John Mellencamp on His Ex-Girlfriend Meg Ryan: 'She Hates Me to Death'

There’s not much to this story about a romance gone sour, but there’s more than enough to make it funny. More than enough to make it worthy of the top spot in the AM Dirt Bag. (It’s a huge honor, I assure you.) Remember when Meg Ryan dated John Mellencamp? Probably! But in case you do not, allow me to inform you that they dated on-and-off (mostly on) from 2011 to 2015—back when the world was still filled with color and light.

After their time together as grizzly musician and You’ve Got Mail star came to an end, we mostly forgot about them. None of us ever thought to ask, “Hey, John? Bud? How’s your relationship with Meg these days?” None of us until Howard Stern, that is. In an interview Stern, Mellencamp “confessed that he and Ryan no longer keep in touch.”

“Oh, women hate me. I loved Meg Ryan. She hates me to death. She just doesn’t want anything to do with me, and I don’t blame her.”

Why doesn’t he blame her, you ask? Let him tell you!

“Women hate me. I think it’s because I’m a child. I throw fits, I gripe, I complain. I’m moody. Every bad thing that a fella can be, that’s me.”

Yes, that sounds bad. Congrats for getting out of there, Meg.