Why Did Eric Christian Olsen And Maggie Lawson Break Up? The Truth Behind This Incredibly Private Relationship
NCIS: Los Angeles star once dated Psych actress Maggie Lawson, and while they were together for years, they haven't shared much about it.
Eric Christen Olsen is married to Sarah Wright now. But in the past, the NCIS: Los Angeles star was in a relationship with actress Maggie Lawson, who became famous after playing sweet Jules O’Hara on Psych. While Olsen’s acting life is the subject of a lot of attention, including the time he received a Razzie nomination, his past romantic life is a mystery.
Two decades ago, Eric Christian Olsen was an ambitious actor taking on as many roles as he could. But not many people knew his name. That would come with his casting on NCIS: Los Angeles. In 2003, Eric Christian Olsen dated Maggie Lawson, and the relationship was a private one. What should fans know about Eric Christian Olsen and Maggie Lawson’s romance? Did they date for a long time? And why did they split up?
What Happened Between Eric Christian Olsen And Maggie Lawson?
There are viewers who dislike NCIS: Los Angeles. The NCIS franchise may be a hit. But it can be polarizing as not every viewer loves the formulaic nature of this kind of show. Fans always like watching Eric Christian Olsen play Marty Deeks, a character who hasn’t had an easy life.
Earlier on in Eric Christian Olsen’s career, he dated Maggie Lawson. A 2003 New York Post article about the actor’s role in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd mentioned that the actors were together. The article mentioned that Olsen would attend the movie’s premiere in Beverly Hills, California with Lawson and called her “his girlfriend.”
Several websites say that the couple was together from 2003 to 2005 or 2006. But besides that New York Post article, there has been almost nothing written about this relationship.
During the time that Maggie Lawson and Eric Christian Olsen, their careers were just beginning. One of Olsen’s earliest roles was teenager Cameron Green on the TV series Get Real. The show aired from 1999 to 2000 and also starred Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg. It seems that Olsen and Lawson could date privately in the early 2000s because people weren’t aware of them yet. But as celebrities become more and more famous, hiding their love lives becomes more challenging.
Cameron has a tough time focusing on academics and just wants to have fun. Olsen’s career would take off a few years later when he landed the part of Kyle DeWitt on Brothers & Sisters. Since then, he has starred in many popular movies, including Not Another Teen Movie in 2001, Sunshine Cleaning in 2008, and the 2011 prequel The Thing.
Before meeting and dating Olsen, Lawson starred on Home Improvement, Step By Step and Boy Meets World for just one episode. She played a mean girl named Debbie Murdock in the TV movie I’ve Been Waiting For You and became more famous when she starred in Psych from 2006 to 2014.
Lawson and Olsen might have broken up because they were so young when they were together. It’s possible to guess that they were interested in each other because they are both actors, and they could relate to each other.
Maybe as their careers began taking off, the actors were focused on filming projects and traveling. That might have made staying together tough.
The actors haven’t offered up an explanation of the split. And they haven’t mentioned their relationship in interviews.
It’s tough not to be curious about hearing the story of Olsen and Lawson’s breakup. But fans might never find out what happened. The actors are older now and seem to have moved on. They don’t appear to still be friends and there is no evidence that they still talk to each other.
Who Else Have Eric Christian Olsen And Maggie Lawson Dated?
Eric Christian Olsen’s most important and meaningful romances seem to have been with Maggie Lawson and his wife, Sarah Wright. While there is almost no information about his time with Maggie Lawson, the actor has opened up more about Wright.
Olsen and Wright’s wedding took place in 2012, according to Hello! Magazine. The couple has three children: nine-year-old Wyatt, six-year-old Esme, and two-year-old Winter.
Olsen dated Lawson while his career was starting out. But by the time he got married, he was already a famous actor starring in NCIS: Los Angeles.
After he Olsen became a dad to his son Wyatt, the actor talked to People about what an amazing experience it was. He said, “I’m such a sucker for that kid when he smiles. He squints his eyes and he gets this big gummy smile, and it’s just emotions I didn’t know I had. I’ve become such a softie. I get tears in my eyes, and I get all excited. It’s just that’s not who I am.”
Besides, Eric Christian Olsen, Maggie Lawson has had two serious relationships. According to Us Weekly, she and James Roday Rodriguez were a couple from 2006 to 2014. Rodriguez played the main character Shawn Spencer who runs a detective agency with his best friend Gus and pretends to be able to see the future. The reason behind this break-up is also unknown.
Lawson did talk about her Psych character Juliet’s romance with Shawn Spencer in the Psych movies. She was interviewed by Deadline about Psych 2: Lassie Come Home and said, “One of the things I love about this movie, this time around is, I feel that for Shawn and Juliet there’s been eight years of ‘will they, won’t they,’ then it was ‘they will,’ then there was like a little, ‘where are we, what are we doing?” and then we hadn’t gotten married yet. Now we’re married.”
Lawson and Ben Koldyke were married from 2015 to 2017. Again, fans are unclear about why they got divorced.
But even though Eric Christian Olsen is now married and has three children, he still doesn’t say a lot about his personal life. Olsen and Maggie Lawson might have mutually decided not to let the public know very much about their years together.
