Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been open about her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis since making it public years ago. Having dealt with MS since the early 2000s, she revealed how it ultimately took a toll on her relationship with Entourage star Jerry Ferrara and led to their split in 2009.
Per Entertainment Weekly, Sigler's new book, And So It Is….: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope, details how her MS changed the dynamics of the actors' relationship. The two met on the set of the drama series, where both Sigler and Ferrara's on-screen characters dated for various episodes. The on-screen romance soon translated into real life, where the couple dated for over a year and quickly got into the "rhythm of a serious relationship."
Having previously been married and divorced, Sigler realized her relationship with the Entourage actor was entering into serious territory. It soon came time to breach the topic of her MS, which she was diagnosed with in 2002, with Ferrara. She felt it was only right for the actor to understand what she was going through and its possible impact on their relationship.
"At this point, if I was going to be in an intimate relationship with someone, they had to know," she wrote in her book. "It also became a test: 'Do you really want to be with me?'"
Ferrara passed with flying colors when he told the actor he wanted to be with her, and her MS didn't change how he felt. Soon, Ferrara proved he could be Sigler's "anchor" and helped her understand "that acting could be joyful, he reminded me of my talent, and he lightened my darkness. He taught me that someone who loved you wouldn’t just leave you if you fell apart."
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At this point in Sigler's career, she had no intentions of revealing her diagnosis, but it began to take a bigger toll physically. Sigler began to see a future with the actor and was welcoming the idea of marriage again when she experienced one of the worst flare-ups of her autoimmune disease. It soon had an effect on her relationship.
In her book, she explains that Ferrara took on the role of a caretaker, and she knew he was feeling "overwhelmed." The Sopranos alum began to "resent" her situation, and the couple started to bicker.
"I found myself picking fights with Jerry just to push him away," she explained. "I think that I was trying to spare him from what I knew I was about to enter: a deep depression spiral, and I didn’t want to take him with me. He was too good for that. He deserved more."
The two would ultimately end their relationship in 2009. Sigler went on to marry former baseball player Cutter Dykstra, with Ferrara marrying Breanne Racano in 2017. Ferrara hasn't spoken publically of their relationship, but has praised Sigler as an actor.
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