Kevin Connolly Reveals Moment He DiscoveredUnhappily Ever AfterCostar Nikki Cox Was Cheating

Mar. 15, 2025

Kevin Connolly, Nikki Cox and Bobcat Goldthwait.Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic; Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Cindy Ord/Getty; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic; Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Kevin Connollyis recalling his first heartbreak.

On Monday, theEntourageactor, 49, joinedChristine TaylorandDavid Lascheron theirHey Dude… The 90s Called!podcastto discusshis career as a ’90s child actor and his heartbreak when then-girlfriendNikki Coxleft him forUnhappily Ever AftercostarBobcat Goldthwait.

Kevin Connolly on December 12, 2019 in West Hollywood, California.Paul Archuleta/Getty

Paul Archuleta/Getty

“A couple of days before the table read for season five…Jeremy Londoncalled me and said, ‘Kevin, get in your car…’ He said, ‘Get in your car, drive down to 711 and open theNational Enquirer,’ ” explained Connolly.

“I get in the car and drive up the street,” recalled the actor. “I’ve got a knot in my stomach and start flipping through into theEnquirer.”

“And there’s a picture of Bobcat and Nikki dating. And then the next day, or like two days later, I had to go into that table reading, and we had to just gut out 24 weeks of misery,” concluded Connolly.

Nikki Cox on January 7, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

Taylor, 52, then shared her sympathies for the actor, saying “There’s nothing worse than for you to find something like that out publicly is horrendous.”

“And the guy you’re working with,” added Lascher, 51.

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“It was pretty terrible. Yeah, I was gutted. I couldn’t sleep. It was one of those jobs,” said Connolly.

Bobcat Goldthwait on July 11, 2018 in Hollywood, California.JB Lacroix/WireImage

JB Lacroix/WireImage

Despite this Connolly confirmed that the former couple have “stayed in touch over the years” and still “catch up once in a while.” The actor also joked that long-time friend Taylor had a “front-row seat" to the “Bobcat incident.”

source: people.com