Rebecca Gayheart explains why she refuses to see her marriage breakdown as a 'failure'
Rebecca Gayheart refuses to see her marriage as a "failure" after calling off her divorce from Eric Dane.
Rebecca Gayheart refuses to see her marriage breakdown as a "failure".
The 53-year-old actress split from 'Grey's Anatomy' star Eric Dane - with whom she has daughters Billie, eight, and six-year-old Georgie - in 2018 after 15 years of marriage but she has insisted that they are still the "best of friends" all this time later
She told E! News: "We are best of friends. We are really close. We are great coparents
"We really figured out the formula to staying a family and I think our kids are benefiting greatly from it and we are as well.
"I think it’s important to not look at a relationship that ends as a failure. It's just a season. It wasn't a failure. It was a huge success. We were married for, I mean, we are still married, but together for 15 years and we had two beautiful kids so I think that's a successful relationship, and that's how we look at it."
The pair had initially filed for divorce but even though they are still not together as a couple, they chose to dismiss the filling earlier this year.
Rebecca initially requested spousal support and joint legal and physical custody of their daughters as part of the divorce conditions.
But the couple never actually managed to reach a settlement, and even revealed on Instagram that they had taken a family trip to Paris in the summer of 2022.
Rebecca previously noted that she and Eric had been "doing their best" with co-parenting even though it wasn't "easy" in any way.
She said: "We're doing our best. It isn't easy. But we are trying and we are committed."
When asked what specifically is difficult about co-parenting, Rebecca simply said: "There are so many things."
And although she had been finding their break-up difficult, the 'Scream 2' star said she could a silver lining, as she was planning to return work in order to show her daughters that they don't need to "depend on a man".
She said: "I think that as a female you need to be able too always take care of of yourself and never depend on a man. I'm going back to work and I think it's partly because I want my daughters to see me work. I took some time off to have my kids.
"A lot of little girls watch [movies] and they start fantasising about Prince Charming [saving them]. I think that's a message that's very old fashioned."
