Jennifer Meyer: Ex Tobey Maguire is my ‘best friend’ and ‘the greatest ex husband’
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Jennifer Meyer is tight with the women in Hollywood. She’s the daughter of an NBC chairman who used to be the ceo of Universal Studios, so she’s part of the Hollywood set and she was always going to run in those circles regardless of whether she married Tobey Maguire. She’s also a well-regarded jewelry designer and is likely doing well on her own. I mention all this as background to this story that she gushed about Tobey, whom she divorced last year after 10 years of marriage. Tobey and Jennifer have two children together, daughter Ruby Sweetheart, 11, and son Otis Tobias, 8.
“He’s my best friend,” the jewelry designer, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Create & Cultivate 100 Launch in Culver City, California, on Thursday, January 25. “He’s the greatest ex-husband a girl could ever have.”
“The day begins with the kids and ends with the kids,” she told Us of co-parenting with the 42-year-old actor. “So you manage to get your time in and work hard in the middle, you know? They’re really amazing kids, so we figure it out together.”
She added: “It just manages to work out really well.”
Of course, when not balancing work and family, Meyer sometimes spends time with her famous pals — including Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Richie.
“I mean, listen, nothing’s better than a night in on a couch with your best friends and a bottle of wine,” she said. “If we go out, nothing’s better than Mexican and tequila.”
Maybe I’m just a cynic but this sounds over the top to me. I get that some people are better off as friends than lovers and that divorce and co-parenting can bring you closer that way. Jennifer’s buddy Gwyneth Paltrow just said something similar (but creepier), that her ex Chris Martin is like her brother, but we know Gwyneth is full of sh-t. Is Jennifer the same and is she one of those LA people who talks in superlatives, or does she genuinely feel this way about Tobey? It’s so hard to get a read on that guy, but he doesn’t come across as the “ex husband who becomes a best friend” type. Still, I like that it’s trendy to be friends with your ex and that so many famous people are trying to emphasize that they do this. It sets a nice precedent for people who are divorcing and it’s arguably easier on the kids too. I think they’re exaggerating to say the least, but it’s nice.
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