Rolling Stone ran an interesting article on the many relationships of Michael Reese Meyers over the weekend. There is no interview with him but they do a really good rundown of all the females in his lives and the impact they feel those women made on him. Pretty good read, check it out HERE or continue below:
"At only 27 years old, Hollywood actor Michael Reese Meyers is probably just as known for his love of sex and women and numerous female conquests as he for his stellar chameleon-like film performances and two Academy Award nominations. Already on track to surpass legendary tinseltown ladies men such as Warren Beaty, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford for sheer quantity, we here at Rolling Stone have decided to take the time to document the many women thus far who have shaped the life of Hollywood's most controversial young actor up to this point." FYI: We leave out his Best Tears co-star Shanade McCarthy since both have admitted that relationship was mainly written for the show.
Woman #1: Kristen Bell
When They Dated: 2002-2005
How They Met: On the set of Canadian TV series 'Higher Ground'
Impact: She was his first girlfriend and according to him, 'the only girl to ever love him'. To date this is the longest relationship he has had with one woman, three years. The two ended up becoming engaged in the Fall of 2004 but ended their engagement and relationship in June 2005 when her parents decided they were too young to marry and also because Kristen and Michael began to "grow apart". We think she was the high standard of true love he hopes to find again...but hasn't really come close to since.
Where Is She Now?: Kristen is still acting, recently appearing in a cameo role in Scream 4 and just got married to actor Zachary Knighton.
Woman #2: Megan Fox
When They Dated: August 2005 and March - Summer 2006
How They Met: At a party in Los Angeles
Impact: Before Megan Fox was famous for running from giant CGI robots and looking hot doing it, she was a struggling TV sitcom actress and she was Michael's 'rebound' girl after the Kristen Bell breakup. She was a wild child partier and gave Michael a taste of what a bad girl was like. They were merely 'all sex, no commitment' when they first began dating, but after a brief break while he filmed 16 Grams, they reunited for real before he went off to film Popular 3 and she began filming Transformers. It was there she met Brian Austin Green, who was visiting the set of the film, and cheated on Meyers. After he found out he ended it with her. His second straight heart beak. We think his trust in women is starting to become a little shaky at this point.
Where Is She Now?: The Transformers films made her one of the most famous women in the world but her acting in other films (and their lack of box office success) has proven that Megan may have very little staying power in Hollywood without a big hit soon. After being fired (or quitting, depending on who you ask) off of Transformers 3, she married Brian Austin Green, whom she's been with since meeting him in 2006.
Woman #3: Julia Fonda
When They Dated: September 2005-November 2005
How They Met: On the set of their film 16 Grams
Impact: Julia introduced Michael to drugs. She co-wrote and starred in 16 Grams, an autobiographical film about her struggles with heroine and an abusive ex-boyfriend. Fonda, daughter of Bridget Fonda and granddaughter of Peter Fonda, instantly became smitten with Meyers and vice versa. The two began to do cocaine, pills, weed, and many other drugs while filming. She could not battle her demons and went missing after filming wrapped. Meyers slowly went from wanting to help her to being dragged down with her. At this point it became clear that the 'chameleon-like' actor was so desperate for love, he was willing to become a chameleon and become whatever the girl wanted him to be in order for her to love him, even if it took him down a dark and dangerous path. Michael would continue to struggle with cocaine and prescription pill addiction for several years (including a stint in rehab for it).
Where Is She Now?: Sadly, she is dead. She passed away of a drug overdose on January 12, 2006, four months before 16 Grams was released in theaters.
Woman #4: Mandi Sutton
When They Dated: December 2006
How They Met: At a Hugo Boss Fashion Show/Photoshoot
Impact: She's the reason he joined The Best Tears. Well not the whole reason, but it wouldn't have happened without her. While their casual dating only lasted a few weeks and was 'mostly all sex' according to Meyers, it was Mandi, a former American Idol contestant, who informed him about the existence of the new show and that it was holding auditions (she herself auditioned). It was then he decided he wanted to 'get that college experience he never had' and he auditioned for (and ultimately won the part of) the show's lead bad boy, Jayden Prince. He even accepted a role in August Rush (which he has since confessed 'was not much of a challenge or interesting character') mainly so he could spend some time in New York and see what is was like there since he may be living there for a year if he decides to do the show. He ended up staying in the Big Apple for almost a year a half straight, filming August Rush and The Best Tears there in all of 2007 (except for the summer when he briefly visited L.A.) and early 2008 and also The Taking of Pelham 123 there in the spring of 2008. The distance eventually put a strain on his and Mandi's relationship and it never went past the point of casual dating. She eventually left Meyers for her ex-boyfriend and ended up getting pregnant with his child before the two split again for good.
