Courteney Cox recently admitted she has been struggling with one key emotion as she ages – jealousy.
The Scream franchise star spoke about feeling more jealous than she ever has before. “The thing I like least about myself would be any feelings of jealousy,” she said during her recent appearance on Minnie Driver’s Minnie Questions podcast.
Courteney Cox further admitted that the emotion is one of her least favorites. “Whether you can feel replaced or whether it’s… I think just jealousy is such a horrible emotion to have, and I have that sometimes.”
The 59-year-old actress then said she gets jealous or afraid because as she gets older, she can’t stay in the “game” or it could be about mostly anything else.
“But anytime I feel jealous, I can’t stand it,” Cox continued. “I will talk to my therapist and go, ‘I hate this feeling.’ I know when you step back, of course, you’re not replaceable, but it’s that feeling that can come up for me, whether it’s through friendships or like you said, relationships or in work.”
Courteney Cox Admitted Being Dumped by Johnny McDaid During Therapy Session
Also during her appearance on the podcast, Courteney Cox revealed she was dumped by her longtime partner Johnny McDaid. The breakup occurred five years ago during their first joint therapy session.
Cox said she and the Snow Patrol bandmate were engaged at the time.
“We went to this therapist to talk about our boundaries,” Cox recalled. “What we could and couldn’t accept about each other.”
However, Courteney Cox admitted McDaid decided to break up with her “within the first minute” of the session. The situation left the Friends star confused.
“I was like, ‘What?’” Cox recounted. “And we were engaged. And I was so shocked. I was in so much pain. I also don’t like surprises.”
Courteney Cox ended up defending McDaid’s decision. She referred to him as an “incredible human being” who was in “that much pain” in the relationship at the time.
“There was that much that needed to be dealt with that he had to protect himself around his heart,” she continued.
Cox then that she didn’t react angrily to the breakup. Instead, she looked inward and did “the most work” on herself. “I learned how to reclaim my voice, boundaries, what were my motives in life – like, what was my part in this?” she said.
Thankfully, the couple did get back together. They’re not engaged anymore, but they reworked their relationship.
“It really taught me how I operate in the word, what were the things from my childhood that I needed,” she added. “Whether it was to be adored by men, things that I didn’t know how to let go, to be in a relationship, to not take things personally, my boundaries. I just went into myself.”
Cox and McDaid have been together since 2013.