Mandy Moore Almost Walked Away from Hollywood

Amid a divorce and challenges finding work, Mandy Moore asked herself whether it was worth it to continue acting in 2015.

“I just felt like I was at a point in my life where I was the most comfortable making myself the least priority, and I made myself as small as possible to make someone else comfortable.”

After filing for divorce in 2015, she just wanted to give up acting entirely. 

“I had done four failed TV pilots. So, I was kind of at the point where I was like, ‘Maybe this acting this is done for me.’ Like, ‘Maybe I need to hang it up and go back to Florida, go to school, go try my hand at something else.’”

However, the 35-year-old actress never had to make that tough decision to go back home because she landed “This Is Us” in 2016. 

Fans of the singer-actress know that she has been a celebrity for twenty years, starting at the age of 15.

A couple of years later, she was able to release five albums and had gotten to marry music producer Ryan Adams.

When she got married, Moore thought it would inspire her to be more creative, but it was reportedly such a toxic environment.

Moore and Ryan Adams were married from 2009 until 2016. 

In 2019, Moore spoke against her ex-husband in an exposé published by the New York Times.

“Music was a point of control for him. He would always tell me, ‘You’re not a real musician, because you don’t play an instrument,” Moore continued, “They would write songs together and promised to record but didn’t follow through.”

Adams would even book them time in the studio, but later would just be replaced with other women. 

According to the “Candy” singer, because of his controlling behaviour, it was difficult for her to make new connections in the industry, especially at a pivotal and potentially lucrative time. She was at her 20s by that time. 

Mandy Moore says that her ex-husband yelling at her and making her feel inadequate and not good enough is psychologically abusive. 

But her ex-husband commented on the interview saying that Moore’s “revelation” of their marriage is all lies.

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