"Terrible Boyfriend" Jerry O’Connell Admits He Dumped Giuliana Rancic Over Intercom
O'Connell said he broke up poorly and apologized to Rancic after she described the split in her memoir as an intercom-style announcement.
- Actor Jerry O'Connell reflected on his immaturity during recent public appearances, conceding he was a "pretty terrible boyfriend" early in his relationship with now-wife Rebecca Romijn, whom he married in 2007.
- Before his marriage, O'Connell dated pop culture journalist Giuliana Rancic, a relationship that ended abruptly. In her 2016 memoir Going Off Script, Rancic compared his breakup approach to a dismissive customer service representative.
- On the July 19 episode of Kelly Ripa's SiriusXM program, O'Connell confirmed he ended the relationship via intercom, saying "I broke up with her through an intercom because Giuliana Rancic came to my condominium."
- Acknowledging his past behavior, O'Connell apologized directly to Rancic, stating: "Let me take this moment to apologize to Giuliana Rancic for being a terrible boyfriend. I was just not a great boyfriend."
- These reflections mark O'Connell's continued willingness to revisit past relationships publicly, including a recent appearance alongside Rebecca Romijn's ex John Stamos, two years after their public feud.
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"Terrible Boyfriend" Jerry O’Connell Admits He Dumped Giuliana Rancic Over Intercom
Before Jerry O’Connell and Giuliana Rancic married their respective partners, the former cohost of The Talk revealed he broke up with the E! News anchor over an intercom at his condo.
Jerry O'Connell Confirms The HORRIBLE Way He Broke Up With Giuliana Rancic Years After She Blasted Him In Her Memoir!
Jerry O’Connell knows he was an awful boyfriend to Giuliana Rancic! In 2015, the entertainment reporter opened up about her short-lived relationship with the Jerry Maguire star in her memoir Going Off Script. The pair began dating in 2003, but he dumped her a year later. How Jerry ended things was horrible, too. Giuliana claimed in her book that he broke up with her over an intercom, saying: “Nope, sorry, homegirl. Things change, but you take ca…
Jerry O’Connell explains why he and Giuliana Rancic broke up over his building’s intercom: ‘I was a pretty terrible boyfriend’
O’Connell and the TV personality dated in 2003 and 2004.Jerry O’Connell and Giuliana RancicCredit: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage; Amy Sussman/GettyKey PointsJerry O’Connell apologized for being a ‘pretty terrible boyfriend’ to Giuliana Rancic.The two dated in 2003 and 2004.He confirmed that the two broke up over the intercom of his building, as Rancic wrote in her 2015 memoir, Going Off Script.Jerry O’Connell is sorry for being “a terrible boyfriend” …
Jerry O'Connell Addresses Giuliana Rancic's Infamous Breakup Claim
O’Connell quickly added that he has no interest in revisiting that chapter, joking that he doesn’t “want any beef” with Gellar’s husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., while praising the couple’s longtime marriage and “beautiful family.” Today, O’Connell has been married to Romijn since 2007, and the couple shares twin daughters. The Jerry O’Connell Addresses Giuliana Rancic’s Infamous Breakup Claim first appeared on The Blast
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