Eric Dane’s ex-girlfriend Priya Jain has opened up about her grief over the late actor’s loss of life at age 53 following a battle with ALS.
“I’m processing,” Jain, 28, informed TMZ exterior West Hollywood hotspot The Abbey on Friday, March 13,
When requested to share her favourite reminiscence with Dane, Jain replied, “All of them!”
“Eric was an amazing man … I’m glad his children are there to maintain his legacy alive,” she added. “He was an amazing man. It’s simply terrible.”
Eric Dane’s girlfriend, Janell Shirtcliff, is honoring the late actor after his loss of life at age 53. Shirtcliff shared a handful of pictures of Dane to her Instagram Tales early on Saturday, February 21, together with candy snaps of the couple kissing and different pics of the Euphoria star posing subsequent to a horse and getting a tattoo. Us (…)
Dane’s household confirmed on February 19 that the former Gray’s Anatomy star had died almost a yr after publicly saying his ALS prognosis. (Per the Mayo ClinicALS is a “nervous system illness that impacts nerve cells within the mind and spinal twine,” inflicting a progressive lack of muscle management over time.)
“With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane handed on Thursday afternoon following a brave battle with ALS,” his household informed Us Weekly in an announcement on the time. “He spent his remaining days surrounded by expensive associates, his devoted spouse, and his two stunning daughters, Billie and Georgia, who had been the middle of his world.”
Priya Jain; Eric Dane
Getty Pictures (2); Jon Kopaloff/Lionsgate; Amy SussmanThe assertion went on, “All through his journey with ALS, Eric grew to become a passionate advocate for consciousness and analysis, decided to make a distinction for others going through the identical battle. He might be deeply missed, and lovingly remembered at all times. Eric adored his followers and is ceaselessly grateful for the outpouring of affection and assist he’s acquired. The household has requested for privateness as they navigate this inconceivable time.”
Us solely reported on February 24 that Jain made a $10,000 donation to a GoFundMe fundraiser began by “associates of the Dane household,” which lists his spouse Rebecca Gayheart as his “Beneficiary.” The fundraiser has raised greater than $489,000 for Dane’s household, as of publication. (Dane and Gayheart separated in February 2018 however by no means adopted via with a divorce. Dane was courting filmmaker and photographer Janell Shirtcliff on the time of his loss of life, whereas Gayheart has been noticed with billionaire Peter Morton in recent times.)
Jain — an actress who costarred with Josh Duhamel within the 2025 film Not With out Hope — was with Dane for almost a yr, after initially being linked in November 2024. Us confirmed in February that the exes had been on good phrases on the time of Dane’s loss of life.
Priya Jain in August 2025.
Theo Wargo/Getty Pictures“Within the months main as much as Eric’s passing Priya and Eric reconnected their relationship as associates,” a supply informed Us. “It was extra vital for them to stay associates (following their cut up).”
Us realized that Priya didn’t assume Dane’s loss of life “would occur this rapidly” since he solely went public along with his ALS prognosis in April 2025. An insider shared that Priya had “a lot love” for Dane following his prognosis and she or he “is aware of how laborious that is for his daughters.”
“She has plenty of love for his household,” the supply added.
Rebecca Gayheart broke her silence on husband Eric Dane’s loss of life following his battle with ALS. Gayheart, 54, shared a number of throwback household images with Dane and their two daughters through her Instagram Tales on Saturday, February 21, along with a hyperlink endorsing a GoFundMe marketing campaign meant to financially assist their children within the wake of (…)
Earlier this week, Dane’s spouse Gayheart, 54, admitted that her household was nonetheless in “a state of shock” over dropping him.
“It’s been difficult and significant, and persons are form,” she informed Selection on Wednesday, March 11. “I’m having bother receiving the entire assist and love coming at me from each which means due to Eric and the (leisure) group that’s so beneficiant with their time.”
Gayheart went on, “(Family and friends have) been holding me and the ladies up the final two weeks, and I don’t assume they’re going wherever. I feel they’re in it for the lengthy haul. Hollywood will get a foul rap. That sort of makes me mad, as a result of we have now a beautiful group of individuals, and I’m so grateful for them.”