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Jerry O’Connell apologizes to Giuliana Rancic for being a “horrible guy” during their relationship on the July 19 episode of the series. Let’s talk behind the scenes with Kelly Ripa
“Let me take this moment to apologize to Giuliana Rancic. I’m not kidding when I say I’m a terrible guy,” he said.
O’Connell confirmed the breakup with Rancic via intercom and explained the reason for it.
Jerry O’Connell has apologized to ex-girlfriend Giuliana Rancic for being a “terrible guy.”
In the July 19 episode of SiriusXM Let’s talk behind the scenes with Kelly Ripa, O’Connell, 52, admitted he was a “terrible boyfriend” to Rancic, 51, whom he briefly dated in the early 2000s, and explained the story of their split over the intercom.
When host Kelly Ripa, 55, asked O’Connell about his relationship with Rancic, Stay with me The actor noted that although they “had a lot of fun together,” he was a “pretty terrible guy.”
In his 2016 memoirs. Failure ScenarioRancic claimed that O’Connell cheated on her and ended their relationship over an intercom. Ripa asked O’Connell if Rancic had “reviewed” the contents of her memoir regarding him, and O’Connell replied that he had not.
Jerry O’Connell and Giuliana Rancic at the 2003 Gracia Allen Awards Gala in New York
Photo: L. Busacca/WireImage
“Listen, Giuliana Rancic defends this memoir: I was a terrible guy,” he explained. “Raise your hand, I wasn’t a good guy.”
“Let me take this moment to apologize to Giuliana Rancic,” he said. “I’m not kidding that I was a terrible guy. I was the worst. I wasn’t the worst guy. I was just a bad guy. I just wasn’t the best guy.”
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In her memoir, Rancic wrote that O’Connell broke up with her via intercom, which he confirmed on the podcast.
“I broke up with her over the intercom because Giuliana Rancic came to my apartment and turned on my intercom,” he explained. “I didn’t expect Giuliana Rancic… (She) wanted to come into my apartment. Thank God, the bell, the gate, the security. I paid quite a significant fee to the landlord for these things.”
O’Connell continued: “I said, ‘I didn’t know you were coming.’ You can’t come here. You can’t come here without warning.” Mind you, no one had a key so the relationship wasn’t like that, but here’s why: I didn’t like someone coming to my apartment without an invitation, not even a text message or even a phone call… There was no warning. And I didn’t want anyone to come because I didn’t want any confrontation.”
Ripa then proceeded to read a line from Rancic’s memoir about what O’Connell told her during their breakup over the intercom: “No. Sorry, home girl. Things change, but you take care of yourself, okay?”
After Ripa asked him if he said that, O’Connell replied: “I don’t remember the exact wording, so I can’t deny that I said it. It doesn’t sound like something I would say. I mean, if I was writing a memoir, this would be a good quote,” he added. “I’ll applaud Giuliana for her colorful dialogue and all that.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Rancic for comment.
O’Connell recently celebrated 19 years of marriage to Rebecca Romijn on July 14th. They married in 2007 and have two children, 17-year-old twins Charlie and Dolly. Rancic married Bill Rancic, the first winner of the competition Studentin 2007. The Ranchiks have a child together, son Duke, 13 years old.
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