One of Patrick Stewart’s ex-girlfriends blasted the actor for how he characterized their relationship in his memoir, telling the Sunday Times that she felt “upset, angry, and betrayed” by his dismissal. Lisa Dillon dated Stewart from 2003 to 2007 after they co-starred in the London production of The Master Builder when she was 23, saying the two were “already in love” by the time the show premiered—despite Stewart’s then-marriage to TV producer Wendy Neuss. But Stewart wrote in his memoir, Making It So,that his relationship with Dillon was nothing more than a reason for his marriage’s failure. “And so, another divorce. I felt stupid and responsible… I had cheated on my wife with a younger woman—again… And just like my affair with Jenny Hetrick, my time with Lisa Dillon would also prove to be relatively short… In a life chockablock with joy and success, my two failed marriages are my greatest regret,” he wrote. That characterization left Dillon dismayed: “I always looked back at that period with pride, with loyalty. It was an incredible time. Nearly five years is a lot of life at that age. But reading what he’s written has for the first time made me take on board my age. I see my vulnerability in a way that I never have before. For the first time, I’ve thought, ‘What did a 62-year-old man find attractive about me at 23?’”
