Kevin Connolly opens up about how he found out his then-girlfriend Nikki Cox was cheating on him with their Unhappily Ever After co-star

Kevin Connolly told how he found out his Nikki Cox cheated on him while they were filming Unhappily Ever After.

While talking about his experiences as a child actor, the 49-year-old Entourage star recalled his first heartbreak, which took place behind the scenes of the sitcom in the '90s.

He said his split from the former actress, now 45, was the “first time” he thought he was “going to die,” he admitted on an episode of the Hey Dude… The 90s Called! podcast released Monday.

He told podcast hosts Christine Taylor and David Lascher that he was “heartbroken” in the final years of the series, which ran from 1995 to 1999, after finding out his then-girlfriend was having an affair with their costar Bobcat Goldthwait, 61.

The director – who was accused of sexually assaulting a costume designer in 2005 – said: 'It was quite horrible. Yes, I was devastated. I could not sleep. It was one of those jobs.”

He said his split from the former actress, now 45, was the “first time” he thought he was “going to die,” he admitted on an episode of the Hey Dude… The 90s Called! podcast released Monday. He told podcast hosts Christine Taylor and David Lascher that he was “heartbroken” in the final years of the series, which ran from 1995 to 1999, after finding out his then-girlfriend was having an affair with their costar Bobcat Goldthwait, 61.

Connolly recalled how he and Cox played siblings on the '90s sitcom but started dating sometime between taping seasons four and five.

The series, Unhappily Ever After, followed the lives of a dysfunctional family led by a schizophrenic father named Jack, played by Geoff Pierson.

The father had a close friendship with his son's talking toy rabbit, Mr. Floppy – a doll voiced by Goldthwait.

Connolly said he found out Cox was having an affair with Goldthwait “a few days before the table read for season five”.

He said he received a disturbing phone call from Jeremy London, who told him to check the news.

“(He) called me and said, 'Kevin, get in your car…' He said, 'Get in your car, drive to 711 and open the National Enquirer,'” Connolly recalled.

“I get in the car and drive down the street,” he continued, adding that he had “a knot in my stomach” before he “started flipping through the Enquirer.”

“There's a photo of Bobcat and Nikki dating,” Connolly explained as soon as he learned of the affair.

Connolly recalled how he and Cox played siblings on the '90s sitcom but started dating sometime between taping seasons four and five. Connolly said he found out Cox was having an affair with Goldthwait 'a few days before the table read for season five'

The series, Unhappily Ever After, followed the lives of a dysfunctional family led by a schizophrenic father named Jack, played by Geoff Pierson. The father had a close friendship with his son's talking toy rabbit, Mr. Floppy – a doll voiced by Goldthwait

“And the next day, or two days later, I had to sit down and read, and we had to get 24 weeks of misery out of it,” he said.

Despite their rocky split, the New York native — who welcomed his first child with his actress girlfriend, Zulay Henao, 44, in June 2021 — said he and Cox have “stayed in touch over the years” and are still “off” and catch up every now and then. '.

He also joked that Taylor, the podcast's co-host and coincidentally his longtime friend, got to witness the “Bobcat incident” with a “front row seat.”

After Connolly and Cox split, she became engaged to Goldthwait, who is 16 years older than her.

The couple was engaged for about five years and together for a total of seven years.

Cox and Goldthwait never married and eventually split in 2005 after yet another love triangle.

After Connolly and Cox split, she got engaged to Goldthwait, who is 16 years older than her

The couple was engaged for about five years and together for a total of seven years. Cox and Goldthwait never married and eventually split in 2005 after yet another love triangle

They called it quits after Goldthwait discovered Cox was cheating on him

In an interview with Dave FM's Jimmy Baron and Yvonne Monet in February 2010, Goldthwait recalled how their engagement ended when he found out Cox was cheating on him.

He told how he called a hotel to send Cox flowers and discovered she was staying in fellow comedian Jay Mohr's room.

Cox tied the knot in 2006 with Mohr, star of CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried.

They were married for 12 years before divorcing in 2018. They share son Meredith Daniel, whom they welcomed in 2011.