John Mellencamp Admits He Was a "S--tty Boyfriend" to Meg Ryan

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From singing "Jack & Diane" to spilling connected John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan.

The singer-songwriter precocious revealed wherever helium stands with the Sleepless successful Seattle histrion pursuing the end of their decade-long relationship in 2019.

"I emotion Meg Ryan," Mellencamp told Esquire successful an interrogation published June 13. "I went with her for 10 years. She doesn't emotion maine truthful much. She's a large girl. I'm conscionable a s--tty boyfriend." 

Looking backmost astatine their clip together, helium besides shared a representation from the aboriginal days of their romance. 

"Meg Ryan had just travel retired of her shell; I had conscionable travel retired of my shell," the instrumentalist recalled. "We started dating. And we decided to bash things connected our ain alternatively of having radical bash worldly for us. We were truthful f--king lost. We didn't cognize however to bash anything. I've ne'er checked retired of a edifice by myself."

Mellencamp past remembered 1 peculiarly comic infinitesimal erstwhile they tried to bargain immoderate groceries.

"Her and I went to a market store, and they wanted our recognition card, and we looked astatine each different and said, 'Here it is,' and they said, 'No, you've got to enactment it successful this thing,' and we went, 'Then what happens?'" helium continued. "We laughed astatine however anserine we are, truthful hard we cried. I deliberation she's learned however to bash everything, and I've learned however to bash nothing."

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Mellencamp, 71, and Ryan, 61, initially dated for 3 years earlier they broke up successful 2014, with him suggesting long-distance took a toll connected their relationship.

"She was conscionable an angel sent to maine astatine the close time," helium said connected SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show aboriginal that year. "We tried to person a narration for 3 years agelong distance. We'll spot what happens."

While the "Hurts So Good" creator and the You've Got Mail prima concisely sparked reconciliation rumors aft they were spotted unneurotic post-split, helium went connected to date Christie Brinkley from 2015 to 2016

And portion Ryan and Mellencamp whitethorn person experienced immoderate ups and downs implicit the years—with him telling Howard Stern successful 2017 that she "hates maine to death"—they aboriginal got backmost together, with her confirming their engagement connected Instagram successful 2019. However, they parted ways again aboriginal that year.

Still, the rocker has plentifulness of emotion successful his beingness from family.

"Daughters emotion their dad. They telephone maine each day. The boys are different," Mellencamp—who has 5 children, including The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp—told Esquire, aboriginal adding, "I don't know how galore grandkids I have. A lot."

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