Billy Crudup, Naomi Watts.
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesBilly Crudup He had some “romantic” words for Naomi Watts The first time they slept together, but they had nothing to do with keeping things hot and heavy.
“Hey, if it makes you feel better: I have gray hair on my balls,” Crudup, 56, told Watts the first time they slept together, according to her book. Dare I say it: Everything I wish I knew about menopause.
Watts, 56, She shared her menopause journey In the book, which was released on Tuesday, January 21. Part memoir, part informational guide, the book details Watts' experience with hormonal patches — which is where this particular story came from.
“I started wearing the patch two years ago for hormone therapy. “I was worried that if he saw it he would realize it meant I was in menopause: no longer a vibrant, fertile being,” she wrote. “Unfortunately, the patch’s adhesive leaves a mark on the skin that is difficult to Get rid of it.”
While at Crudup's home that fateful night, Watts wrote, she “tore off (the hormonal patch) and rubbed the skin raw.” Crudup asked her if she was okay in the bathroom because things were taking so long.
“I walked away terrified,” Watts said in the book. “I stumbled and reached for the words, but nothing quite came out.”
Eventually, Watts admitted she was going through menopause and explained her hormonal spots.
“A smile crossed his face. Watts recalls that he seemed so relieved that the problem wasn't a lack of desire. “He told me it was great to take care of myself, and asked me how he could help.”
Crudup then made a similar—but different—confession about gray hair mentioned above.
“Those are still the most romantic words I've ever heard, both on screen and off, and that includes the script for every movie I've ever been in,” Watts continued. “And even a very loving marriage proposal from this same man, which came seven years later.”
Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup have continued to build a strong foundation in their romantic relationship over the years. The couple met in 2017, one year after Watts and Liev Schreiber ended their 11-year relationship. The former couple share sons Sasha and Kai. At the time, Watts spoke about where she stood with Schreiber. “I'm single. I'm co-parenting,” she (…)
Watts met Crudup on set Gypsiesa 2017 Netflix series, in which she starred as an “erotic social therapist”. While they were filming sex scenes together, things were initially cordial between them.
“Then one day, during a sex scene, he spontaneously threw a pillow across the room while raping me with such passion that I blushed and broke out of character,” Watts wrote. “Shortly after, during one of the long lighting changes, while we were having a meaningful conversation, we exchanged glances. It had been held for too long to be considered anything other than a mutual attraction.
Their flirtatious relationship began to blossom in 2017, with Us Weekly Confirmation in August That year Watts and Crudup were together. They tied the knot in Low-key party in New York City In June 2023.
“Loving him is the kindest thing I have ever done for myself,” Watts wrote in her book.
I dare say it Out now.
