A secret romance ends with a COVID-era divorce… and a new man less than a week later. Jordana
Brewster’s real life has had more twists and turns than the entire Fast franchise.
Where’d she land? Keep watching to find out.
Jordana Brewster has struggled with the shocking death of Paul Walker. Her co-star,
who played Brewster's character's love interest in the "Fast & Furious" films,
died in a car crash in 2013. A year after his death, Brewster told Cosmopolitan,
"It's the most difficult, intense thing I've ever been through.
I had a moment where I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm never going to
feel the way I felt when I hugged him.' We shared so many years of friendship."
That grief never dissipates entirely. Brewster shared with People in 2021,
"It goes in waves where it's super visceral at times,
and it's like it's unimaginable that that person's not with us anymore."
She went on to share that Walker had a huge influence on her life and because of that she'll
always feel his loss very intensely. However, she does things to keep Walker's memory alive,
as does the whole "Fast & Furious" family. Brewster explained,
"When the cast is together [...] we do honor and celebrate him."
Understandably, it was still hard not to feel the space he left behind on the set.
Brewster shared at a 2021 press conference, per Showbiz CheatSheet,
"Paul had this way of making everyone feel so
comfortable on set. [...] I miss that. [...] He's irreplaceable."
Jordana Brewster is a staple of the "Fast & Furious" franchise,
so it was kind of a bummer that she was not a part of the eighth movie,
"The Fate of the Furious" — even if it made sense for the story. According to Cinemablend,
it was due to changes made in the storyline after Paul Walker's death. Brewster told Shock Ya!,
"For good reason, I was left out of 8, but it was so sad for me to see it coming out."
Yet, she told Fox News that she wasn't necessarily
ready for her time in the movies to come to an end. She explained,
"I didn't say goodbye. It wasn't a choice."
for the next film, "F9: The Fast Saga," and she was back with bells
on and saying she was thrilled to be back.
"I was thrilled... I was able to be there for the entire shoot. For 6 and
7 [...] I was on a television show so I missed out on a lot of the action."
Brewster apparently really did want more action, even in terms of her character. She explained,
"We saw her be a part of the action in the first movie,
but that sort of faded into the background when she became a mom."
Because of that, she petitioned the film's director for more stunts.
Brewster told The Hollywood Reporter,
"I've heard throughout my career that if you want something done, show you can do it."
"You ever think about that?"
While Jordana Brewster may
not have appeared on the big screen much outside of the "Fast & Furious" movies,
she has continued acting over the years, mostly on TV. It seems it was her role in the 2012
"Dallas" reboot that made her want to return to the small screen. Brewster explained to IGN,
"I started in television, and I love watching TV. [...] So I was always
looking for something that was appealing, and [...] the script was really good."
The next show she did, 2016's "American Crime Story," was also something she
was passionate about. Brewster not only landed that part but also two other series that year,
"Secrets and Lies" and "Lethal Weapon."
As Jordana Brewster's star was rising in Hollywood,
she was also hitting major milestones in her personal life, like getting married. In 2005,
Brewster met her now-ex husband, Andrew Form, on the set of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning," where he served as a producer. Brewster gushed to InStyle Weddings,
"We started dating in secret — you know,
hanging out in my trailer — because it would have been unprofessional otherwise."
Two years later, they tied the knot in the Caribbean. By 2020 though,
Brewster's feelings had changed. In an essay she penned for Glamour in 2021, she shared,
"When I married Andrew, I thought it was the right time. I was 27,
and in retrospect, that seems really young, but I was in a rush."
As their marriage progressed, however, Brewster felt their dynamic was not working anymore.
They were living what the actor referred to as "parallel lives." According to Us Weekly,
the couple eventually decided to separate at the start of the pandemic,
with Brewster officially filing for divorce in July of 2020.
Jordana Brewster has definitely kept busy with becoming a mother since 2013. Brewster and
Andrew Form welcomed their son, Julian, that year, and in 2016, a second son named Rowan.
"I'm having another baby."
Brewster has been open about her struggles with infertility and using surrogacy,
telling People in 2020,
"I'm so lucky that it was an option [...] because otherwise I wouldn't have my two beautiful boys."
