Melanie Lynskey knows all too well how painful a friendship breakup can be.
04.04.2023 - 12:47 / etonline.com
Melanie Lynskey is sharing her relationship deal breaker — and how she knew husband Jason Ritter was the one for her. The couple met in 2013, became engaged in 2017 and wed in 2020. Lynskey and Ritter recently made headlines following a tearful joint interview, reflecting on the «messy» start of their relationship and how Ritter worked to overcome his alcoholism in those years. Speaking with ET's Deidre Behar at the ' Paleyfest panel on Monday, Lynskey opened up about building an unbreakable bond with her now-husband. «There was something about his willingness to have a conversation, always,» she shared on the red carpet. «Even in our darkest and most difficult moments, which there were a few, he would always talk about it.
He's always very willing to take responsibility and he's kind. He's kind to people. That's the most important thing to me.» She added, «He's very talented! I can't be with someone who's not talented.
That's my big thing.» Outside of his acting roles, Ritter has taken to showing off his silly side on TikTok. The actor has amassed nearly 200,000 followers on the social media site, but Lynskey is not one of them. «I don't understand it,» she admitted. «Sometimes he'll show me a TikTok and I'll be like, 'I'm sure people think it's great, my love.
I'm sure it's funny.' I don't know.» She does, however, appreciate his sense of humor IRL. «He's very funny,» she gushed. The couple, who welcomed a daughter together in 2018, have co-starred in multiple projects over the years, including, and Ritter has also made appearances inand season 2 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime, with episodes also available to stream early, starting Fridays on the Showtime app. 'Yellowjackets': Inside the Survivors' Feast on
.Melanie Lynskey knows all too well how painful a friendship breakup can be.
Melanie Lynskey has opened up in a new interview about her former friendship with Kate Winslet.
Melanie Lynskey admitted losing touch with Kate Winslet was “heartbreaking.”
Melanie Lynskey says the loss of her friendship with Kate Winslet was more painful than some of her romantic relationship break-ups. The actresses became close pals as teenagers when they worked on 1994 movie 'Heavenly Creatures' together but Melanie, 45, has revealed the pair drifted apart in the years afterwards and she watched from the sidelines as her former friend became one of the most famous women in the world. Speaking on Josh Horowitz's 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast, Melanie insisted there was no drama between them but it was still painful to lose touch.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet earned their acting breakthroughs together as the leads of Peter Jackson’s 1994 drama “Heavenly Creatures,” but the two actors grew apart in the years afterward as Winslet’s star power exploded with “Titanic.” On a new episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Lynskey said losing her close friendship with Winslet was “painful.” “When I lost touch with Kate, it was more heartbreaking than some breakups that I’ve had,” Lynskey said. “It was so painful and it wasn’t like anything happened, it’s just she became a gigantic, international movie star and she didn’t have a lot of time and then, suddenly, she’d be in Los Angeles and not have time.”
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is bringing colorful suiting to the red carpet once again. Following up on the she wore to the premiere in March, the actor wore a bubblegum pink suit to PaleyFest LA on April 3, and I am loving this new era for her.Lynskey's double-breasted blazer and wide-legged trousers made for a classic silhouette, while the suit's Barbiecore hue kept the look fun and flirty. Instead of a lacy bustier, Lynskey went with a simple black camisole this time, and swapped the side-pony hair for a low-key side-part.
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Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are #CoupleGoals in Hollywood. The pair, who met in 2013 and have been together ever since, have made no secret of their love for each other over the years.Lynskey and Ritter, who have co-starred in multiple projects together, got engaged in 2017, welcomed their daughter the next year and tied the knot two years after that.All the while, Lynskey and Ritter have been each other's biggest supporters, proudly gushing over their better half on social media and in interviews.«I feel so fortunate. I don't have anything to complain about, you know?» Lynskey told ET in March 2023.
Jason Ritter and wife Melanie Lynskey have such a powerful love story.
are, hands down no question, the best celebrity couple, Ritter goes ahead and shares the most touching story about how their relationship began. It was on , of course, because like nobody else in the biz. In the viral clip, Barrymore asks Ritter when he knew that Lynskey was the one for him. “It’s not as cute of a story as you would like to think,” Ritter says, then proceeds to tell the cutest story I've ever heard in my life.
Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are total couple goals now, but the actor spouses admit that their love story had a few bumps in the road.During an appearance on, the couple got candid about how Ritter's struggles with alcohol impacted their relationship.Noting that they first got to know each other on the set of 2013's, Lynskey, 45, shared that they were both filming the movie at a tough time in their personal lives.«We were both going through very difficult times in our lives. We were both going through breakups,» Lynskey shared. «It was a very tumultuous time.»Ritter, 43, added that though he knew Lynskey was «incredible» early on, he didn't feel worthy of her due to his issues with alcohol.«It's not as cute of a story as you would like to think.
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famously starring Drew Barrymore, the talk show host reunited with her co-stars from the film on Tuesday's episode of — and it truly was a sight to behold. Sporting their signature looks from the movie, Barrymore and her movie stepsisters, Melanie Lynskey and Megan Dodds, appeared in costume and reminisced about filming the beloved project. «It’s not even a show. We’re just here in a time machine and we’re back 25 years ago because it’s the 25th anniversary of ,» Barrymore said.