Mandy Moore feels like a 'different' person after ending her first marriage
Mandy Moore knows that she has grown a lot since she and her ex-husband Ryan Adams stopped it.
“It's so weird because I think back on that chapter and it almost feels like it was happening to someone else because I'm in such a different place in my life,” Moore, 39, said on Monday, February 6. , episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson“S”Dinner is for mepodcast. “I'm married with kids and it's almost like, how did I ever do that? How did I ever get to that place where I let myself be treated like that? [and] that I saw myself that way?”
The singer explained that when she was younger, she made sure others around her felt “as comfortable as possible,” but ended up “belittling” herself in the process. While Moore continued her people-pleasing tendencies in her first marriage, the relationship became “very unhealthy” for her. As Moore grew older and wiser, she dropped those habits.
“That's a completely different person [that] I don't recognize it, I have no relationship with it [her] not at all,” she thought. “I can't even put myself in those shoes anymore, it's strange.”
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have endured their fair share of ups and downs during their nearly six years of marriage, but the drama wasn't over when their relationship ended. The former couple remained relatively private about their personal lives after their 2009 wedding. The occasional sound bite or social media post found its way into the […]
Adams, now 49, and Moore tied the knot in 2009 after dating for almost a year. The actress confessed on Monday that she was “very young” when she finally decided to get married at the age of 24 and that her parents' decision to divorce influenced her desire to settle down.
“I was so heartbroken [over my parents] and I think I was in a relationship with someone where I thought, 'Oh, I can do that, I can have a family with this person for this person.'” she explained. “And it was clearly not the right situation in any way.”
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams.
Kevin Mazur/WireImageMoore said she believed with all her heart that this was an “appropriate time” for her to begin a “quiet chapter” in her life. For Moore, however, the relationship left her feeling “really hollow” and “empty.”
In January 2015, Moore filed for divorce from Adams after six years of marriage. The couple finalized their split the following year. Moore's first marriage wasn't the best time in her life, but she appreciates how it changed her and how it led her to finally find The One, her current husband. Taylor Goldsmith.
Mandy Moore dated several high-profile stars before marrying Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith in 2018. The This Is Us star started dating Wilmer Valderrama in 2000 when she was just 16 years old. After dating several stars, including Zach Braff, Moore married musician Ryan Adams in 2009. The duo announced their separation in January 2015. […]
“I am so grateful for this experience,” she said Monday. “I am grateful for everything it has taught me and what it has brought me and ultimately led me to find this wonderful partner.”
Goldsmith, 38, and Moore married in 2018. The couple shares sons Gus and Ozzie, whom they welcomed in 2021 and 2023, respectively.