Brewster has been open about her own story because she wants to shed light
on an experience so many people can relate to. As she said to Dujour,
"I think it's only in hearing other women's struggles that we learn it is okay."
While Brewster pictured herself being a laid-back mom,
the reality did not exactly line up. The star explained,
"I was so neurotic. I was crazy. [...] I'm getting so much better,
but I just wanted to micromanage my kids."
Like so many parents across the globe, she particularly had a hard time with virtual school
and keeping her kids occupied during the pandemic. Yet she worked through it, telling The Retaility,
"I tried to keep as much normalcy as possible."
Brewster also tried to keep things just as comfortable for her children
when divorcing their father. She shared with New Beauty,
"There was so much focus on making the transition smooth for the kids
and having them know that, despite the shift, that there was love."
Jordana Brewster has struggled with an eating disorder. She spoke with Glamour about it, saying,
"The first year of our marriage, I started to binge and developed an eating disorder."
Body image is something Brewster grappled with for years. She told Health,
"I went through phases where I was obsessed with
the number on the scale and I didn't want to deviate."
Hollywood's unrealistic beauty standards didn't help either,
with Brewster dishing to The Retaility,
"There was so much pressure on actresses to look a certain way. I used to get notes,
'They're asking you to lose some weight,' and I would carry that for years."
Brewster realized she needed to get help when it started impacting her life. She wrote in Glamour,
"I was so focused on the number on the scale [...] that I ignored all other problems.
I didn't look closely at my career, my marriage."
Therapy eventually led her to work through it, and as she said to Health,
she always wants to teach her kids to have a healthy relationship with food.
"It's the right thing."
Jordana Brewster gave love another shot. Following her split from Andrew Form,
Brewster started dating tech CEO Mason Morfit. She apparently had a crush on him
from when they first met — back when she was still married. Brewster told Glamour,
"My heart would leap as soon as he liked a post or commented on something I'd written."
Once Brewster became single, things moved rather quickly. Brewster confessed,
"Four days after I separated from Andrew, I was on a plane to
San Francisco to visit this man I had met only once but who had stayed on my mind."
She wrote in Glamour,
"Therapists and friends urged us to slow down... but we knew this was right."
"I've never wanted a woman more than I want you,
and if you'll allow me, I want a chance to make you happy."
Once they had reconnected, it apparently was clear to Brewster that they were meant to be.
By September 2021, the two were engaged with
Brewster sharing a photo of her ring while cuddling Morfit on a beach.
It's safe to say that Jordana Brewster is immersed in wedding planning since saying
yes to fiancé, Mason Morfit. After the two announced they'd recently gotten engaged,
they got right onto figuring out what their big day is going to look like.
Following the proposal, Brewster gushed to People,
"It feels really exciting. I'm starting to plan and I'm going to take it really slowly
and I'm going to really savor each step."
Being her second time getting married,
Brewster seemingly wants to do things differently this time around. She explained,
"I'm actually going to have an engagement party and I have a Pinterest for the dress
and I'm doing all the girly girly stuff I never did."
As of March 2022, it appeared Brewster was doing that girly stuff she wanted. She told People
that she was in the midst of dress shopping and dreaming up ideas for the ceremony and reception.
Just because Jordana Brewster has kept a low profile outside of promoting the
"Fast & Furious" movies doesn't mean she's not making money in other ways.
She does this by frequently teaming up with different businesses that resonate with her.
She uses her platform on Instagram to post paid advertisements to her millions of followers.
She promoted POND'S Hydrating Sheet Masks in 2017, before pushing Zacapa in 2021,
a rum that she'll have on deck on her big day. She told People,
"I really love it straight up. So that's probably how I'll be serving it."
In 2021, Brewster also joied the Clearblue's Conceivinghood campaign, which according to
Business Wire, is a way to bring awareness to the time before getting pregnant.
The campaign is important to Brewster since she struggled with infertility. She revealed,
"My Conceivinghood journey definitely took a toll on me.
I saw a lot of 'not pregnant' multiple times."
All those partnerships appear to be paying off because, according to Celebrity Net Worth,
Brewster is worth a whopping $25 million. So what really happened to Brewster? It seems she's just
been falling in love, living her best life, and making lots of money on and off-screen.
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