Shailene Woodley was going through the worst time of her life amid her tumultuous split from Aaron Rodgers last year.
“It was hard to film because I was going through the darkest and most difficult time of my life,” Woodley, who was filming her show “Three Women” at the time of their split, told Net-A-Porter in an interview published on Monday. .
She added: “It was winter in New York, and my personal life was shitty, so it was like a big bubble of pain for eight months.”
But the actress, 31, said she was able to channel her grief into her role in Showtime’s adaptation of Lisa Taddeo’s 2019 book, which follows a writer who travels across the country to report on life. sex of three women.
“I was so grateful to be able to at least go to work and cry and process my emotions through my character,” she said.
Woodley added that she changed the way she manages her mental health for the better, especially after learning the importance of being in the moment while on a trip to Europe last summer.
“The way I take care of myself now is very different from what I used to do,” she said.
Woodley and Rodgers, 39, revealed they got engaged in 2021 after they started dating in 2020.
But rumors began circulating last February that they had called off their engagement after nearly two years together when she was seen without her engagement ring.
Despite breakup talks, they appeared to be trying again and were spotted on several outings together, including a grocery run and dates with each other at a wedding last March.
They seemed to be giving things a second chance after their breakup.
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They seemed to be giving things a second chance after their breakup.
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In the end, the ‘Big Little Lies’ star and athlete couldn’t resolve their differences and Woodley decided she was “over.”
“Shailene tried to take a chance and was hanging out with Aaron,” an insider told E! News in April 2022. “But she soon saw that everything was on her terms and nothing was going to change.”
That month, Woodley alluded to the grief of their relationship when she posted a quote about grief.
Meanwhile, the Green Bay Packers star appeared to be working on their breakup by getting his very first arm tattooed last July. His ink involved astrological symbols, a pair of lions, an ocean view, and an eye.
Rodgers and Woodley may have initially bonded over their love of astrology and even shared the same astrologer.
Unfortunately, it seems the stars haven’t aligned for the exes, and they’re both apparently trying to move on.
While Woodley has managed to keep his past relationships out of the spotlight, Rodgers has already dated several famous women, including Jessica Szohr, Olivia Munn, Kelly Rohrbach and Danica Patrick.
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