nov. 13 that he refrained from elaborating on Stamos' comments about Romijn because “there are children 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?”
O'Connell said: “My family was recently mentioned in an investigative program and you know it's a bit scary but I mean people have to make a living, I guess it just happens.”
O'Connell said on CBS's The Talk on Nov. 13 that he refrained from elaborating on Stamos' comments about Romijn because “there are children involved.”
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 said that commenting on Stamos' remarks would “draw attention to a situation that I do not wish to become involved in.”
“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 Oct. 19 interview with People promoting his new memoir, “If You Would Have Told 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
“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 comments Stamos made 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 last week in Miami Beach, Florida
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 their seven-year marriage ended 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.