Where Is She Now?: Kansas. Last we heard, she has given up on her singing career to raise her son, whom she gave birth to in 2007. She even had a reality show about her struggles as a single mother which aired in 2008 on CMT (Country Music Television).
Woman #5: Sasha Grey
When They Dated: Summer 2007 (and briefly again in late Summer 2008 as well as being spotted together during New Year's Eve 2010)
How They Met: She e-mailed him about meeting up after she read somewhere he was interested in doing porn.
Impact: We feel she created the sex addict in him that we now know. Sasha is the world's most famous porn star right now and the two had a very well documented relationship in 2007. Being someone who has very "interesting" types of sex for a living, we are sure her sex life with Meyers was quite...'unique', to say the least. Since meeting her he also began to spend time with other porn stars whom he would frequently have casual sex with for the next several years as his addiction to sex got worse and worse, mainly since every time he tried to have a REAL relationship with 'normal' women, he'd fail miserably. She re-introduced him to the porn world, a place he became familiar with as a 9 year old child, he admitted in an interview, when his father took him to a porn set for the first time.
Where Is She Now?: Sasha still is considered the most well known porn star in the industry, but has branched out as both a producer and director of her own adult films as well as becoming a mainstream actress also, appearing as the star of Steven Soderbergh's 2009 indie drama The Girlfriend Experience as a New York escort and guest starring in a few episodes of season 7 of HBO's hit series Entourage as the girlfriend of Jesse Metcalfe's character Vincent Chase.
Woman #6: Mel Morley
When They Dated: Fall 2007 (and briefly while filming Inception in 2009)
How They Met: On the set of the MTV2 TV series The Best Tears
Impact: Where do we begin? She basically drove Meyers insane. His obsession with the young British actress (cousin of Keira Knightley) began almost from the instant they met in late August 2007 as they began shooting the innovative hit show which was about several troubled young teens and adults who learn to channel their inner demons toward acting. The producers of the show got word that Morley's parents did not approve of her dating someone 7 years older than her (especially since she was half way across the world and they could not supervise her actions) and asked them to end their relationship. Morley was fine with this, Meyers was not. He was sent into an emotional tailspin that many feel he still has yet to truly recover from. The rest of the time on the show he was forbid from any contact with her outside of a handful of scenes they had together in the final episodes of the first season of the show.
He went into a deep depression after he was told he would not be accepted for the second season of the show. He couldn't get through an interview without mentioning her. He famously got her name tattooed on his neck on an episode of LA Ink by celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D in the Fall of 2008. After going to rehab that winter for an addiction to painkillers he emerged claiming to quit acting for a singing career and released an album with a band called Chants of Reign and the first and second singles were about how his obsession with her caused him to attempt suicide. Morley made a response song that was rather scathing and revealed some not so pleasant facts about their relationship. Rumors emerged he was abusive when audio leaked from the filming of an episode of The Best Tears with Morley claiming Meyers had slapped her in the past.
