Shailene Woodley; Aaron Rodgers.Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty; Christopher Polk/Getty
TheDivergentactress toldOutsidemagazinein an interview published Tuesday, Dec. 3, that “I haven’t shared much about my relationship with Aaron because it always makes me cry."
Woodley, 33, added, “It was not right. But it was beautiful.”
In February 2022, PEOPLE confirmed that Woodley and the NFL quarterback, 41, called off their engagement just over a year after making their relationship public. The on-offcouple then broke up again that April.
Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers in 2021.Matt Stroshane
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“I felt like I lost my soul, my self, my happiness, my joy. I really understood depression and anxiety and, like, complete soul detachment,” said theBig Little Liesstar, adding that she stayed in a “toxic situation” at the time because “empathy kind of kept me in this loop of feeling everything for everyone.”
Her best friend, the stylist Kris Zero, helped her through that “lowest low of my life,” she recalled.
Woodley, who is making her Broadway debut in the new playCult of Love, was named the magazine’s Outsider of the Year, highlighting her activism for the environment, including being on the board of the nonprofit Conservation International and working on the PBS docu-seriesHope in the Water.
In a February 2022 Instagram tribute shortly after news of their breakup,Rodgers thanked Woodley for “letting me catch up to you and be a part of your life.”
Shailene Woodley on June 6, 2024.Corine Solberg/Getty
Corine Solberg/Getty
He added at the time, “Thanks for always having my back, for the incredible kindness you show me and everyone you meet, and for showing me what unconditional love looks like. I love you and am grateful for you.”
In a previous interview, Woodley explained how she was going through the difficult period of her life while filming her latest drama seriesThree Women, now streaming on Starz.
“It was hard to film because I was going through the darkest, hardest time in my life; it was winter in New York, and my personal life was s—, so it felt like a big pain bubble for eight months,” she toldNet-a-Porter’s digital titlePORTERin January 2023. “I was so grateful that at least I could go to work and cry and process my emotions through my character.”
source: people.com
