What Jerry O'Connell said to ex Giuliana Rancic during awkward gym run-in after her memoir diss - Page Six
Actor Jerry O'Connell discussed his past habit of intentionally annoying his ex-girlfriend, Giuliana Rancic, during gym encounters. He also addressed claims from her memoir regarding their 2004 breakup, admitting he was a difficult partner at the time.
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Add Page Six on Google Jerry O’Connell would purposefully annoy his ex Giuliana Rancic when he bumped into her at the gym.
“I would see Giuliana sometimes at Equinox, and I do this really funny thing. Everybody should do this with exes. It’s really funny,” he said on Monday’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast with Kelly Ripa.
Instead of trying to avoid an awkward interaction with his ex, the host said he chose to “walk right up” to her “nose to nose” and pretend to flirt with her.
The actor reenacted what he would say to Rancic, which was tell her how “weird” it was to see her and say things like “I miss you” in an over-the-top voice.
“It would annoy her so much,” he proudly said with a smirk. “She would be like get the f—k away.”
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