Patrick Stewart’s ex slams actor for ‘editing her out’ his life in memoir: ‘I feel angry and betrayed’

Actress Lisa Dillon has lashed out at Patrick Stewart and seemingly ended their decades long friendship in the process.

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: (L-R) Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Patrick Stewart has come under fire from his ex after he claimed in his memoir that their five year romance was just a “silly affair”.

Stewart had a relationship with actress Lisa Dillon when she was just 23 and he was 61.

Patrick Stewart with his wife Sunny Ozell at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity Fair.

Despite the length of time they were involved, Stewart wrote in his memoir that his romance with Dillon was fleeting, calling their entanglement “relatively short”.

Stewart, who recently said he “grieves” his “non-existent” relationship with his two children, wrote: “And so, another divorce. I felt stupid and responsible … I had cheated on my wife with a younger woman – again. And just like my affair with Jenny Hetrick, my time with Lisa Dillon would also prove to be relatively short … In a life chockablock with joy and success, my two failed marriages are my greatest regret.”

Dillon, who has remained friendly with Stewart in the years after their romance ended, has now broken her silence and seemingly ended their lengthy friendship.

“The impression he gives is that our relationship was very fleeting – that I was a silly affair that broke up a marriage – and he got caught out,” she told The Times. “But it’s not just about our nearly five years together – this is the most enduring friendship of my life. Or it was. In my heart of hearts, I always felt he would honour me properly if he were to write about me.”

Stewart married his first wife Sheila Falconer in 1966, with the couple divorcing in 1990. He started his relationship with Dillon four months before his divorce from American producer Wendy Neuss, whom he was married to for three years, and he has been married to singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell since 2013.

Lisa Dillon, pictured on the left starring in ABC series Cranford, began an affair with Stewart while working as an actress. Picture from ABC.

In the memoir, Stewart goes on to further diminish his romance with Dillon, claiming that he never loved her.

He wrote: “I remember the warning I had received from an older actor decades ago, that if you keep saying ‘I love you’ to someone in a play, you can drift into believing the sentiment to be true.”

In response, Dillon slammed the actor for “editing her out” of his life, and insisted he should feel “shame” for his actions.

“And then the very man that had the opportunity to cancel that has only added to it. For him not to write anything honourable about our time together is shameful. He has diminished me, both professionally and personally, editing me out of parts of his life.”

“For the first time, I’ve thought, ‘What did a 62-year-old man find attractive about me at 23?’” she added.

Originally published as Patrick Stewart’s ex slams actor for ‘editing her out’ his life in memoir: ‘I feel angry and betrayed’