Scheana Shay is sharing the details on how she met actor and former flame, Eddie Cibrian. The Vanderpump Rules alum is releasing her first memoir, My Good Side, later this month, recalling all of the relationships she’s had, along with the good and the bad times in her life.
In an excerpt from the memoir, published by Entertainment Weekly, Scheana recalled meeting Eddie shortly after moving to LA after college at the age of 21. At the time, she was working at a “private members cigar lounge and restaurant” where she first met the actor who was tall, dark, and handsome, with dimples.”
“Our relationship wasn’t romantic from the jump, though the writing was on the wall from day one,” she wrote.
“Eddie was the sweetest, funniest, most charismatic, consummate gentleman I’d ever met,” Scheana continued. “He always made me feel like I was the only girl in the room when I was working.”
But, Eddie was married, and Scheana had no idea that he was married. Longtime VPR viewers may recall that VPR Season 1, Episode 1 kicked off with Scheana being confronted about the affair.
“To be clear, Eddie wasn’t my boyfriend (at least not exclusively),” she admitted in her memoir. “But we did start a physical relationship at the end of 2006, which was a weekly booty call.”
Scheana Shay reveals how serious her relationship with Eddie Cibrian was
Scheana admitted in her memoir that in the beginning, she did think about her future with Eddie — but, she was in no place to settle down.
“The frightening thing is that I totally thought I could end up with Eddie; he looked how I’d always imagined my future husband would, and he treated me as well,” she wrote. “But, I wasn’t trying to settle down at the age of 21, and I was keeping my options open and dating other people.”
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Things got more “serious” later on, though. “So much so that when I was moving apartments, Eddie came to help me and met most of my friends and even my mother,” Scheana continued. “His best friend also joined us with his son, who was a toddler at the time. We were literally intertwining our families and the people closest to us.”
“It really felt like we were building something,” she added.Â
What’s more, Scheana never suspected that Eddie was married. As she put it, “Did I think it was weird that I never went to his house? No! He lived in Calabasas, supposedly. And I certainly wasn’t making the trek to Calabasas in 2007, when Ubers didn’t exist, and I had less than $1,000 to my name. It was so much easier and more fun to hang out in Beverly Hills or Hollywood, and my place was closer and more convenient. I didn’t see a single red flag, especially since we weren’t exclusive.”
How did Scheana Shay find out Eddie Cibrian was married?
One night while working in the cigar lounge where she initially met Eddie, a member apparently approached Scheana and told her that Eddie was married. “I didn’t believe it (or maybe I didn’t want to believe it) because I was wild about Eddie,” she wrote. “And, again, we were out together all the time in public, so I didn’t feel like some secret mistress! Still, I was freaking out and had a massive pit in my stomach.”
Scheana said she proceeded to confront Eddie, but he denied being married. “It was gaslighting in its most basic form,” she recalled. “Yet, I trusted him, so we continued hanging out.”
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Details on Scheana Shay and actor Jesse Metcalfe’s relationship
In the published excerpt, Scheana also admitted to dating Desperate Housewives actor Jesse Metcalfe, in between her hookups with Eddie, at the beginning of 2007.
Scheana went on a date to a movie premiere with him, and had spent her 22nd birthday with him, where he bought her a pair of Marc Jacobs sunglasses, which she still has to this day, before their relationship eventually “faded out.”
“Overall, Jesse and I had a great time together,” she admitted. “We would order in dinner with his parents at his house and — when we were alone — he would play me the guitar and serenade me with songs like ‘Hey There Delilah.’ It felt like I was living a real-life fantasy with this guy I’d watched on TV and in movies for years.”Â
What to know about Scheana Shay’s new memoir, My Good Side
These anecdotes, and so many more, will be included in Scheana’s new book, My Good Side, which will be released in bookstores on July 22.
According to the publisher, in My Good Side, Scheana will “pull back the layers of who she really is and share all sides of her — the good, bad, and messy — bringing readers on a wild nostalgia trip through the early days of Vanderpump Rules.”
Scheana has already stated that she will talk about her relationship with her first husband, Mike Shay, in the book. She will also address her parents’ relationship, her California upbringing, and her time on VPR.
Learn more about My Good Side and what Scheana had to say about the writing process.
