The Oscar nominee and former Scrubs actor started their romance in April 2019, and privately made the choice to finish their relationship earlier this yr.
Talking to Harper’s Bazaar, the Little Ladies star mentioned: “We’ve been attempting to do that separation with out the world realizing, as a result of it’s been a relationship that everyone has an opinion on.
“We simply felt one thing like this is able to actually do us the advantage of not having hundreds of thousands of individuals telling us how pleased they’re that we’re not collectively. So we’ve executed that.”
Discussing media consideration that got here with being in a high-profile romance, she added: “At any time when I really feel like that line has been crossed in my life, whether or not it’s paparazzi taking non-public moments, or moments that aren’t even actual, or gossip channels that encourage members of the general public to share non-public moments of well-known folks strolling down the road, I feel it’s extremely mistaken.
“I don’t assume that folks, simply because they’ve this job, that each facet of their life must be watched and written about. We haven’t signed up for a actuality TV present.”
“I do know that a part of being within the highlight is that folks may invade your privateness and have opinions on it, nevertheless it’s weird that ordinary folks are allowed to show such hate and opinions on part of my life that I’m not placing on the market.
“It’s an odd aspect of fame that you simply’re allowed to be torn aside by 1000’s of individuals though you didn’t put that piece of you on the market.