Eric Dane’s demise at the age of 53 left his fans heartbroken. The actor, who had no plans to pursue acting, fell in love with it, and the rest is history. The actor got married to his Grey’s Anatomy co-star, Rebecca Gayheart, in 2004, and in 2018, the actress filed for divorce. However, in 2025, Rebecca dismissed the file.
Shortly after his split with Rebecca, Eric Dane reportedly dated Priya Jain. The couple was allegedly together for a year before she was blindsided and devastated over their sudden split. Now that Eric Dane passed away, sources revealed how Priya is dealing with it, along with the fact that the duo reconnected shortly before his sudden demise at the age of 53, 10 months after he revealed being diagnosed with ALS.
Eric Dane’s ex-girlfriend, Priya is devastated over his death
A source recently revealed to US Weekly that Priya and Eric reconnected their relationship as ‘friends’ in the months leading up to the actor’s passing. The source further mentioned that it was important for them to stay friends after their split last summer. As per the source, Priya didn’t think that this would happen so soon.
As per the source, Priya has so much love for Eric and his family, and she genuinely feels for his daughter, considering how hard it must be for them to navigate their father’s death at such a young age. On a personal level, Priya is ‘devastated’ and ‘sad’, and she is grateful they exist to keep his memory alive. The source could be quoted as saying:
“Priya didn’t think it would happen this quickly. Jain has so much love” for Dane in the wake of his death. He was such a special person. She has a lot of love for his family. Jain knows how hard this is for his daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14, and she feels for them. Jain is so sad and devastated by the loss, the source shares, but she’s grateful they exist to keep his memory alive.”
A look at Eric Dane and Priya’s relationship
As per a report by Us Weekly, Eric and Priya met through common friends and have been together for one year. Eric started dating Priya after he parted ways with Rebecca Gayheart. If the reports are to be believed, Priya was blindsided and hurt by the sudden split she had with Eric. The actor met the Naked Lynx founder every day, as reported, and there was so much love between them. Eric introduced her as his girlfriend, and they had a good bond. Even though the couple parted ways, Priya wished him luck for his future endeavours. Well, after their breakup, in recent times, Priya reconnected with Eric as friends.
Eric Dane’s relationship with Rebecca Gayheart
Eric got married to Rebecca in 2004, and in 2018, the duo filed for divorce. In 2025, the actress dismissed their divorce. In Netflix’s Famous Last Words, Eric said that when he met Rebecca for the first time, he knew he would get married to her. However, he turned to her friend, who told him that it was impossible since Rebecca was engaged to her childhood lover. However, four years later, it was Eric who married Rebecca. The couple had two daughters together. In his last interview, Eric said that he could never fall in love with anyone as deeply as Rebecca. To quote him:
“We still love each other deeply, I just think we don’t want to live with each other. But there’s a lot of love there. I will have never, by the time anybody sees this, have fallen in love with another woman as deeply as I fell in love with Rebecca. She’s the mother of my children, and the whole way that thing came about was so organic and fortuitous. I met Rebecca, and I turned to her friend and I said ‘I’m going to marry that girl.'”
What do you think about Priya’s speculated reaction to Eric Dane’s demise?
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