Who says exes can’t nonetheless be associates?
Billy Crudup and Claire Danes had a pleasant reunion greater than 20 years after their notorious 2003 dishonest scandal involving a then-pregnant Mary-Louise Parker.
The 2 had been noticed smiling and sharing a hug at New York College’s Tisch College of the Arts Gala Monday evening, per a video shared by Folks.
The clip confirmed Danes, 45, getting up from her desk to embrace Crudup, 56, and briefly chat after he came visiting to say hiya.
Each stars appeared to have attended the occasion with out their respective spouses, Hugh Dancy and Naomi Watts.
Crudup and Danes met whereas engaged on the 2003 movie “Stage Magnificence” when the actor was in a relationship with Parker.
He left the “Weeds” actress, who was 7 months pregnant on the time, to pursue a romance with Danes. Parker gave start to their son, William Atticus Parker, now 21, in January 2004.
Whereas Crudup and Danes initially tried to cover their relationship, they ultimately moved in collectively and dated till 2007.
Danes mirrored on her relationship with Crudup in an interview with Howard Stern in 2015, calling the expertise a “scary factor.”
“That was actually onerous. I didn’t know tips on how to not try this,” the “Homeland” star defined.
“I used to be simply in love with him and wanted to discover that and I used to be 24. I didn’t fairly know what these penalties can be. However it’s OK. I went by it.”
She added, “We’re pleasant — we’re associates.”
Danes married Dancy in 2009 and so they share one son collectively.
In the meantime, Crudup tied the knot with Watts in a non-public ceremony in 2023.
They held a second wedding ceremony with household and associates in Mexico Metropolis in June 2024.
