Talk about a meeting for books!
Billy Crudup and his ex, Claire Danish, met for the Gala of the Tisch School of Arts of the University of New York on Monday, more than 20 years after allegedly left his 7-month pregnant girlfriend, Mary-Louise Parker, to follow a rat.
Both married stars arrived separately, but they were seen hugging and giving themselves a cordial greeting inside the event.
His friendly interaction was captured in video by people.
In the clip, Crudup, 56, is seen approaching the Danes, 45, at the table from behind. She immediately throws through her napkin and jumps to hug him, locking her ex in a warm hug.
The two talked a little before possible Crudup returned to their seat at a different table. While his meeting looked like a letter based on the captured footage, each one seemed tickling to catch up with the other and huge smiles in their faces duration of the conversation.
The Danes were surprised at the event, with a silk dress, Emerald Green to the floor. She matched the sophisticated appearance with a black blazer, socks and heels.
The “almost famous” actor wore a navy blue suit with a white button without a tie.
Crudup and Danes, while filming “Beauty” in 2003. At that time, he was dating the actress of “weeds” Mary Louise Parker.
The 60 -year -old star and Parker began to leave in 1996, and he moved away from his relationship in 2003 while she was pregnant with her son and put light in approximately two months. Parker welcomed his son, William, in January 2004. He is now 21 years old.
Months after his rupture, he saw Crudup becoming cozy with the Danes; However, their representatives said they were only friends.
But for the summer of 2004, the stars no longer hid their romance, and any of them moved to a loft soho together.
Crudup and the Danes finished their prohibited romance in 2007.
She talked about her union to Howard Stern in 2015.
“I was simply in love with him and needed to explore that and was 24 years old. He didn’t know what those consequences could be,” the Danes shared his relationship with Crudup. “It’s fine. I supe” it. “
He also said that the negative attention that surrounded them was “something scary. It was really difficult. I knew how to do that,” adding: “It’s fine. I checked it. We are friendly, we are friends.”
Parker, who was silent on the scandal for a decade, hinted at the dark time in the memoirs of Hon 2015, “Dear Mr. You”.
“Now I realize that the one who was walking was part of my life, a piece of a bigger story that is mostly beautiful,” he wrote at that time.
Crudup and the Danes have made their past since their separation.
He married actress Naomi Watts in 2023. He married Hugh Dancy in 2009, and have three children: Sons Cyrus, 12, Rowan, 7, and a daughter, born in 2023.
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