John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s Timeline: From Former Couple to Run-Ins with Jerry O’Connell

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John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn's Timeline: From Former Couple to Run-Ins with Jerry O'Connell

It’s hard to ever completely cut ties with an ex in Hollywood. While John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn split more than a decade ago, the former spouses – and her husband, Jerry O’Connell — have been asked about their current status for years. Stamos and Romijn, who wed in 1998 after nearly four years together, officially called it quits in 2004. The following year, they finalized their divorce. “We were together for 10 years — it was heartbreaking,” the Full House star told People in 2009. “In my book at this point, I would still be married and have three kids. So it was more about that plan being foiled than anything. I felt like a failure. It wasn’t as much about her as it was that the whole thing didn’t work.” Romijn went on to marry O’Connell in 2007. They welcomed twins Dolly and Charlie in 2008 — and the girls quickly became a fan of Stamos. “Full House is on a continual loop. Because they expressed, like, real feelings for the character of Uncle Jesse, I said, ‘You know girls, I gotta tell you something. This is gonna be crazy,’” O’Connell confessed on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in 2013, revealing he showed his daughters photos of Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky) at their mom’s “beautiful ceremony” to Stamos. “My kids really want to know why Mom isn’t still with him. [They say], ‘That was a mistake, Mom,’” he joked. During another appearance on WWHL years later, O’Connell revealed the Big Shot star, who married Caitlin McHugh in 2018, moved to the town where he and Romijn live. “I have not [seen him], but I make sure that my hair is perfect every day just in case I do,” the Stand By Me actor said in October 2021. “I am on the lookout. It would be super friendly if we did [see each other]. … I probably won’t run into him because I shop at sort of discount supermarkets in our area and there are some higher-end supermarkets that I’m sure [he goes to].” Stamos and McHugh, who welcomed son Billy in April 2018, still haven’t officially seen Romijn and O’Connell, but the X-Men star and her husband are keeping their eyes open. “I had the girls in the car. We were sitting in after-school traffic at a strip mall and I saw him: There he was, walking right in front of the car, cap pulled down, sunglasses on,” Romijn recalled on The Talk of spotting Stamos in 2022, noting she didn’t say anything to him. “I went, 'There he is girls!'" During the interview with O’Connell on The Talk, she added, “[There’s] a lot of things about him that I miss. But yeah, it's tricky. It's a very hard decision to come to when you decide to end a marriage. It was heartbreaking." Scroll through for a timeline of Stamos and Romijn's relationship:

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John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn's Timeline: From Former Couple to Run-Ins with Jerry O'Connell

It’s hard to ever completely cut ties with an ex in Hollywood. While John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn split more than a decade ago, the former spouses – and her husband, Jerry O’Connell — have been asked about their current status for years. Stamos and Romijn, who wed in 1998 after nearly four years together, officially called it quits in 2004. The following year, they finalized their divorce. “We were together for 10 years — it was heartbreaking,” the Full House star told People in 2009. “In my book at this point, I would still be married and have three kids. So it was more about that plan being foiled than anything. I felt like a failure. It wasn’t as much about her as it was that the whole thing didn’t work.” Romijn went on to marry O’Connell in 2007. They welcomed twins Dolly and Charlie in 2008 — and the girls quickly became a fan of Stamos. “Full House is on a continual loop. Because they expressed, like, real feelings for the character of Uncle Jesse, I said, ‘You know girls, I gotta tell you something. This is gonna be crazy,’” O’Connell confessed on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in 2013, revealing he showed his daughters photos of Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky) at their mom’s “beautiful ceremony” to Stamos. “My kids really want to know why Mom isn’t still with him. [They say], ‘That was a mistake, Mom,’” he joked. During another appearance on WWHL years later, O’Connell revealed the Big Shot star, who married Caitlin McHugh in 2018, moved to the town where he and Romijn live. “I have not [seen him], but I make sure that my hair is perfect every day just in case I do,” the Stand By Me actor said in October 2021. “I am on the lookout. It would be super friendly if we did [see each other]. … I probably won’t run into him because I shop at sort of discount supermarkets in our area and there are some higher-end supermarkets that I’m sure [he goes to].” Stamos and McHugh, who welcomed son Billy in April 2018, still haven’t officially seen Romijn and O’Connell, but the X-Men star and her husband are keeping their eyes open. “I had the girls in the car. We were sitting in after-school traffic at a strip mall and I saw him: There he was, walking right in front of the car, cap pulled down, sunglasses on,” Romijn recalled on The Talk of spotting Stamos in 2022, noting she didn’t say anything to him. “I went, 'There he is girls!'" During the interview with O’Connell on The Talk, she added, “[There’s] a lot of things about him that I miss. But yeah, it's tricky. It's a very hard decision to come to when you decide to end a marriage. It was heartbreaking." Scroll through for a timeline of Stamos and Romijn's relationship:

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1994

The twosome met backstage at a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

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1997

Stamos popped the question on Christmas Eve.

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1998

The duo exchanged vows on September 19, 1998.

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2003

Stamos supported Romijn at the premiere of X-Men 2, but he later revealed they had secretly split before the movie hit theaters.

“We went to that together, but we had already been split up for like 6 months,” he said on Howard Stern in 2006. “I just couldn’t say anything.”

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2004

The spouses announced their separation in 2004 and Stamos filed for divorce months later. A rep for the pair denied that cheating played a role in the split at the time.

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2005

A judge signed off on their divorce paperwork, which cited irreconcilable differences, in 2005.

"Going through a divorce is awful," Romijn admitted on The Talk in 2022. "It's terrible. I was with him for 10 years. Divorce feels like a failure, and there were a lot of things that I had to let go of that were very sad."

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2007

Romijn married O’Connell on July 14, 2007. During an appearance on The Talk years later, the couple reflected on a pal of the actress encouraging the actor to ask her out — while she was on a date with someone else.

"My friend said, ‘Get her number.' And you said, ‘She's on a date,’” Romijn recalled. “And she said, 'I hate that guy. Get her number.'"

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2009

Five years after they called it quits, Stamos gave a rare revealing interview about the divorce.

“Everybody thought that she dumped me [because] her career was on fire and mine wasn’t,” he told People in 2009. “But that wasn’t the case. We just both woke up one day and it had run its course.”

When asked about rumors his partying was part of the split, he added, “I don’t think it contributed to it. I was lost there for a while. I think I needed to be on my own to be me again.”

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2013

“I have no idea what is going on with him these days,” Romijn told Us about her current status with Stamos in November 2013. That same year, she revealed to Redbook magazine that people still call her “Rebecca Romijn-Stamos” all the time.

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2018

Stamos married McHugh in February 2018. She gave birth to son Billy later that year.

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2021

Justin Long got involved in the fun when he had Stamos on his “Life Is Short” podcast, telling the Fuller House star that he loves “teasing [O’Connell] about how handsome you are."

After Stamos laughed, he noted, “Well, we sort of moved near them, but I haven't seen or talk to [Rebecca]. But [Jerry] is funny about [it]. I've seen some stuff — he said his kids watched Full House and said I was their dad or something. But he's a funny guy — that's a guy who works hard. I'm happy for them. That's it. Just letting go, and — 'God bless you guys, good for you. I'm here, you're there.' But it took me a long time to get to any of that."

Long later called O’Connell to fill him in.

"He seems like a great guy,” O’Connell said on the show after the interview with Stamos. "He recently moved really close to my family and I. So my kids have a joke when we're driving — my kids are always like 'There he is, there he is' — my kids are dying to meet him. My kids are infatuated with him because of the Full House thing … They're in love [with] him, everyone is."

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2022

After O’Connell joked about how he prepares to run into Stamos in their neighborhood during a 2021 WWHL appearance, Romijn revealed she saw her ex from afar.

“I finally saw him just a few weeks ago [for] the first time since we split up,” she said on The Talk. “I had the girls in the car. We were sitting in after-school traffic at a strip mall and I saw him: There he was, walking right in front of the car, cap pulled down, sunglasses on. … I was with him for 10 years. I would recognize that gait from a block away. I recognize the way his body moves. I know that walk [and] I’m familiar with his body.”

In the end, she didn’t approach, joking, “Is that too much to ask [for a blowout before a reunion]. I certainly wouldn’t want you there: that would be his worst nightmare."