This was a bit of a scandal at the time, as Meg was married to Dennis Quaid when she met Russell on the set of their 2000 film Proof of Life. It was announced that Meg and Dennis would be breaking up during filming, and people quickly assumed it was because she had started an affair with Russell.
Meg was labeled an adulteress – damaging her Hollywood image – and her and Russell's relationship ended about six months later. To make matters worse, bad publicity is cited as one of the main reasons the film exploded at the box office. However, in the years since, Meg has made it clear that she is correcting the narrative, saying that the marriage between her and Dennis was over long before she met Russell and that he had nothing to do with their divorce.
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