Talk about the two's tumultuous time together died down...for a while...until it was announced he was replacing Cillian Murphy as her love interest in the sci-fi action thriller Inception. The two apparently had a sexual relationship on the set but nothing more, which of course Meyers wanted. He said the experience caused him to return to cocaine use briefly. The two appeared on The View in 2010 to promote the film together in the show's highest viewed episode ever. There was clearly tension between the two but they seemed to be on ok terms with each other. The two have appeared to have gone their seperate ways for good and refuse to talk about the other in interviews. Morley did admit the two were abusive toward each other in an interview in December 2010 where she confessed to punching Meyers several times during their relationship. When he was being interviewed by James Lipton on Bravo's Inside the Actor's Studio recently, Meyers admitted he 'lost himself for a while' because of her and that she was by far the most interesting and complex person he's ever met. We feel something about her sparked an extreme attraction he could not control and that led to his incredibly unhealthy fixation on her for over two years. Our crack psychologists here at Rolling Stone came up with an interesting theory that her being British may have subliminally triggered his deep rooted and well documented mommy issues since his mother's family heritage can be traced back to England and Meyers has said many times he has an affinity for the culture there, even buying a home there recently (and of course playing a Brit as the new James Bond). Whatever it was, you cannot think Michael Reese Meyers without thinking of her, and vice versa, and for the rest of their careers they will be forever linked to each other. It's hard to tell what Meyers has taken from this relationship. Is she the type of girl he wants to find again or an example of the exact kind of girl he needs to stay away from?
Where Is She Now?: Morley has become one of the most famous female actresses in Hollywood with a rabid die hard fanbase, blowing up in fame from both her time on The Best Tears as well as being cast as the lead Bella Swan in the ultra popular Twilight films. She has also garnered praise for her performances in smaller indie films such as The Runaways, Welcome to the Rileys, and Never Let Me Go. Her numerous romantic relationships continue to be tabloid fodder as well, with her being linked to actors such as her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson and her Never Let Me Go co-star Andrew Garfield. She is notoriously private about her love life and never admits to who she is with at any given time, probably due to all the scrutiny she received from her time with Meyers.
Woman #7: Audrina Patridge
When They Dated: Fall 2008 and again in Summer 2010
How They Met: At a bar/nightclub in West Hollywood
Impact: We feel Audrina was an easy rebound. His first real relationship after all the drama with Mel. The MTV The Hills reality TV star doesn't seem like the brightest bulb in the box so Meyers probably saw her as someone he could control. But their first go around, which included them showing up together at the Hollywood premiere of Body of Lies, ultimately did not last long as she soon realized he was not over Morley. He tattooed her name on his neck the day after they broke up. They reunited to celebrate his 26th birthday in May 2010 and were also spotted on the beach in Malibu that July. The two seemed to be enjoying a better and longer run until a big blowup in late August 2010 in England on the set of his James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Both were removed from the set after an altercation where there was screaming and a loud 'crashing' noise was heard, like glass breaking. It was discovered a mirror was shattered in the room where they had the fight and Audrina did have head injuries checked by a doctor that night but she denied Meyers did anything to her to cause those injuries, perhaps to cover up his image, or perhaps because it's the truth. No one other than those two knows what really happened in that room. All we know is these two, despite being both from Southern California wealthy families, were not a good match. She was probably just another pretty face he had fun with when he was bored or needed a self esteem pick-me-up. Each time they hooked up, it was right after he had a tough rejection. Just a thought...
Where Is She Now?: She and her dysfunctional family have their own reality show on E! called The Patridge Family (how clever) and she continues to date rockers and surfers as well as delude herself that she has a future in acting (she 'starred' in a supporting role in the straight to DVD sequel to Into the Blue and has a slew of B projects on her slate).
Woman #8: Naomi De La Fuente
When They Dated: Early Spring 2009 and again in late Fall/Winter 2009
How They Met: On the set of their film The Believers
Impact: More than you may think. On the outside she seems like just another sexy Latina face he dated for the fun of it but apparently these two got VERY close. First off, while filming The Believers, his Oscar nominated performance where he plays a Mexican American ex-convict who turns to Scientology, he lived with her immigrant Dominican family and her to soak up the life of a hispanic immigrant in America. They became like 'brother and sister' according to him. This eventually transformed into something more romantic in 2009 around the time he left rehab and began receiving all the Oscar buzz. The two dated briefly before breaking up but apparently remained good friends, with Meyers then even helping her family and her get an apartment in his Laguna Hills condo complex, making them neighbors. They reunited again as a couple in late 2009 more intensely. Meyers shocked many when he admitted in an early 2010 interview that he had proposed to De La Fuente on Christmas Day 2009 and she turned him down. Whatever these two had...it was real...or at least Meyers thought it was.
