<p id=”par-1_28″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/actors/”>Actor</a> Jessica Alba used to have very little difficulty discussing her relationship with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/james-cameron-called-michael-weatherlys-dark-angel-chemistry-ex-jessica-alba-terrible.html/”><em>Dark Angel </em>co-star Michael Weatherly</a>. But this changed after another lover came into her life.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-jessica-alba-didn-t-want-to-disrespect-cash-warren-by-bringing-up-michael-weatherly”>Jessica Alba didn’t want to disrespect Cash Warren by bringing up Michael Weatherly</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_60″>Alba wasn’t too shy about spilling tea regarding her relationship with Weatherly back in the day. They dated for three years after meeting each other on the set of <em>Dark Angel</em>. Weatherly even proposed to the <em>Sin City </em>actor at one point. In a 2005 interview with <a href=”https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a1640/jessica-alba-interview/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Cosmopolitan</a>, a candid Alba shared just how inexperienced she was during their relationship.</p>
<p id=”par-3_74″>“It just didn’t work out. I was so young, 18, when I started dating him; I was a virgin. I knew I wanted to be in love with the first person I slept with because, for almost everyone I knew, the first experience made them feel like shit. So I wanted to be really careful that he was going to be in love with me and wasn’t just going to leave me,” she recalled.</p>
<p id=”par-4_97″>Alba vowed to never date an actor again after Weatherly. Weatherly developed a similar philosophy, learning to never date a co-star after his debacle with Alba. Alba honored the promise she made to herself when she met Cash Warren. Although the two crossed paths on the set of <em>Fantastic Four</em>, Warren was a director’s assistant instead of an actor. They dated for four years starting in 2004, although <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jessica-alba-cash-warren-already-broke-jealousy.html/”>they briefly broke up once</a> during that time. Still, they’d reunite and marry in 2008. After their marriage, Alba decided that all topics regarding Weatherly were off the table.</p>
<p id=”par-5_41″>“That’s all in the past and I think it would be disrespectful to my husband — I have to get used to calling him that — to talk about it,” she once said in another interview with <em>Cosmopolitan </em>(via <a href=”https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30370995.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Irish Examiner</a>).</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-michael-weatherly-had-no-problem-discussing-his-relationship-with-jessica-alba-even-after-marriage”>Michael Weatherly had no problem discussing his relationship with Jessica Alba even after marriage</h2>
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<p id=”par-6_70″>Weatherly eventually found his life partner in his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/who-is-bull-actor-michael-weatherlys-wife-bojana-jankovic.html/”>current wife Dr. Bojana Jankovic</a>. The two met at a bar in Canada in 2007. They married in 2009 and share three children. Still, Weatherly didn’t have the same qualms about revisiting past relationships as Alba. In a 2010 interview with <a href=”https://www.tvguide.com/news/ncis-michael-weatherly-1025262/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TV Guide</a>, Weatherly shared that one story arc on his hit show <em>NCIS </em>even reminded him of his history with Alba.</p>
<p id=”par-7_76″>“I remember very strongly the inevitable feeling I had about Jessica when we were doing <em>Dark Angel</em> because it was like I was the Millennium Falcon being sucked into the tractor beam,” Weatherly said at the time. “I didn’t feel I had any control over that part of my life. I think that the same thing does happen for Tony. … He does feel Ziva really understands him on this fundamental level that even he doesn’t quite understand.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-jessica-alba-might-ve-referenced-her-relationship-with-michael-weatherly-when-addressing-her-tattoo”>Jessica Alba might’ve referenced her relationship with Michael Weatherly when addressing her tattoo</h2>
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<p id=”par-8_64″>Alba might’ve subtly brought up Weatherly when she was interviewed on <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0fVkI7Wx3Y&ab_channel=TheLateShowwithStephenColbert” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</a></em>. There, Colbert noticed a tattoo that the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jessica-alba-says-filming-into-the-blue-bikini-hell.html/”><em>Into the Blue </em>star</a> had on her wrist. Alba confided that she’d gotten the tattoo after her first major breakup. She didn’t mention the ex-boyfriend’s identity. However, given Alba’s limited description of the suspect, Weatherly seems like the likeliest option.</p>
<p id=”par-9_49″>“It’s lotus in Sanskrit. It means the manifestation of spiritual beauty,” she told the talk show host about the tattoo. “He was really anti-tattoos, and I felt like after I broke up with him, I found myself again. It’s unnecessary to talk about this. He’s like a famous actor.”</p>