Carol McGiffin has admitted she 'doesn't even know' why she married ex-husband Chris Evans. She also declared that Chris Evans was very manipulative.
McGiffin and Chris Evans started working together in 1988 as co-hosts of the Chris Evans shows on GLR. They split after two years of marriage, but their divorce was finalized five years later.
I didn't want to be married to him anymore anyway, and I don't even know why we got married.
In 2019, Carol McGiffin said on Loose Women that she was 'swept along' during her romance with Chris Evans and convinced herself she couldn't live without him. In her memoir, Carol McGiffin wrote that while she didn't regret their marriage, it turned her into a 'crazy, dependent, idiotic human being'. She wrote that Chris Evans was like a Class A drug and she was well and truly addicted.
Carol McGiffin revealed that she and Chris Evans argued all the time about things she declared were pathetic. She accused Chris Evans of trying to make her jealous by staying out late, flirting with other girls, and hanging out with ex-girlfriends.
I didn't like him.
In 1991, Carol McGiffin had every intention of ending her relationship with Chris Evans for good but ended up engaged, a decision she said was against her better judgment. Carol McGiffin wrote that she felt like she'd been hit by a truck when Chris Evans announced their marriage was over on air.
Carol McGiffin said that anyone who thinks she married Chris Evans for his money is wrong because she had more money than him at the time.
Marrying Chris was a 'big mistake'.
In her memoir, Carol McGiffin said Chris Evans was exhausting to be around, they are no longer friends, and her memories of him are not very nice. Carol McGiffin said Chris Evans was nothing without her and she is glad it all went a bit wrong.
Chris Evans has not publicly responded to McGiffin's recent statements, and it remains unknown whether any legal or financial disputes persist between them. The specific incidents that led to their frequent arguments, such as potential explosive outbursts, have not been detailed. How McGiffin's career was affected by the marriage and divorce also remains unclear.
I was 'swept along' during my romance with Chris and 'convinced myself I couldn't live without him'.
He was very manipulative. Anyone who thinks I married him for his money, that's nonsense because I had more money than him at the time. He was nothing without me, nothing. I'm glad it all went a bit wrong. I persevered with it and I was determined to make it work.
While I didn't regret their marriage, it turned me into a 'crazy, dependent, idiotic human being bearing absolutely no resemblance to the person that I was when I met him'.
Chris was like a Class A drug, and I was well and truly addicted.
We argued all the time about things I declared were 'pathetic'.
He was trying to make me jealous by staying out late, flirting with other girls and hanging out with ex-girlfriends.
I had every intention of ending it for good – but ended up engaged, a decision I said was against my 'better judgment'.
I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. He'd just announced on air that our marriage was over without even having the decency to talk to me first.
Chris was exhausting to be around, we are no longer friends, and the memories I was left with of him were 'not very nice'.