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.
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Madonna has Jennifer Grey’s love life to thank for "Express Yourself." In 1986, the "Dirty Dancing" star was dating Matthew Broderick, whom she met on the set of "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off." The two became engaged at one point. But after four years, the couple called it quits. And it was during that time that Grey became pals with the Material Girl.
"We did ‘Bloodhounds of Broadway’ together," the "Dirty Dancing" star told People magazine on Friday about their 1989 film. Jennifer Grey and Madonna starred in 1989's "Bloodhounds of Broadway." (Photo by Robin Platzer/Getty Images) It didn’t take long for Madonna to make a surprising revelation to Grey. "She told me she wrote ‘Express Yourself’ about me breaking up with Matthew," the 62-year-old recalled.
"She played it for me in her car… I got in her Mercedes where she had a really good sound system and she was like, ‘Listen to this song I just did. It’s about you.’" According to Grey, it all made sense when she read the song’s lyrics. She noted how her character’s name from "Dirty Dancing" may have been given a shoutout.
The lyrics read: "You deserve the best in life/So if the time isn’t right, then move on/Second best is never enough/You’ll do much better, baby, on your own." Jennifer Grey said Madonna told her she wrote "Express Yourself" about her breakup with Matthew Broderick. (Getty Images) And Grey did move on from Broderick. After their breakup, she dated Johnny Depp.
"There was some heat," Grey previously told the outlet about her romance with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star. "It was a f—king bonfire. It was literally like, ‘Are you f—king kidding me? Are you f—king me?’ I’ve never seen a guy like this.
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.
Jennifer Grey is heartbroken over the legal saga involving Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The "Dirty Dancing" star, who previously dated the actor, opened up about her life and career in a new memoir titled "Out of the Corner." In it, she detailed her relationship with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, calling their union "a f---ing bonfire." "I have known him for 30 years," Grey, 62, told "Extra" host Rachel Lindsay on Monday. "I haven’t talked to him.
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 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.
The View” earlier this week to discuss her memoir, “Out of the Corner,” and her tense experiences working with “The Outsiders” actor, who died in 2009 at the age of 57.“Patrick was playing pranks on me and everybody,” Grey said. “It was just, like, macho, and I just couldn’t take it.
Jennifer Grey is still on the path of self-love.
Jennifer Grey has said that Johnny Depp was "crazy jealous and paranoid" when they were together. The 62-year-old actress had a relationship with Johnny - who is currently embroiled in a multi million dollar defamation trial after he sued ex-wife Amber Heard for $50 million when she described herself as a victim of domestic violence in a newspaper - in the late 1980s and has claimed that while her days with the 'Fantastic Beasts' star started off well but he soon became paranoid about what she was up to when he was away.
Jennifer Grey admitted Johnny Depp was "crazy jealous and paranoid" throughout their one-year relationship. The "Dirty Dancing" actress opened up about her relationship with Depp in her upcoming memoir, "Out of the Corner." Depp and Grey first met in 1989 after being set up on a blind date by the actress' agent. "We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks midcourse.
“Out of the Corner,” out Tuesday.The enduring “Dirty Dancing” legend is revealing how things took a dark turn after her agent set her up on a blind date with the hot “Cry-Baby” actor in 1989, when he was 26 and she was 29.The pair became engaged just two weeks after meeting that year, she claimed.Of their first date, Grey, 62, penned: “We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks midcourse. He was so ridiculously beautiful.
Jennifer Grey, the star of the 1987 classic Dirty Dancing, has written about her botched nose job in her new memoir. In the book, Out of the Corner: A Memoir, she revealed that she got a nose job because – even after the success of the film – “there didn’t seem to be a surplus of parts for actresses who looked like me” and she wanted to be cast as “something other than a Jew”. The surgeon told her he would build her a “tip” as well as reconstructing the interior of her nose, and that he was “surprised” she could “breathe at all” with a “septum so severely deviated”.
Jennifer Grey, the star of the 1987 classicDirty Dancing, has written about her botched nose job in her new memoir. In the book, Out of the Corner: A Memoir, she revealed that she got a nose job because – even after the success of the film – “there didn’t seem to be a surplus of parts for actresses who looked like me” and she wanted to be cast as “something other than a Jew”.