Christopher McDonald Says Fiancée Geena Davis Left Him for Jeff Goldblum Weeks After Engagement
McDonald said the engagement lasted about five weeks before Davis fell for Jeff Goldblum, and he later called their reunion in Thelma & Louise cathartic.
- On Saturday, actor Christopher McDonald recalled his mid-1980s engagement to actress Geena Davis ending after she fell in love with actor Jeff Goldblum on the set of Transylvania 6-5000.
- During a SAG-AFTRA Foundation retrospective, McDonald, 71, shared that he was "really, really devastated" after learning Davis ended their five-week engagement while filming in Europe.
- Professional reconciliation followed in 1991 when McDonald and Davis played husband and wife in Thelma & Louise, a "cathartic" experience after director Ridley Scott cast McDonald in the role.
- In her 2022 memoir Dying of Politeness, Davis wrote that McDonald "didn't deserve that at all" and expressed gratitude for his forgiveness.
- Following their separation, both actors moved on: McDonald married actress Lupe Gidley in 1992, while Davis and Goldblum married in 1987 before divorcing three years later.
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Geena Davis’s Ex-Fiancé Says He Was “Devastated” After She Left Him for Jeff Goldblum
Davis, 70, has been married four times.Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis in 1989.Credit: Getty ImagesThe GistChristopher McDonald said that his ex-fiancée Geena Davis left him “broken” after she ended their engagement to be with Jeff Goldblum.“I don’t blame him,” McDonald said during a recent appearance. “She’s stunningly beautiful and everything like that, but you know, what happens on sets—things sometimes happen.”Goldblum and Davis were married f…
The 71-year-old actor said playing the actress's husband in Thelma & Louise was uncomfortable after the abrupt break-up decades before
Christopher McDonald was ‘Broken’ when Geena Davis Ended Their Engagement
KAT / MEGA Christopher McDonald is looking back on the heartbreak he experienced when Geena Davis ended their engagement in the mid-1980s. Broken Engagement Christopher McDonald ('Hacks') joined us for a Career Retrospective spanning four decades, from 'Thelma & Louise' and Shooter McGavin in 'Happy Gilmore' to his Emmy-nominated role on 'Hacks.'Moderated by @MovieMantz. Coming soon to YT: https://t.co/OprUIPCn6K pic.twitter.com/u90TuEJ6Mm— SAG…
The actress, who has been married four times, met her second husband, Jeff Goldblum, when she had a relationship with another famous performer, Christopher McDonald, who recently confessed that her infidelity left her “broken”
Christopher McDonald recalls when Geena Davis left him for Jeff Goldblum: ‘I don’t blame him, she’s stunningly beautiful…’
In a heartfelt conversation, actor Christopher McDonald reminisced about his engagement to actress Geena Davis and the heartache that followed their split. Davis found love with Jeff Goldblum while filming overseas, leaving McDonald in emotional turmoil. Fortunately, time has healed their wounds, allowing them to reconnect on the set of Thelma & Louise. McDonald has embraced family life, having married twice and welcoming children from each unio…
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