In case you didn’t know, tv persona Carson Daly as soon as dated actor Jennifer Love Hewitt. The 2 appeared excellent collectively as they had been the epitome of cool within the late Nineteen Nineties. Nonetheless, after a 12 months of relationship, Hewitt broke up with Daly — and the way in which she went about it was fairly savage.
Carson Daly and Jennifer Love Hewitt had been the perfect ’90s couple
The 12 months was 1998: Hewitt was on the top of her fame, having simply starred within the movie Can’t Hardly Wait whereas Daly was holding teenagers entertained each afternoon because the host of the hit sequence, Complete Request Stay (higher referred to as TRL).
Each celebrities had been extraordinarily fashionable at the moment, so when it was revealed they had been relationship, many couldn’t assist however swoon over their relationship.
Hewitt and Daly began relationship in 1997 and had been usually noticed collectively within the public eye.
Not solely did they attend the premiere of Hewitt’s 1997 movie, I Know What You Did Final Summer time, however additionally they walked the 1998 Video Music Awards purple carpet collectively whereas giving off final ’90s vibes.
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From an outdoor perspective, it appeared Daly and Hewitt had been smitten with one another. Nonetheless, like many superstar romances, the pair’s relationship crashed and burned after a 12 months (however not earlier than Carson received a tattoo of Hewitt’s title on his leg).
Carson Daly discovered Jennifer Love Hewitt had dumped him through a radio present
Two years after their 1998 break up, Daly opened up about his breakup from Hewitt whereas sitting down Folks.
In line with the tv host, he discovered that the actor had dumped him through Howard Stern’s radio present.
“I woke as much as Howard Stern telling me my relationship with [Jennifer] was over,” he advised the outlet, per E! News, in 2000. “Then I heard Steve Kmetko on E! say, ‘Simply off the Related Press: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Carson Daly have formally damaged up.’”
As one can anticipate, Daly wasn’t too joyful about the way in which the actor went about their breakup, and even known as her out on it throughout the interview.
“If we had been going to interrupt up formally like this, perhaps we might have simply talked about it,” he mentioned. “I don’t see why you needed to inform your publicist. And now I’ve been publicly humiliated.”
Even with that, Carson Daly and Jennifer Love Hewitt nonetheless shaped an enduring friendship
Although Hewitt blindsided Daly when she broke up with him, he formally buried the hatchet together with her throughout a 2005 interview on his speak present Final Name With Carson Daly.
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“It ended just a little bizarre, I received to be sincere,” he mentioned. “It doesn’t matter … I really like you.”
Since then, the pair have remained shut and are nonetheless tight at present. In 2013, Daly congratulated Hewitt on her pregnancy and engagement to now-husband Brian Hallisay.
5 years later, the 911 actor shared a throwback photo of her and The Voice host on the 1998 VMAs.
So though Hewitt and Daly’ relationship didn’t finish in the easiest way, at the least they didn’t let that dangerous blood cease them from forming a friendship in subsequent years.
