Actress Scarlett Johansson isn’t harboring any negative feelings towards her ex-husband Ryan Reynolds, as she recounts their marriage during a recent interview on Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop podcast.
The MCU’s alums began dating in 2007 and were married in 2008 after a year of dating. Throughout their union, Johansson and Reynolds remained very private about their relationship until December 2010, when the duo announced they were going their separate ways. The divorce was finalized the following year. Since then, both have married other people and and started famlies.
Reynolds is married to actress Blake Lively. And Johansson was married to journalist Romain Dauriac from 2014 to 2017 before settling down with comedian and Saturday Night Live host Colin Jost. In Paltrow’s podcast last week, Johansson opened up about the lessons she’s learned throughout her marriages and how it prepared her for her current relationship with Jost. She said,
“I would never have probably been ready for a relationship like the one that I have with Colin at different times in my life, because I wasn’t comfortable setting my own boundaries. I didn’t know, not only what I wanted, but what I needed from somebody else.”
Further in the conversation, Johansson expressed that her past relationships helped her understand the “fundamental characteristic” that needs to be present in order for it to work. The Avengers star added,
“It’s hard to be in a relationship anyway because you have to compromise all the time and whatever and sometimes your lives separate and they come back together and blah blah blah. But I never realized, ‘Oh, it’s really important for me, I need to be with a compassionate person. That’s a fundamental characteristic that has to be there.'”
The topic quickly shifted after Paltrow incorrectly stated that Johansson was only married twice. The Black Widow star corrected Paltrow by saying she was married three times, and the actress immediately replied that she forgot that Johansson was married to Reynolds. Johansson claimed the reason why Paltrow and many people would not remember her marriage to Reynolds was because they were only together for a brief moment. The 38-year-old said while laughing,
“We weren’t married very long, but we were married when I first met you [Gwyneth Paltrow].”
Later, when Paltrow shared that her family enjoys Reynolds’ work, Johansson closed her statement by saying that the actor is “a good guy.” Although Johansson didn’t speak too much about her relationship and breakup with Reynolds in the podcast, the actress did, however, share some insight into what caused their demise in the past.
During a 2016 interview with Cosmopolitan, Johansson explained that being with Reynolds was difficult due to the pair’s similar careers and the limited time they spent together. The Marriage Story star explained,
“The logistics of being with another actor are challenging. There has to be a real understanding of how you share your time, especially when two people’s careers are going at the same rate. Or even if one person is more successful than the other, that also proves challenging. There may be a competitive thing. We spent so much time apart. It’s very difficult. It’s bad.”
Despite their listed issues, Johansan says she doesn’t regret marrying Reynolds. At this time, Reynolds hasn’t commented about Johansson’s recent remarks.