Winona Ryder admits she had two awful relationships when she was young adding 'what was I thinking?' but feels 'lucky' with her current love as the Stranger Things actress talks her new version of Beetlejuice

Winona Ryder has made nan uncommon move of opening up astir her individual life.

While posing for nan caller rumor of Harper's Bazaar magazine, nan 52-year-old - born Winona Laura Horowitz - touched connected her high-profile emotion life.

The 90s surface queen admitted that successful her past she had 2 disastrous relationships. She doesn't sanction names but 2 of her high-profile beaus person been Johnny Depp and Matt Damon. She besides romanced David Duchovny, Val Kilmer and Pete Yorn.

But nan Stranger Things character shared pinch writer Thessaly La Force that she has been overmuch happier successful much caller years pinch her existent boyfriend Scott Mackinlay Hahn, laminitis of nan sustainable organic-cotton company, Loomstate.

They person been together for 14 years. 

And she feels 'lucky' that she has met specified a awesome man, added nan prima who is doing a caller type of Tom Burton's Beetlejuice.

'He's truthful great. He really is. I'm really lucky,' Ryder said of Scott whom she is often seen pinch astatine Hollywood events.

Now she is reprising her character, Lydia Deetz, for nan upcoming sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

'I felt bad for her,' she explained.

Lydia Deetz reminds Ryder of a younger type of herself, she noted:

'In my 30s, I had 2 disastrous relationships that were—they weren't wrong, but this was earlier you would ever deliberation to Google someone,' she said.

'When I look back, I'm like, "What nan hellhole was I thinking?"

'I was making love nan type of personification who only lets you cognize a fewer weeks successful that they're successful a narration pinch personification else. And you're conscionable like, "What nan f***?"'

She besides talked her heartbreaking diaries. 

'You intelligibly constitute erstwhile you're depressed aliases upset,' shared nan Petaluma native.

'I thin to not constitute erstwhile I'm really happy,' she added.

'I was going done them and conscionable asking myself, How?' I was intelligibly trying to woody pinch …'

She past said: 'It was very sad. I was intelligibly trying to judge nan champion and to springiness grace to myself. But I was taking attraction of everything but myself.'

She besides talked gathering Burton.

'I was sitting there, and this feline came successful holding a folder, who I thought was a messenger aliases something. We started talking astir Edward Gorey. About half an hr into this conversation, I consciousness for illustration I'm making a friend, and I inquire him, 'Do you cognize Tim Burton? This is his office, right?' And he went, 'Well, that's me.' I didn't cognize that board could look for illustration Tim. 

'He was 27. Immediately, I was like, 'Oh, sh*t. I'm sorry. Do you want maine to read?' He told maine no. I retrieve emotion for illustration 'Oh, God, did I rustle it?'

'I had this fearfulness erstwhile I sewage up to leave, and I was like, 'Hey, man, it was really awesome gathering you. Good luck, this sounds really great.' I added, 'If you want, I tin travel back.' 

'But he told maine that he wanted maine to do it. That had ne'er happened. I'd ne'er been offered a portion without a reference for it aliases connected nan spot for illustration that, ever.'

He said of her: 'She astir apt thought I was immoderate benignant of weird stalker,' says Burton. 'But I had that effect connected people. I didn't speak very well, truthful group didn't understand what I was saying. 

'In fact, they still don't. But again, that's why I consciousness for illustration we connected, because I didn't scare her away. She yet sewage it and sewage who I was.' 

She besides said she is OK pinch her occurrence astatine a young age.
 

'I consciousness incredibly fortunate to person been capable to unrecorded this life—however aggravated and overwhelming it got, it's NOTHING compared to what it is now pinch nan net and societal media. 

'I conscionable find myself emotion tremendous empathy toward group who person sacrificed truthful much.'

Ryder was photographed by Liv Liberg and styled by Vanessa Reid for The Harper’s BAZAAR August 2024 Performance Issue. 

The rumor hits newsstands connected July 23, 2024.