Are Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart still together? Estranged wife shares rare insight in heartfelt essay

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American actress Rebecca Gayheart, known for her role in Invasion, recently shared updates about her estranged husband’s health. The actress covered several details about her relationship with Eric Dane and his battle with ALS in a new essay for The Cut, published on Monday.

Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane are not together anymore. The actress filed for divorce from Eric in 2018; she requested that the filing be dismissed this year. While the couple might not be officially separated, Rebecca has stressed in a number of interviews that their marriage has ended. She wrote in the new The Cut essay:

“Eric and I have known each other for a million years now. I care about him deeply. We had a really lovely marriage for a long time, we were married for 15 years, we created two beautiful girls.”

The 54-year-old continued:

“Lots of sh*t went crazy in our relationship, and it wasn’t good. We separated, but we never got a divorce; we were about to, and then we didn’t. We haven’t lived in the same home for eight years; he’s dated other people, I’ve dated someone.”

Adding:

“It’s a very complicated relationship, one that’s confusing for people. Our love may not be romantic, but it’s a familial love.”

Rebecca Gayheart shares updates on Eric Dane’s ALS battle

Earlier this year, Eric Dane announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, popularly known as ALS. In a recent The Cult essay, Rebecca Gayheart recalled her reaction when Dane broke the news to her.

“When he told me that day, he just started weeping, as did I. It didn’t feel real because he was still okay.”

She continued:

“I was here at home with my youngest daughter — my home, that I share with just the girls, since Eric and I separated in September 2017 — and I’d gone into my closet to take the call, trying to be private. She was saying, 'Mommy, what’s wrong? What’s wrong?' I tried telling her, 'Honey, nothing. Everything’s fine,' because I couldn’t process it.

Adding:

“I didn’t know all the details like I do now, but I knew enough about ALS to know that there wasn’t a cure.”

Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane share two children. In the essay, the actress revealed that she was going to try to do right by her estranged husband cause she was certain he would do the same for her.

“Eric knows that I am always going to want the best for him. That I’m going to do my best to do right by him. And I know he would do the same for me.”

She added:

“So whatever I can do or however I can show up to make this journey better for him or easier for him, I want to do that. And I want to model that for my girls: That’s what you do. That’s the right thing to do.”

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Edited by Onuh Eunice