We here at Rolling Stone feel she was, at the heart of it, just another band aid for Mel. Remember, when he first met Naomi and was filming The Believers, he had just gotten the Mel tattoo and was about to head to rehab, so he was lonely and she and her family took him in, which probably meant alot to him. Also, when he left rehab, she was there for him. And after filming Inception and getting rejected by Mel AGAIN, he immediately jumps back into De La Fuente's arms and proposes marriage to a girl he's only dated on and off for a few months and only known for slightly over a year??? Something smells like another ego pick-me-up chick.
Where Is She Now?: No one really knows. Probably somewhere shaking her 'bon bon' in a 50 Cent video. De La Fuente started off as a runway and print model before appearing in many rap music videos from 2004 to 2006 as a background girl/dancer. She briefly (and controversially) married actor Edward James Olmos in 2007, a man over 40 years older than her, before divorcing him less than a year later after admitting she only did it to get her green card. She was then 'discovered' by music video and film director Hype Williams to star as Denzel Washington's wife in Williams' 2007 American Gangster film. Meyers saw her performance in the film and hand selected her to play his character's wife in The Believers. She admitted in a 2010 interview for Latin Vibe magazine that she never intended on being an actress and was just happy being a model and 'video girl'. It was Hype Williams who convinced her to appear in American Gangster with the promise that 'her paycheck would save her family from poverty', and that 'he was right'. She also mentioned in that same interview that she had a terrible experience filming The Believers mainly due to director D.J. Caruso's aggressive tactics of making her 'emote' and 'really live the life of a struggling stripper'. Afterwards she swore off acting for good and she has not acted in anything since.
Woman #9: Leighton Meester
When They Dated: They never did.
How They Met: No one is sure.
Impact: This showed Meyers has no problem breaking up a couple. This was also, not a relationship, but a secret hookup, that was supposed to remain secret, until Meester pissed Meyers off. In the summer of 2009 Leighton was informed during a red carpet interview that Michael Reese Meyers had a crush on her and she replied as if he would have no chance with her. Meyers took offense to this and decided to 'leak' a sex tape the two made together back in May 2009 in order to prove that not only that he DID have a chance with her, but he took advantage of it AND filmed it. Meester's reputation took a huge hit and the shocking news essentially ended her then relationship with B5 boy band member Donnie Marangello. Meyers eventually discussed the sex tape on a radio interview where he also apologized for his June 2009 JFK airport arrest for assaulting a paparazzi camera man. All this did for Meester was shatter her 'girl next door' persona and begin her 'bad girl' image which she now wears with pride. As for Meyers, it was just another sexual conquest in a long line of many.
Where Is She Now?: Meester is still quite popular for her acting on the hit TV series Gossip Girl as well as her budding singing career, in which she has two hit singles off her debut album, which was released in September 2010. She also has made the leap to feature films, co-starring with Minka Kelly in last year's Single White Female ripoff 'The Roommate'.
Woman # 10: Famke Jansen
When They Dated: Their 'encounter' occurred sometime in late September/early October 2010
How They Met: On the James Bond set of Quantum of Solace
Impact: Michael playing the homewrecker for the second time. Right after the second (and we assume final) breakup with Audrina and their big fight on the set, Michael didn't waste anytime moving on to his next leading lady. Famke came on the set to mentor actress Rhona Mitra, who played a villainous Bond Girl in the film. Jansen herself played that part in 1996's GoldenEye. Photos surfaced of Meyers and Famke in England kissing and eating out together. The strangest part of the story wasn't even the fact that she is over a decade older than him, but the fact that she is MARRIED. Neither cared and did their thing, until caught. Afterwards both sides kept mum and went their separate ways. Her husband eventually filed for divorce.
Where Is She Now?: Famke rarely acts anymore since appearing in the first X-Men trilogy as Jean Grey. In 2009 she starred as Bruce Willis' ex-wife in Taken, a film that also starred Michael, although the two actors never crossed paths as her scenes were all filmed in America and his in Paris, France. That same year her mother passed away of Pancreatic Cancer and since then she has been one of many celebrities spending much of her time participating in charities created to find a cure for the disease.
