Exes Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli have reunited unexpectedly.
Garth recently told E! News how things weren’t ideal for a long time between her and Facinelli, her ex-husband of 12 years. However, after Garth lost her house to the Los Angeles wildfires, the Twilight actor let her and her family shelter at his home. But it was from filming an episode of her I Choose Me podcast in November, which Facinelli was a guest on, that helped them patch up their relationship.
“It really cleared the air for us in a lot of ways,” Garth said before adding how it helped “to reconnect as just people, instead of like a divorced couple, the mom and the dad and not agreeing on stuff.”
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Garth admits, “For so many years, it wasn’t as fun as it could have been,” and that they “made it seem like it was great and it was all rainbows and ponies. But it was not at times.”
However, they agreed they will be “putting that behind us now … I like Peter. He likes me. I mean, obviously we were together for 17 years. And I love his fiancée and his new son. It’s just nice to be open and be easy.”
Garth and Facinelli divorced in 2013 and share three children. Garth is now married to Dave Abrams, while Facinelli has a fiancée and son. And when the fires happened, Facinelli welcomed them to stay at his home.
The What I Like About You star mentioned how it was a “natural choice” to seek help from her ex. “The girls were like, ‘Let’s go to dad’s.’ And I said, ‘Absolutely, get the dogs. Dave, you meet us there.’ And then we all just sat around together, watched the news and talked and ate Chinese food,” she said. “It felt very comforting and fuzzy and warm in a very scary time.”
She added: “I’m sure they had some pinch me moments where they were like, ‘What? My mom and my dad are standing in his kitchen eating banana bread together. I’m sure it was surreal for them at times.”
Last month, Garth shared that her home was spared and thanked Facinelli in an emotional Instagram video. “I’m so grateful for Peter for letting us stay at his house. Me and all the girls and the dogs and Dave,” she said. “We’re so grateful to all the firefighters and the news reporters and all the people that are volunteering and providing things for the people that lost everything.”
