Jennifer Grey Recalls Fatal Matthew Broderick Car Crash and Shares How It Still Affects Her Today (Exclusive)

“Out of the Corner,” that her then-boyfriend said he didn’t think she would get the coveted part of Frances “Baby” Houseman on the night before her audition in 1986.“He said this odd thing, as if to reassure himself, like he wasn’t aware he was using his ‘out loud voice,'” Grey wrote, recalling him saying: “‘I don’t know what I’m worried about. There’s no way you’re gonna get it.

Jennifer Grey continues to share more details about her relationship with Johnny Depp, describing their short romance and engagement with the actor as “beautiful.”The former couple dated for nine months in 1988 and the ‘Dirty Dancing’ star says that she remembers the good moments she spent with the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor.“You have to understand, Johnny Depp, 1989 Johnny Depp, so beautiful, you’ve never seen a more beautiful … it’s almost inhuman,” she said, explaining that “It was really a sign that there was trouble afoot on my part,” in reference to how fast-paced their relationship became, following her breakup from Matthew Broderick at the time. “I just thought it was God rescuing me from one bad situation and just lovingly plopping me into a Johnny Depp soufflé,” she declared, during her recent interview with Drew Barrymore, promoting her new memoir ‘Out of the Corner.This is not the first time the actress has opened up about their romance, previously sharing her thoughts on the actor and the controversial defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard, explaining that she has not “seen him” or “talked to him” for 30 years.“The whole thing makes me insanely sad for everybody involved.

Jennifer Grey still can't get over how she was once engaged to Matthew Broderick and Johnny Depp in the same month! The  star recalls the unique situation on Thursday's episode of .Host Drew Barrymore lands on the subject after telling the 62-year-old actress she's obsessed with all the «cute boys» she's known and dated.«Well, what can I say. It's true,» Grey responds.Barrymore then digs in a little more, asking Grey if it's true Depp asked her to marry him after dating for just a few weeks.«It's worse than that — I was engaged to Matthew Broderick and Johnny Depp in the same month,» Grey admits before falling on her knees.

Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey have rarely spoken out about their 1987 car crash that claimed the lives of two women — but that all changed when the Dirty Dancing actress candidly opened up about the fatal accident in May 2022.

Jennifer Grey was once briefly engaged to Johnny Depp, but admits she barely recognizes the man she nearly married when seeing him in his ongoing trial in his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Dirty Dancing actress Jennifer Grey has spoken about the “bar fights” troublesome ex fiancé Johnny Depp got into back when they were a couple in her new book. Johnny, 58, is currently in the middle of a defamation lawsuit against ex wife Amber Heard, 36, after he sued her for $50 million following her claims he abused her in a Washington Post op-ed, to which she has countersued for $100 million.

Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey has shared her verdict on the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trialThe defamation lawsuit comes after Depp sued Heard for $50m for implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed. Although she didn’t name him, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor claims Heard’s allegations impacted his ability to work. Grey, who was briefly engaged to Depp in the late 1980s, reflected on their time together in her new memoir Out of the Corner.

Well, this is certainly some new insight into Johnny Depp as a romantic partner — and it couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.

Painful memories. Jennifer Grey is getting candid about the details of her relationship with Matthew Broderick in her book, Out of the Corner: A Memoir — including the fatal car crash that left two people dead.

Jennifer Grey is opening up about the life-changing events that she gets candid about in her new book, . ET spoke with the 62-year-old actress following the release of her memoir, and she didn't hold back on discussing painful moments in her life.One such moment that Grey discusses in the book is when weeks before the release of her now iconic film, 1987's , she was in a fatal car crash in Ireland with her then-boyfriend, Matthew Broderick. The crash, during which Broderick was behind the wheel, left two women dead.«The car accident in Ireland was, I would say, top three traumas of my life, maybe top one. It's very hard to describe when you have a near-death experience and are present for the death of other people,» Grey told ET.

Jennifer Grey is still on the path of self-love.

Jennifer Grey knows what she'd say to Patrick Swayze if she could see him today. ET spoke with the 62-year-old actress following the release of her memoir, , and she reflected on her relationship with her dearly departed co-star, and shared what she wishes she could tell him now. Swayze died in 2009 after a battle with cancer."'Look what we did,'" Grey said of her would-be message to the late actor, who played Johnny Castle in the iconic 1987 flick.

A tumultuous romance. Jennifer Grey opened up about her difficult romance with Johnny Depp in her upcoming memoir, Out of the Corner, beginning with an intense blind date.

Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey has shared a gorgeous throwback picture of pop star Madonna, in which she is almost unrecognizable. Taken in the mid 1980s, Madonna rocked a brunette bob for the picture which saw Jennifer giving her a cuddle from behind.MORE: Madonna treated to home-cooked meal by son David Banda in sweet video"Madonna and I met doing the movie, Bloodhounds of Broadway (we sang a duet) and NYC was never more fun!" Jennifer captioned the post.

Jennifer Grey is sharing intimate secrets from her life in new memoir Out of the Corner, the title referencing her iconic line from “Dirty Dancing”, when Patrick Swayze’s character defiantly declared, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”

told People of Depp, whom she dated for about a year after her engagement to Broderick.“It was literally like, ‘Are you f-cking kidding me? Are you f-cking kidding me? I’ve never seen a guy like this.’”Grey opened up about past loves including Broderick, 60 — who she started dating in 1985 while filming “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” — while promoting her upcoming memoir, “Out of the Corner.”The actress also got candid about the tragedy she faced with her “Ferris Bueller” co-star when the two got into a car accident in Ireland in 1987 that left two dead.“There was some very, very heavy stuff that went down that changed my life forever and there was no one to blame,” Grey told People. “It was a pure and simple accident that was tragic.