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Robert Downey Jr. Reflects on Romance With SJP
Wednesday April 16, 2008
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Wednesday April 16, 2008
Jim Smeal/WireImage.com
Reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr. blames himself for his 1991 split with actress Sarah Jessica Parker.
"I was so selfish," the actor, 43, admits in the new issue of Parade. "I liked to drink, and I had a drug problem, and that didn't jibe with Sarah Jessica, because it was the furthest thing from what she is."
Downey and Parker met on the set of their 1984 flick Firstborn. (See other surprising former flings here.)
At 19, "we quickly moved in together and played house," he reminisces of their life in L.A. "It was idyllic."
Downey's career took off with the 1987 drama Less Than Zero.
So did his drug addiction.
"She tried to help me," he says of his Sex and the City star ex. "She was so miffed when I didn't get my act together.
"Sarah Jessica would pull me out of a hangover," he recalls, "and we'd go pick out furniture together. She is a force of nature!"
Parker eventually ended their relationship after seven years.
"I was in love with Sarah Jessica," he says, "and love clearly was not enough. I was meant to move on. And, after some heartache, she was meant to find her home with a great star."
(In 1997, Parker wed Matthew Broderick, whom Downey says is "a lot more grounded than I ever was." He also calls their 5-year-old son, James Wilkie, "a great kid.")
Now clean and sober, Downey — who has a son Indio, 14, from his 1992 marriage to model Deborah Falconer — is wed to producer Susan Levin.
"She told me, 'I'm not doing that [drug dance] with you. I'm drawing a line in the sand here,'" he says. "She was absolutely clear about it.
"That doesn’t mean that other women, business associates, movie directors, insurance companies, judges and law enforcement hadn’t been clear about it too," Downey adds. "It was that, before I met Mrs. Downey, I just didn’t give a godd--n.
"What changed is that I cared."
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12:30 PM
Anonymous Says:
12:44 AM
Jade Says:
RDJ is a brilliant actor, there is so much going on in every role he plays. Thank god that today he's in recovery and clean and sober but he will always be an addict/alcoholic; but hopefully a sober one. For SJP to have fallen in love @19 with Downey when he was active, she fell right into the role of the co-addict/alcoholic - trying to mind and manage the unmanageable. Insanity. I expect it's taken a lot of work on her part to overcome the damage they both suffered. They are each courageous and people of great character.
9:16 PM
Anonymous Says:
SJP had every right to end their relationship because if she didn't, who knows what would've happened! I'm really happy that Robery Downey Jr. is sober & better, and that his second wife, Susan Levin, wouldn't put up with his bs, how did his first wife handle it?
4:10 PM
Anonymous Says:
LOVE Robert Downey Jr and am very glad he finally got to the point where he did care and changed his life. I was worried he'd be like Belushi and that we'd end up hearing about on the news. He's a brilliant actor and I can't wait to see more from him.
2:41 PM
Anonymous Says:
I'm gonna have to agree with 2:28 and hope that 1:28 was being sarcastic. Living with a boyfriend who had a raging drug/alcohol problem for seven years is no joke - I wouldn't have lasted a year. How refreshing it is to see a celebrity speak candidly about his past demons and not make excuses for himself.
2:28 PM
Anonymous Says:
1:58
How is she intolerant? She put up w/him for seven years! That's not intolerant to me. Apparently, she tried and things didn't work out.
2:05 PM
Anonymous Says:
I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM!
1:58 PM
Somebody Says:
Unbelievable. SJP is so intolerant.
1:53 PM
Mimi Says:
On the picture with SJP he looks kinda like Shia labouf...just an ugly version cos Shia is H O T....lol he aint .
1:38 PM
Meee Says:
I love him but I totally think he is a gay his mannerisms scream gay man. It's always boggled my mind that he is straight.
1:36 PM
Anonymous Says:
i'm glad he got clean. we need to treat addicts with (sometimes stern) compassion and treatment, not jail. he's living proof.
1:36 PM
Anonymous Says:
I root for him too. He's very talented and an asset to the industry, and it's good to see men his age still achieving success without taking silly roles.
1:29 PM
Anonymous Says:
I want so much for him to stay clean and sober. God Bless.
12:54 PM
Anonymous Says:
He looks so wonderful on that cover of Parade. I'm so happy for him, and think it's just great that he found his way. Everyone deserves to.
