John Malkovich breaks his silence on affair with Michelle Pfeiffer

Dangerous Liaisons co-stars John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer embarked on an affair in 1988 when they were both married to other people

Malkovich was married to the late Glenne Headly for six years before they split in 1988 after his affair with Michelle, who was married to Peter Horton at the time, but they divorced two years later in 1990 after tying the knot in 1981.

John has now opened up about his biggest regret about their affair, admitting that not only did he ruin his relationship with his wife, but he also lost a friend and collaborator in Michelle.

He revealed on the Fashion Neurosis podcast:

"It's not something I've ever really talked about." "Put it in this way, in the work I do, you make emotional bonds with people very quickly. That's part of the work. Very rarely, those bonds extend beyond the work."

He continued: "For me, she was someone I valued greatly as a colleague, was great fun and moving, and with me, incredibly fair. And I certainly wasn't. I think I've learned over the course of my life that a great colleague is actually rarer than anything. And when that relationship becomes more than collegial or more than a friendship – even a profound friendship – then at least in my experience, and it might be my particular psychology or stupidity or ineptness or all of the above... you lose a great colleague."

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