“There was a lot of pain and arguments”: FRIENDS Star Courteney Cox’s Ex-husband Was Insecure of Her Success
Who can forget when Courteney Cox got married to David Arquette and the entire FRIENDS cast had Arquette added to their last name during the intro song? Well, that marriage lasted for fourteen years before they called it quits. The Scream star recently opened up about the issues he faced during the course of that marriage, and a lot of it was to do with him not being able to come to terms with his wife’s meteoric success and popularity.
David Arquette felt “inferior to” ex-wife Courteney Cox’s meteoric success
David Arquette recently made an appearance on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live where he spilled the beans on his marriage with Courteney Cox and what were the things that caused marital problems in general. The Never Been Kissed actor was asked if he ever felt “inferior to” or “less than” the FRIENDS star when she was one of the most famous actors in the industry – Monica Geller being a globally recognized character. The 51-year-old replied how it did hurt his masculine ego to a certain level,
“Yeah, absolutely. It’s difficult… I have some of the traditional male things where I want to like, you know, provide and pick up the check and, you know, be the breadwinner.”
He further articulated what he felt as an actor in addition to what he felt as a spouse,
“In the acting world, in general, you’re always going on this roller coaster of popularity and not able to get a job. So it’s like this weird thing. And then, when you’re comparing yourself to someone who’s at the top of the television iconic world, it’s kind of hard to put yourself there. So there was definitely like learning and dealing with that, and a lot of pain and, you know, arguments or, you know, ego, early on.”
Arquette and Cox tied the knot in 1999 and split 14 years later in 2013.
David Arquette believes people should “try to work out” their relationships
The Eight Legged Freaks actor then shared how he and the Shining Vale actress found their way around the situation. He explained,
“A lot of it has to do with the way you’re taking things, the way you’re saying things, the way you’re responding to things, the way you’re allowing other, sort of, outside influences affect how you feel about yourself. I think building confidence or just focusing on yourself, like working out some of the pain and trauma that I had so that I could open up and own sort of what makes me happy, what my needs are, where my boundaries are.”
He then described his bond with the Cougar Town actor when they parted ways,
“But we had a really great thing at the end. I just think a lot of people end up when relationships end and lawyers get involved, they really sort of battle a lot of the time and they end up really fighting and spending a lot of money to lawyers where they should be sort of splitting with each other.”
Finally, he urged people to not give up on relationships as he said,
“I just encourage people to truly try to work it out.”
A hint of regret might be suspected in the statement, not that it matters anymore. Anyways, Cox and Arquette managed to keep a respectable bond even after they ended things. Although, co-parenting their daughter Coco might have been a reason for that.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
