The ex of Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz is revealing all about his former Hollywood life…<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Words by Bonnie McLaren<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-125841240.jpg” alt=”Paul Sculfor” title_text=”Aramis: All A Man Is – Campaign Launch” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Do you still keep in contact with your exes? Well, it seems Jennifer Aniston does \u2013 at least according to one of her ex-boyfriends. Paul Sculfor, a British model, dated the Friends actor for about five months back in 2007. And while their relationship might have been short lived, Paul has recently admitted the pair are still \u2018friendly\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cWe still message now and then,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously we\u2019re all married and grown up now, so I just message like I message a lot of people to say: \u2018Hey, how are you doing? I hope everything\u2019s fine.\u2019 Friendly stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n So, who is the man still on good terms with our Jen? Paul is a 54-year-old model from Essex, who jokingly calls himself a \u201csometimes supermodel and ex-actor\u201d in his Instagram bio. His career as a model kind of started by accident – when he was 21 his mum secretly entered him into a competition ran by Select Model Management. But his career then reached huge heights, becoming the face of huge fashion brands, like Levi\u2019s, Versace and Louis Vuitton.<\/p>\n But probably his biggest achievement is setting up a charity for those who are struggling with addiction. On his website, Paul said he was inspired to help set up the Stride Foundation after working in the industry, as \u201c[he] noticed a high rate of addiction problems amongst his peers\u201d. And as well as helping those with addiction issues – with services such as counselling – Stride also helps provide education in schools, such as lectures and talks.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] But the charity is very close to Paul\u2019s heart – as addiction is something the former model has been through himself, hence why he says he is \u201cpassionate about helping others\u201d.<\/p>\n Before he dated Jen, Paul says that he ended up in rehab, staying for six months at The Priory in 2004. (Other famous faces who have stayed there include Lily Allen, Kate Moss and the late Amy Winehouse.) Speaking about the visit, he told Hello magazine in a new interview: \u201cI was physically and mentally in a bad way. I remember dropping to my knees in my hallway, and I heard a voice come out of myself and shout out: \u2018I need help!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n It was a few years later, when he had moved to Los Angeles, that he started to date Jen. It\u2019s believed they were introduced by David Arquette, husband of Friends co-star Courteney Cox. But Jen isn\u2019t the only A-lister Paul dated – he was also with fellow model Lisa Snowdon from 1996 to 1999, and he was with Cameron Diaz for a year from 2008 to 2009. Cameron and Paul\u2019s relationship seemed to be serious, as they even lived together for a while. But following their split, he said it \u201cwas my choice to be single\u201d.<\/p>\n This recent interview with Hello isn\u2019t the first time Paul has opened up about the toll his high-flying life took on him, telling Sunday Times Style last year that he was in an extremely dark place. \u201cThings got very dark. I was always ill, I developed social anxiety, shut myself off from my family,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cI turned down jobs because I couldn’t be bothered. Very unlike me. My outlook on life changed from being excited to pretty much suicidal. I didn’t want to be myself anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n As well as running the charity, Paul also hosts a podcast, called This Is Powerful, where he interviews doctors as well as those who have struggled with addiction, including celeb guests such as Millie Mackintosh. Speaking on the podcast earlier this month, Paul revealed how he stays sober now \u2013 saying that he occasionally sees a therapist, sticks to meetings and also does \u201cmindful practice with my martial art\u201d. \u201cI still go to the 12-step meetings,\u201d he said. \u201cI have about ten guys – we all got sober around the same time within a two-year period – and we’ve stayed together.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-82638706.jpg” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”Paul Sculfor and Cameron Diaz” title_text=”U.S. Open – Day 9″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Thankfully, Paul now seems to be in a far happier place. He is living in London, happily married with nutritionist Dr Federica Amati and credits his two daughters, aged four and seven, as what keeps him going. \u201cThey keep me in check. It’s given me a purpose. I wanted to have a family when I was a young man, and then I decided I didn’t want to have a family, and I’m really glad I waited,\u201d he said, adding that his \u201cfirst daughter was born when I was 47\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really grateful for the journey I’ve had,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt allowed me, when I was single, to really work on myself and discover myself and what I need and what works and doesn’t work. Being a father has actually infused me with real purpose. You don’t have time to think about yourself when you’ve got kids because they’re the priority: they need to eat, they need to get up, they need to get dressed for school. To be honest, I find it my saviour.\u201d<\/p>\n If you or someone you care about are suffering from addiction, support can be found here: Mind,<\/a> Al-Anon<\/a>, UKNA<\/a><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Photo: <\/b>Getty<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul Sculfor also dated Cameron Diaz back in the day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-news"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9000,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8993\/revisions\/9000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘We still message now and then.’<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]