Suki Waterhouse reflects on heartbreak and life with Pattinson

Suki Waterhouse has described a past two-year relationship as ending disastrously and said she felt depressed and stifled after heartbreak, reflecting on the experience while discussing her current life with Robert Pattinson. She did not name her former partner in the remarks, though reports identify him as Bradley Cooper, whom she dated from 2013 to 2015. In an interview published October 31, Waterhouse said she was surprised by how happy she is with Pattinson, explaining that a previous relationship lasting two years had ended badly. She also reflected on being young and unprepared for the consequences of relationships lived in public. Her comments revisit a period she has previously described as isolating and difficult. Waterhouse said she felt stifled and recalled thinking she needed to find a way out or risk drowning. She said she remembered feeling depressed and channelled those feelings into writing. The remarks connect the emotional aftermath of heartbreak with her creative work, without identifying Cooper by name in the quoted comments about the two-year relationship. She also said she has learned that a person can maintain both a private and a public life. In earlier...