Jesse Metcalfe is reacting to Scheana Shay‘s new memoir.
In her book My Good Side, which comes out on July 22, the 40-year-old Vanderpump Rules alum revealed that she and the 46-year-old Desperate Housewives actor briefly dated back in 2007.
“Our relationship didn’t happen right away. Soon after we first met, he went to rehab, so we started hanging out often only after he finished,” Scheana wrote, per an excerpt published by EW.
Keep reading to find out more…“The first date he took me on post rehab was the Cloverfield red carpet movie premiere,” she continued. “I then spent my twenty-second birthday at dinner with him, and I vividly remember sticking to water and Red Bull all night as a way of supporting his sobriety.”
After the birthday dinner, Scheana, Jesse, and her friends all went to a karaoke bar.
“Since everyone was drinking alcohol, and I could tell it was a little overwhelming for him. The fact that a group of my friends decided to sing Rick Springfield’s ‘Jessie’s Girl’ didn’t help, either,” Scheana recalled. “But I was totally cool with leaving and told him that I just wanted to spend my birthday with him.”
As a gift, Jesse bought Scheana “a pair of Marc Jacobs sunglasses that I have to this day.”
“I could have asked for something much more expensive, like a Louis Vuitton bag, but I wanted to be respectful,” she added.
Despite saying that Jesse was an “awesome guy,” Scheana said that “things faded out” and they went their separate ways.
While appearing on the Wednesday, July 16, episode of Tori Spelling’s Misspelling podcast, Jesse reacted to what Scheana wrote about him.
“She spoke highly of me, which was nice,” Jesse said, before joking that he “tried to keep [the excerpt]” from girlfriend Helene Immel, who he has been dating since 2023.
“[It was a] long time ago, 20 years ago,” Jesse continued. “We were dating. I mean, it was — overall — it was pretty brief, but we were seeing each other on a regular basis.”
Also in her new memoir, Scheana revealed that husband Brock Davies had an affair while she was pregnant with their daughter.
Source: justjared.com