{"id":11538,"date":"2025-11-29T13:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11538"},"modified":"2025-11-29T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:09:08","slug":"billy-crudup-makes-rare-comment-about-ex-mary-louise-parker-22-years-after-he-left-her-for-claire-danes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11538","title":{"rendered":"Billy Crudup makes rare comment about ex Mary-Louise Parker 22 years after he left her for Claire Danes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Billy Crudup gave a rare glimpse inside his parenting relationship with ex Mary-Louise Parker, 22 years after he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/billy-crudup-claire-danes-cheating-scandal-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:left her for Claire Danes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">left her for Claire Danes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWell, without commenting on any of our\u2026,\u201d Crudup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/theatre-dance\/article\/billy-crudup-interview-high-noon-actor-naomi-watts-kpwhhjmb8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told the Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">told the Times <\/a>in an interview published Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cWeeds\u201d star \u2014 whom Crudup had been dating for seven years \u2014 was seven months pregnant when he began a relationship with his \u201cStage Beauty\u201d co-star.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">Billy Crudup made a rare comment on his parenting relationship with ex Mary-Louise Parker, decades after leaving her for Claire Danes. Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cOur adoration for our son is boundless,\u201d Crudup told the Times of their son, William. AFP via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/c957e02f63b57c747a3de15f4d06ffdc.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\u201cOur adoration for our son is boundless,\u201d Crudup told the Times of their son, William. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crudup and Parker\u2019s son, 21-year-old William Atticus Parker, has followed in his parents\u2019 footsteps and is now a writer, director and actor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe has, through the mash-up of the two of us, been endowed with superpowers for theatricality,\u201d Crudup told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s such a badass,\u201d he added. \u201cMary-Louise and I appeared in most of his films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A rep for Parker did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cMary-Louise and I appeared in most of his films,\u201d Crudup said of his son, who is an actor and director. Corbis via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1473\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9346018534411460f1d696169e33a6b3.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>\u201cMary-Louise and I appeared in most of his films,\u201d Crudup said of his son, who is an actor and director. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parker was seven months pregnant when Crudup and Claire Danes began a relationship 22 years ago. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1436\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1db0399bf5cf5be9cbf4692660c9fe04.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Parker was seven months pregnant when Crudup and Claire Danes began a relationship 22 years ago. Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crudup, now 57, and Parker, 61, met as co-stars in the Broadway production of \u201cBus Stop\u201d in 1996.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cMorning Show\u201d actor met Danes \u2014 who was then dating Ben Lee \u2014 in 2003, and after both left their respective partners, they went public in 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Danes and Crudup went their separate ways in 2007, but the widely publicized romance left an impression on all involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Danes later told Howard Stern that she \u201cdidn\u2019t quite know what those consequences would be\u201d when she fell in love with Crudup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Danes later told Howard Stern that she \u201cdidn\u2019t quite know what those consequences would be\u201d when she fell in love with Crudup. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1259\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6a0feb46f4d5d8d1873ab206830e8d00.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Danes later told Howard Stern that she \u201cdidn\u2019t quite know what those consequences would be\u201d when she fell in love with Crudup. Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cYou have to live with the mistakes that you make,\u201d Crudup told the Times in 2017. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1308\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/089bc10de7b53fb9c1d50a464386cb7b.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>\u201cYou have to live with the mistakes that you make,\u201d Crudup told the Times in 2017. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou have to live with the mistakes that you make,\u201d Crudup told the Times back in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Parker, meanwhile, detailed her heartbreak in \u201cDear Mr. You,\u201d her 2015 memoir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI am pregnant and alone. It hurts to even breathe,\u201d she wrote in part via a note to a cab driver who was transporting her to a doctor appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2007, Parker went on to adopt daughter Ash, 18, from Ethiopia, and she was briefly engaged to \u201cWeeds\u201d co-star Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 2008.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crudup married Naomi Watts in 2023, while Danes married Hugh Dancy in 2009. FilmMagic\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6a6411f04e8067f04bd55cab196f154a.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Crudup married Naomi Watts in 2023, while Danes married Hugh Dancy in 2009. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cI wish them well,\u201d Parker said of Crudup\u2019s marriage to Watts. CBS via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"659\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5c64b385810a211646a1a30bbead5736.jpeg\" \/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>\u201cI wish them well,\u201d Parker said of Crudup\u2019s marriage to Watts. CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Danes, now 46, married Hugh Dancy in 2009, and the couple has since <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/10\/claire-danes-gives-birth-welcomes-third-baby-with-hugh-dancy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:welcomed three children;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">welcomed three children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crudup <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/10\/naomi-watts-confirms-marriage-to-billy-crudup-hitched\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:tied the knot with Oscar winner Naomi Watts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">tied the knot with Oscar winner Naomi Watts<\/a> in 2023 \u2014 and despite their complicated past, Parker had only supportive words for Crudup and Watts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI wish them well,\u201d Parker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/jun\/14\/mary-louise-parker-fame-botox-weeds-reboot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told\u00a0the Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">told\u00a0the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd absolutely, I honestly of course wish them every happiness because that\u2019s my son\u2019s father. So I\u2019m happy for them. I\u2019m happy they found each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/billy-crudup-makes-rare-ex-002444241.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Crudup gave a rare glimpse inside his parenting relationship with ex Mary-Louise Parker, 22 years after he left her for Claire Danes. \u201cWell, without commenting on any of our\u2026,\u201d Crudup told the Times in an interview published Thursday. The \u201cWeeds\u201d star \u2014 whom Crudup had been dating for seven years \u2014 was seven months &#8230; <a title=\"Billy Crudup makes rare comment about ex Mary-Louise Parker 22 years after he left her for Claire Danes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11538\" aria-label=\"Read more about Billy Crudup makes rare comment about ex Mary-Louise Parker 22 years after he left her for Claire Danes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Billy-Crudup-makes-rare-comment-about-ex-Mary-Louise-Parker-22.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11540,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11538\/revisions\/11540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}