Meg Ryan: I Had an 'Unhealthy Marriage'

After two years out of the spotlight, Meg Ryan resurfaced on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday, speaking out about her "unhealthy" marriage to Dennis Quaid ("I should have left sooner") and her newly adopted baby girl, Daisy.

As for why she took the time off, the star of When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle said she needed some space. "It was definitely time to take a break and just regroup and see where I was," Ryan told Oprah.

Ryan, 44, said her time away from Hollywood was not only to focus on herself, but also to help others. To that end she began working with an international organization called CARE, which is dedicated to wiping out poverty in the poorest corners of the world by building up bonds between women.

She also adopted her baby girl from China, which fulfilled a dream that began 10 years ago.

But Ryan first wanted to wait until her son Jack, 13, with Quaid, was older.

Ryan first named the girl Charlotte, but quickly realized that name didn't fit her and changed it. "I thought she was Charlotte and she's just not," Ryan said. "She's a Daisy.

She's got the most open, beautiful, honest face you'll just ever see."

The actress also dished on her much-publicized involvement with Russell Crowe and split with Quaid in 2001. Although Crowe had been blamed as the cause of Ryan and Quaid's breakup, the actress denied that was the case.

"It was never about another man," she said. "My and Dennis's relationship just couldn't sustain." She said the couple's relationship had been on the outs for at least five years and probably should have ended sooner. 　

Ryan seemed more comfortable focusing on her current emotional state of mind, saying that she presently feels like "more of a woman" than ever before.

"There are times in every woman's life where she does need to get out and expand and do all those things that make her the best version of herself," Ryan said.

已经离开影坛两年之久的“美国甜姐”梅格·瑞恩，近日在好莱坞“奥普拉·温弗雷脱口秀”节目上重新露面，述说了与前夫丹尼斯·奎德的“不健康的婚姻”，以及她新近领养的中国小女孩戴茜。

    据美国《人物》杂志3月2日报道，在被问及歇影的原因时，现年44岁的瑞恩表示她需要一些空间，“当时绝对到了该休息一下的时候了，修整一番，重新找到自己的位置”。在离开好莱坞的这段时间，瑞恩其实并没有将所有精力放在自己身上，她一直与国际援救组织CARE合作，热衷于参加各种慈善事业。

    现在最让瑞恩欣喜的事情是她领养了一个可爱的小女儿，圆了自己10年来的梦想。只是，瑞安本来是想等儿子杰克长大一些再领养女儿的。13岁的杰克目前与父亲奎德一起生活。瑞恩起初为女儿取名“夏洛特”，但很快觉得这名字不适合她并改成了“戴茜”（英文Daisy意为雏菊）。“我把她想成是夏洛特，然而她就不是，她是戴茜，因为她拥有我所见过的最开放、最美丽和最诚实的面容”。

    瑞恩在节目中还谈及自己同拉塞尔·克劳的一些传闻以及2001年与奎德分手的往事。尽管大家都认为克劳是瑞恩夫妇分手的主要原因，但瑞恩还是否认了这一说法。她说：“绝对不是其他男人的问题。我和丹尼斯的关系只是不能再走下去了。”瑞恩坦言，分手前夫妇俩关系不和就已经有5年时间了，或许真应该更早一点分开。

    良好的精神状态让这位“甜姐”看起来安详了许多，瑞恩说，她感觉自己比以往任何时候都“更女人”了，“其实每个女人一生中都有这样的时刻，她们需要逃离，需要空间来成长和延伸，然后尽一切努力呈现一个全新的自我”。