Jenny Mollen felt like the “spare” in her marriage to Jason Biggs.
Jenny Mollen compares herself to ‘spare’ Prince Harry
The 47-year-old actress and writer and the 48-year-old American Pie actor announced their split earlier this month after 18 years of marriage but Jenny admitted she always struggled to deal with Jason’s fame.
Speaking on the What Matters With Liz podcast, she explained: “When I got together with Jason, I always had a chip on my shoulder in the beginning because I felt like suddenly I went from being the oldest daughter and I felt like I had my s*** together and then suddenly, I married this guy who in a lot of ways – career wise – totally eclipsed me. Everybody was like, ‘Oh my God, Jason Biggs,’ and I became the guest. And it drove me crazy to always just be, like, brushed to the side.”
She also joked she could relate Prince Harry, who called his memoir Spare, a reference to being the second-born child of Britain’s King Charles.
She said: “To be the spare and not the heir. It was like, ‘What is happening?’ I was the spare. I was the American Pie spare. I relate to Harry. That drove me mad and I always had this feeling.”
Jenny’s podcast appearance was recorded before her split from Jason was announced.
The former couple – who share kids Sid, 12, and Lazlo, eight – have long been known for their candid discussions about marriage, parenting and addiction on social media, podcasts and television appearances.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, they had previously attended therapy together in an attempt to save the relationship.
The source said: “I think if they didn’t do therapy, they would’ve split maybe two or three years ago.”
They added Jason – who remains best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the hugely successful American Pie franchise alongside Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan and Eugene Levy – and Jenny had been “truly a team” throughout much of their marriage despite ongoing “issues” between them “for a while now”.