Woman #11: Mila Kunis
When They Dated: December 2010
How They Met: James Franco introduced them to each other
Impact: Mila was Meyers testing himself to see if he could be with the 'funny girl'. Well, he failed his own test, badly. Meyers' best friend and fellow actor James Franco, whose worked with Mila in the past, put the two together in hopes he could settle his hard partying friend Meyers down, but the plan was short lived and very unsuccessful. The two were spotted kissing and laughing in many L.A. restaurants in December 2010 before appearing together at the premiere of Meyers' film The Fighter that same month. Things got even more hot and heavy when the two were discovered to be headed to Miami to spend the Christmas and New Year's holidays with Mila's parents. But once they got there, things cooled off. Out of nowhere, Mila was spotted back in L.A. on Christmas day in tears and photos emerged of Meyers in a Miami nightclub with porn star and ex-girlfriend Sasha Grey. Reports of Mila finding explicit texts between Meyers and Sasha surfaced and it became clear Meyers was not ready to settle down, at least not with Miss Kunis. After a brief war of words between the two via Twitter, the situation died down and the two have since parted ways.
Where Is She Now?: Mila, famous from her days with Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace on the Fox sitcom 'That 70's Show', is still going strong as one of Hollywood's most in demand comedic actresses. Her romantic comedy Friends With Benefits co-starring Justin Timberlake is being released next week and she is also well known for doing the voice of the teenage daughter Meg from the hit Fox cartoon Family Guy.
Woman #12: Rosie Huntington
When They Dated: February 2011 - March 2011
How They Met: On the set of their film If I Had You
Impact: Not much. As gorgeous as Rosie is, nothing about their brief courtship struck us here at Rolling Stone as incredibly passionate or meaningful. They just seemed like two really hot people who couldn't take their hands off each other. We know Meyers has a thing for British women so it's no shock there he'd be interested in the super model turned actress. The press was all ready to pair Meyers with Keira Knightley, who also stars in their If I Had You film, since she had just come off a breakup with her longtime boyfriend Rupert Friend...and also because of the fact that her and Meyers would be familiar with each other from acting together way back in 2002's Bend It Like Beckham, the first film both actors ever appeared in. But instead, it was Huntington who caught Meyers' eye on set (we also feel the Mel Morley connection would have made it tough for Meyers and Knightley to hook up, that's like screwing your ex's sister or something). Meyers and Huntington spent Valentine's Day 2011 together and were spotted in L.A. shopping, eating out, and doing all the things couples generally do. But quickly Meyers' attention swayed to another and soon Rosie got tired of him going back and forth and she ended things.
Where Is She Now?: Rosie made a huge entrance into Hollywood when she starred in this summer's Transformers 3, replacing Megan Fox. While her performance in the film was nothing special, the movie was a huge box office record breaking success and it garnered her much attention from the media and in June 2011 she was named by Maxim 'the sexiest woman in the world'. This fall her and Meyers will promote their Cameron Crowe film If I Had You but don't expect things to be awkward between the two. If you follow their Twitters the two seem to joke back and forth with one another, so clearly the breakup caused no hard feelings (which is another sign there was no real 'love' there). Who knows if they will rekindle things down the road. Meyers has been known to dip back into the well so-to-speak (he's done so with Mel, Sasha, Naomi, and Audrina).
Woman #13: Demi Lovato
When They Dated: March 2011 to April 2011
How They Met: During a night of bar hopping with his buddy James Franco on St. Patrick's Day 2011
Impact: Demi was clearly a 'relapse'. Meyers had a good thing going with a sexy and up and coming star in Rosie and ruined it by falling for a troubled, former coke snorting Disney star who fell from grace and is trying piece back together her career. Meyers bumped into her when he and Franco saw her on St. Patrick's Day one night at a bar in L.A. as she was hanging out with troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan. Meyers and Lovato apparently hit it off very quickly that night and began hanging out immediately...and often. What he failed to mention to her was that he was also dating Rosie Huntington. Meyers claimed to the press recently he was trying to avoid drama and only date British women, yet Demi screwed all of that up. In early April, a video tape was released by Meyers and Demi of them in Las Vegas making out and doing drugs in a hotel room. Many wondered if Meyers was going back to his old destructive ways. The two have not been spotted together since the tape 'leaked' (maybe his handlers told him to cut things off with her) and he doesn't seem to have gone back to drugs. While his brief time with Lovato did not derail his sobriety (at least not more than the one time on the video), it did derail his hopes of becoming a more committed and stable boyfriend.
