American actor Patrick Dempsey was awarded the title “Sexiest Man in the World 2023” by People magazine (USA). In his life, Patrick went through many ups and downs.

American actor Patrick Dempsey (57 years old) is known as one of the most photogenic actors in Hollywood. After a career spanning 3 decades, he was recently awarded the title “Sexiest Man in the World 2023” by People magazine (USA). Patrick Dempsey’s attractiveness suddenly increased again.

Patrick Dempsey was once the idol of millions of female fans. Even though he has passed the peak of his career, until now, Patrick Dempsey’s appearance is still very attractive. This may partly explain why People chose to give the title to Patrick.

In his personal life, Patrick has been married to his wife – hairdresser Jillian Fink (57 years old) – since 1999. The couple has been married for 24 years and has 3 children together. Patrick’s marriage is one of the most durable marriages in Hollywood, however, he and his wife also had to go through a low point in 2015, when the two announced their separation.

Before separating, Patrick spent too much time on acting and did not pay enough attention to family life. Faced with the risk of a second broken marriage, Patrick made a very difficult decision, when he accepted to give up the role that was helping his reputation rise like a “kite in the wind”. Patrick accepted to leave the peak of fame to care more for his family.

American actor Patrick Dempsey (Photo: Daily Mail).

Patrick’s decision shocked millions of fans. However, there are also many people who admire Patrick for the decision he made. Thanks to that decision, the actor was able to save his marriage.

Patrick has always been open when talking about his separation. That incident helped him understand the importance of setting priorities in life. After a short period of separation, Patrick understood that he needed to have quality and meaningful time with his wife and children, in addition to his efforts at work.

Before joining his current wife, Patrick went through a broken marriage in a very sad way. He was once married to his manager – Rocky Parker – a woman 27 years older than him. They broke up after 7 years of marriage. When they broke up, Rocky Parker accused Patrick of being an abusive man.

But later, Rocky Parker himself retracted his accusations and admitted that they were lies.

Tragic marriage with a manager 27 years older than him
Patrick met Rocky Parker when he was 18 years old. At this time, he was trying to build a career in Hollywood. They met while participating in a play, Rocky Parker played Patrick’s aunt in the play. While touring together, the two became close. When the show ended, Patrick hired Rocky as his manager.

Patrick with his first wife (Photo: Daily Mail).

Patrick’s career quickly made great strides in Hollywood. That was also when he publicly announced his love affair with Rocky. This relationship is controversial because of the age gap between the two parties. Despite facing a lot of pressure from public opinion, Patrick and Rocky got married in 1987, at that time, Patrick was 21 years old, Rocky was 48 years old.

They lived in marriage for 7 years before breaking up in 1994. The divorce process was not smooth, the divorce procedure took 2 years to complete.

During that process, Rocky accused Patrick of being an abusive husband. Later, Rocky himself withdrew his accusations. Rocky once talked in detail about the times he was abused, the after-effects, having to undergo psychological treatment, having to give up his own career to help his husband overcome his addiction and build his career…

When suddenly retracting his terrible accusations, Rocky said: “In the excitement of divorce proceedings, many times people say things that should not be said. But the accusations of violence physically and mentally, as well as Patrick’s addiction to alcohol and illegal substances are all untrue.”

Later, Patrick looked back on his relationship with Rocky as “a ridiculous thing” and a “nightmare”: “Everyone knows my story. I was truly lost for a while. I have to make an effort to discipline myself to get out of that story.

I think there was a period when I felt I needed… a mother by my side. Rocky’s son is a year older than me. There were many negative things I had to work hard to correct after that relationship.”

Director Harry Winer – a longtime friend of Patrick – once shared that the actor had to go through a “destructive” marriage. Patrick was psychologically manipulated a lot while in this relationship. In 2014, Ms. Rocky passed away from cancer at the age of 74.

Found love and happiness with his second wife by accident
Immediately after the divorce, Patrick met his second wife – Jillian, a hairdresser – when he happened to stop by her salon. Jillian once shared that she felt stunned when a star like Patrick suddenly entered her shop to get a haircut: “I was shocked but also happy to see him appear in my shop, he so cute”.

Patrick with his current wife (Photo: Daily Mail).

After that chance meeting, Patrick often stopped by Jillian’s shop. However, it wasn’t until 3 years later that the two started dating. According to Patrick, Jillian was always giving off flirting signals, and eventually, Patrick decided to try and have a date with her. Within just 3 months after their first date, they started living together. Two years later, they decided to get married.

Patrick said that since having children, his goal of making money is to raise his children: “Being a father is the most important thing to me. Everything else is incomparable. Being a father makes me look back at myself.” myself, my marriage and constantly strive to improve myself and create a good life for my children.”

Patrick’s career continued to develop after he entered his second marriage, which is why, at one point, he faced the breakdown of his marriage again.

In 2005, Patrick was invited to act in the television series Grey’s Anatomy. Patrick’s role was very successful, he appeared in 11 subsequent films, but the successful role made Patrick busy with his work schedule and distracted from taking care of his family.

Looking back at this period, Patrick said he did not have time to be with his wife when he could not balance work and family. In 2015, after 16 years of marriage, the couple announced their separation. Patrick clearly understood what caused this rift. He decided to retire from the Grey’s Anatomy series, reduce his work activities, and fix his troubled marriage.


Small family of actor Patrick Dempsey (Photo: Daily Mail).

Patrick and his wife went to a marriage counselor together. In 2016, the two announced they were living together again, ending their separation.

Patrick shares: “My husband and I have worked hard to solve our problems and improve the quality of our marriage. We want to be role models for our children. We have our differences, but we want to find a solution.” We can only do one thing well at a time, so I need to learn how to set priorities. Family is my priority.”

After his family life stabilized, Patrick returned to his acting career, but he always told himself that no matter how busy he was, he must remember to create meaningful times with his wife and children and not forget them. Spend time alone with your wife.

“We need to grow and become better over time, as individuals, as a couple, as a family. The older I get, the more I realize how little time we actually have And so, I want my time to be used as meaningfully as possible,” Patrick once confided.