This Is Why Mandy Moore And Ryan Adams Really Divorced

As Mandy Moore revealed to The New York Times in 2019, Ryan Adams was a very controlling husband and even stunted her growth and creativity as a musician. "There was no room for me. There was no room for me to have anything else in my life," the "This Is Us" actor said at the time.

"His controlling behavior essentially did block my ability to make new connections in the [music] industry during a very pivotal and potentially lucrative time — my entire mid-to-late 20s," Moore continued. Basically Moore has alleged that Adams silenced her during their six-year relationship. "What you experience with him — the treatment, the destructive, manic sort of back and forth behavior — feels so exclusive," she said, adding, "You feel like there's no way other people have been treated like this."

In an interview with Today in 2000, Moore said that she found Adams' apology (an essay in the Daily Mail) "curious," given his decision to do so publicly but not privately. The singer-actor, who released her debut album "So Real" at age 15, also said that she has said "all I want to say about him and that situation."