Where Is She Now?: Like most Disney stars who fall from grace, get caught doing drugs, posing nude, and go to rehab for cutting themselves, Demi has found it hard to get any singing or acting projects going since re-emerging back in the spotlight. Barring anymore sex scandals like the one she had with Meyers, we don't foresee anything positive in her near future.
Woman #14: Rachel McAdams
When They Dated: They never did.
How They Met: She visited him during his 2008 stint in rehab for pill addiction.
Impact: She was Meyers' 'Rosebud'. The 'one that got away'. Crazy thing is, NO ONE KNEW. Rachel is one of Hollywood's 'sweethearts' and other than her long and very famous relationship with her Notebook co-star Ryan Gosling, has not really been linked to anyone famous. She is just a nice girl who is all about the work. Her and Meyers almost met when he was cast in Wes Craven's 2005 airplane thriller Red Eye, which starred McAdams. Meyers had to drop out since his schedule did not allow him the time to film the movie. He was replaced by Cillian Murphy. When Meyers went to rehab in 2008, Rachel, according to him, was the first person to reach out to him. It was here the two became incredibly close friends. They spoke, mostly through text and phone, on and off for the next several months, never seeing each other again until he was cast in Inception.
The two rekindled their friendship on that set and apparently in early 2011 Meyers began to pursue something more than friendship. Despite being involved with both Rosie Huntington and Demi Lovato, Meyers admitted recently via a blog on his site, he began to pursue a relationship with Rachel. Perhaps as a way to win her over and prove he was a changed man, he entered rehab for sex addiction on May 1st, 2011. After spending a month there (during that time she visited him and they went out for dinner) he thought it would be good enough to get her to date him, but sadly, it wasn't. He admitted in that same blog they had a huge fight after she refused to go out with him and their friendship is over. We feel he would have tried to really be the best boyfriend he could have been if she had given him a chance, but perhaps due to his past with women, she couldn't take that leap to believe he had changed.
Where Is She Now?: McAdams is still one of Hollywood's most sought after actresses with many roles in both dramas and romantic comedies. It's clear she is a very talented and beautiful actress who will be around for a longtime and one can only wonder what could have been between her and Meyers.
Honorable Mention Woman #15: Alley Vendetta
When They Dated: While they never officially 'dated' they do 'hang out' ALOT
How They Met: At Los Angeles' Galleria Shopping Mall in January 2010
Impact: It is still quite unclear the exact extent of their 'friendship' but she is obviously someone he cares a lot about and spends a great deal of time with. She may be what those in the pimp industry call a 'Bottom Bitch'. In other words, a woman consistently in Meyers' life, despite other outside girlfriends, whom he sleeps with from time to time and trusts a great deal, and maybe even loves to a certain extent, but is not in a real relationship with her. Just keeps her around when he needs his 'fix'. Granted if that's who she is in his life, I do not think that is allowed in his post-sex addict rulebook. She is a rock singer and acted in his 2011 indie film he wrote and directed Look At Me Now where she starred as a girl who is sucked into the porn industry and cannot find her way out. She was once a lesbian but has since claimed she is only 75% lesbian, 25% straight. Oh, and she is only 17 years old. Meyers and her were spotted in March 2010 smoking a bong outside of a movie theater parking lot in L.A. and she has accompanied him to several movie premieres. We include her in this list because she IS a woman (barely) in his life whom he clearly spends a ton of time with and we KNOW they are more than friends. Someone like him would not keep a female in his life, especially not for a long period of time, if he wasn't doing her in some form or fashion. Where these two take this 'friendship with benefits' (which is what we ASSUME it is) is yet to be determined.
Where Is She Now?: Alley is currently in the process of recording her second album with her rock band Secrets and Sunsets which will be called I Bit A Vampire.
