Eric Dane had excessive hopes that his two daughters, Billie and Georgiawould keep in mind the large and small moments following his loss of life.
“I feel they’d lead with I’m a reactive particular person. ‘My dad was a reactive particular person,’ (which is) not vital a damaging connotation,” Dane stated in a Well-known Final Phrases interview on Netflix, which premiered hours after his loss of life at 53. “A few of their core reminiscences contain me reacting to one thing. You understand, site visitors is all the time a superb impetus for that.”
Dane shared Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14, with Rebecca Gayheart. The Gray’s Anatomy actor died on Thursday, February 19following a battle with ALS.
“I feel that they’d say I used to be fairly robust. Resilient,” he instructed Brad Falchuk within the posthumous Netflix interview. “They’d say I used to be loving and I used to be actually endearing and compassionate and empathetic and reliable. I’m a superb dad.”
He continued, “We did some actually nice touring. We went to Europe one 12 months, and there was a time the place we have been ripping by means of the French countryside with the children behind this loopy little automobile we rented.”
Dane recalled saying “every little thing with a French accent” in the course of the household’s trip, which had Gayheart, 54, and the women in hysterics.
“For some cause, for that quarter-hour, my French accent was spot on,” he quipped. “I do not know the place that got here from (however everybody was laughing). That’s the very best factor. It’s my favourite factor to do — and chuckle myself too.”
Dane additional pressured that parenthood was his No. 1 precedence in life.
“I feel exhibiting up is the No. 1 high quality,” he stated. “I haven’t been good with that, however I’ve all the time been there when it mattered. Nicely, their mom and I are not collectively. We’re nonetheless greatest buddies, however we’re not collectively.”
Celebrities are paying tribute to Gray’s Anatomy star Eric Dane after his loss of life at age 53. Alyssa Milano, Ashton Kutcher and Maria Shriver led the tributes by way of social media as stars reacted to the tragic loss. Dane’s household confirmed his loss of life on Thursday, February 19, in an announcement to Us Weekly. “With heavy hearts, we (…)
Dane and Gayheart have been married from 2004 to 2018 earlier than the Jawbreakers actress filed for divorce. Gayheart in the end withdrew her petition in 2025 amid Dane’s ALS prognosis.
“Simply by advantage of the space and us dwelling in separate properties, there’s a variety of time misplaced there,” Dane acknowledged in Well-known Final Phrases. “I made certain that I might be there as a lot as potential — and definitely when it counts. I’ve proven as much as all of Billie’s ballet recitals. I’ve been to many Nutcrackersand I’ll inform you, there’s a pair items in there which are stunning however Jesus, that factor drones on, man. It’s three hours, however I’ve been to all of them.”
Dane additionally attended all of daughter Georgia’s seashore volleyball video games.
“I’m current of their lives, whether or not I’m in entrance of them or 2,000 miles away,” he stated, noting his fondness for his or her mom. “Nicely, we nonetheless love one another deeply. I simply assume we don’t need to reside with one another, however there’s a variety of love there. I’ll by no means, by the point anyone sees this, have fallen in love with one other lady as deeply as I fell in love with Rebecca. She’s the mom of my kids.”