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John Stamos Says First Divorce ‘Broke My Heart’

He frames the 2005 split as a long recovery that preceded his sobriety, later marriage to Caitlin McHugh, and becoming a father.

Overview

  • Stamos told Bobbi Althoff on the June 10 episode of the Really Good Podcast that his first divorce “broke my heart” and that Rebecca Romijn wanted the split.
  • He described a recent in-person encounter with Romijn’s husband Jerry O’Connell as pleasant, calling O’Connell “very sweet” and “very, very funny and very charming.”
  • Stamos and Romijn met at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in 1994, married in 1998, and divorced in 2005, a timeline he referenced to explain why the breakup stayed with him.
  • He later reconnected with Caitlin McHugh, proposed at Disneyland in 2017, married her in February 2018, and they share a son, William “Billy” Christopher Stamos.
  • Stamos has previously credited quitting drinking about ten years ago with improving his life and relationships, and current coverage mainly republishes his firsthand reflections rather than reporting new facts.