Mike Caussin could nonetheless be on the outs with Jana Kramer, however not less than she’s patched issues up together with her different ex-husband.
Yep, the actress sat down with Johnathon Schaech — to whom she was solely married for 12 days — and healed their relationship, once more. You see, whereas their marriage ended on unhealthy phrases again in 2010, they’d really put aside their variations and have become shut pals (alongside their companions Mike and Julie Solomon) years later. However the friendship fractured when Johnathon tagged her in one in every of their marriage ceremony pictures on Twitter.
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On Monday’s episode of her podcast Whine Down, the One Tree Hill alum spoke together with her ex concerning the ups and downs of their relationship. Reminiscing about their first assembly in 2008, she mentioned:
“Johnathon was the killer in Promenade Night time. Spoiler alert, if you happen to haven’t seen it. And I simply keep in mind going like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s the new man from That Factor You Do!“
She went on:
“We met on that film, however you had been simply sort of getting out of a earlier marriage, so I used to be very a lot, like, eager to chase you. And also you’re, like, ‘I’m by no means getting married.’ And I’m similar to, ‘Oh, no, however select me, like, love me.’”
The actor, who on the time was contemporary off a divorce from Christina Applegate (and can also be 12 years Jana’s senior), agreed:
“You’ll stand exterior my door and simply continuously knock on the door. [I was] like, ‘Guys, this lady’s loopy. … I really feel so unhealthy for her. She’s so beautiful and great and she or he doesn’t know that about herself.’”
Jana ultimately wore Johnathon down, however his ex-wife loomed giant of their relationship. Whereas the 38-year-old claimed he known as her “Christina each two days” over the course of the romance, he admitted:
“A couple of times once we had been preventing, I might need received upset and mentioned Christina. I used to be making an attempt to fill that void of my damaged coronary heart that I had. So I’d by accident name you by that title once we actually would get indignant at each other. And also you’d be like, ‘See!’ … That was the one factor that I actually needed to inform you — I attempted to make you one thing that you simply weren’t. I wasn’t healed. I hadn’t taken time to heal myself from that damaged coronary heart. And I simply needed you to shine and never me to shine on the similar time. And I used to be so pleased that I used to be capable of do one thing with you that introduced all these qualities that you simply had. However I forgot about me and that’s not truthful to you.”
Reflecting on his four-year marriage to the Lifeless to Me star, he mentioned:
“After my first marriage, I simply by no means healed. I used to be presupposed to be OK. I by no means healed and trauma’s a time traveler. … So once we don’t tackle it, it comes and will get us in the long run. And so my marriage was related to my profession, the whole lot about my work. It was, you already know, Christina is an actress. We had been within the limelight. I liked her a lot. I nonetheless love her a lot. I don’t assume Julie will ever be offended that I’d ever say that. I liked her and I liked you. … However I simply by no means I’d by no means healed from Christina and I lastly was beginning to notice how damaged my coronary heart was.”
Over the course of rebound with Jana, the pair “broke up a gazillion occasions,” however ultimately walked down the aisle after two years of courting. The nation singer dismissed the event as a “social gathering,” however Johnathon countered:
“Jana, you’re an unbelievable human being. I needed that to be a part of my life. I assumed that you’d heal me and make my life higher. And I assumed I needed to marry you to get that. So it wasn’t only a social gathering to me. It was a lot deeper for me. However, you already know, I feel that we weren’t prepared. … I needed the most effective in our marriage, I actually needed to make it work.”
He wasn’t the one one who wanted therapeutic, although, Jana claimed:
“We had been two very unhealed souls who got here collectively. I used to be making an attempt to fill a void — and there was no manner you possibly can’ve ever crammed my want for love.”
She admitted she would have been a “catastrophe” as a spouse on the time, including:
“I undoubtedly really feel unhealthy about anyone that I harm alongside the best way, together with you and your loved ones.”
After assembly Mike, Jana tried to achieve out and mend fences — one thing Johnathon wasn’t prepared for. However after the information broke about Mike’s infidelity (the primary time) in 2016, he despatched his ex an electronic mail, she remembered:
“You mentioned, ‘I heard you bought Dancing with the Stars, I’m actually sorry about your husband dishonest on you. I do know you will have an attractive child, and if you happen to want something, I’m right here for you and my spouse.’ And I simply keep in mind being so grateful in that second. As a result of I used to be going to L.A. with my 4-month-old daughter, my ex was in rehab. … And so he’s like, ‘In case you want any child stuff,’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t understand how lengthy I’m gonna be on Dancing With the Stars, [but] I’d love a crib, so Jolie doesn’t must be in a pack and play.’ … So my tour supervisor received involved together with his spouse, Julie, and [I] just about haven’t left Julie’s facet since then. She’s the best chick in America. She’s a lot enjoyable. And also you guys turned household.”
After that, their spouses and kids turned shut, as the 2 exes supported one another by way of auditions and well being scares. The {couples} even moved to Nashville across the similar time. However sadly, the goodwill was undone in 2021 when Johnathon tweeted:
“I needed to clarify this photograph to my son at this time. I informed him I’ve been married 3 times. However I received it proper once I married his mom. @kramergirl and I lasted per week. We weren’t meant however for this photograph and friendship.”
In the course of the podcast, the Legends of Tomorrow alum revealed he “places all my ideas and my emotions” on Twitter, explaining:
“I didn’t assume something would ever come of it. I assumed that, perhaps, sooner or later you and I’d even have a dialog about what that was all about. I included you as a result of it’s not, like, every single day you see that and have that have. [It’s] one thing we’re actually going to have to speak to our youngsters about. Not solely you, however I’ll have to speak to Camden and Lily about Christina.”
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Reflecting on the dialog after Johnathon signed off, Jana mentioned:
“I feel there was harm in that, like, you already know, his mother and father had been there and his grandparents. And so I feel it was a lot past the pettiness of the Twitter and the entire, ‘Effectively, I didn’t like that he posted our marriage ceremony photograph, and why would he do this?’ It was nonetheless the harm of the, like, the best way again previous. … He’s received his household and pals right here and we’ll by no means be that unit — I don’t assume — that we had been in L.A. as a result of we didn’t have [anyone else]. We simply had one another, all of us. However not less than now … I can go to their home and it’s not, like, going to be any sort of awkward scenario. I respect him, I respect his, you already know, I really like his household. I really like his coronary heart and what he does and I’m glad that the air I really feel, like, [is] cleared.”
Wow! Uncommon to have such an open and trustworthy convo between exes, significantly in such a public discussion board. We’re glad these two have settled their variations as soon as once more!
[Image via Jana Kramer/Instagram & Fayes Vision/WENN]
