Jason Ritter Became Favorite on Set

Melanie Lynskey Jokes She Was Heartbroken After Costars Liked Husband Jason Ritter More — Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter at MenoLabs’ viewing get together for RHOBH’s Kathy Hilton Sara Jaye Weiss/Shutterstock

Melanie Lynskey loves her husband, Jason Ritter — however she doesn’t love that her Yellowjackets costars are simply as infatuated.

“It was great. But I came back to work and everybody was like, ‘Your husband’s the nicest person in the world. He’s our favorite,’” Lynskey, 45, solely instructed Us Weekly of Ritter’s upcoming cameo on the Showtime sequence. “And I think previously I felt like I was some people’s favorite.”

She teased that “it was a little bit of a heartbreak,” including, “Everyone was like, ‘We still love you.’ And I was like, ‘I know he’s nicer. He’s nicer than me. He’s easier to be around. He never complains.’ So he became the new favorite. It was hard for me to give up the title, but I was also happy.”

The Togetherness alum and Ritter, 43, met whereas filming The Big Ask in 2013 and went on to work alongside one another in a number of different tasks, together with 2014’s We’ll Never Have Paris and 2016’s The Intervention. Ritter would additionally seem in Lynskey’s Candy and The Last of Us earlier than being set to visitor star in season 2 of Showtime’s Yellowjackets.

“We’ve worked together a few times and it’s always been really fun, but I mean, I’ll do anything with him. He’s so talented,” Lynskey instructed Us. “I love his face. I love looking at his face.”

The Sweet Home Alabama actress joked that his Yellowjackets look could be one and accomplished. “No, that’s it. Thank you!” she stated. “He can’t be the favorite! I just don’t want the crew to like him more. That was my only issue was that everybody — nobody could stop talking about how kind he was and wonderful and easygoing. And at a certain point, I was like, ‘I got it.’ Yeah, I got it. He’s great. He’s the best.”

Ritter, in the meantime, has been nothing however a proud partner too. “At the beginning of our relationship, I was seeing her do a lot of independent movies, and I could not wait until I would be able to see what she did in one thing or another,” he instructed Us in November 2022. “But it’s just so exciting to see her doing the kinds of roles that she got to do in the independent movies. You know, interesting, gritty, cool, unexpected things, and see people respond to it the way they are. It’s just amazing and well-deserved.”

The pair, who welcomed a daughter in 2018, have stored quiet on what yr they bought married, however they did rejoice their anniversary final month. Ritter instructed Us that his marriage recommendation to others could be to “do the best job you can at listening and being willing to grow and change.”

“We all want to be loved for who we are and that’s absolutely important. But I think that can give you a reason to sort of lay back and relax. And I think what’s incredible in a relationship is if you have a wonderful partner, they can help you grow and help you get to 2.0 if you’re willing to do that. It’s very unlikely that everything you are will match up a hundred percent with the other person. So where can you change, where can they change?” the Parenthood alum stated on the time. “I think the stubbornness and the unwillingness to grow can be poisonous. And I think if you can do something that can make someone happier, do it.”

Picking up just a few chores doesn’t harm both. “Just look around and see what you can do in the house,” he added with fun. “Can you clean something? Can you throw on a load of laundry? Can you do the dishes? What can you fold? Do things need to be folded? That kind of stuff goes a really long way in just maintaining a partnership of where things don’t feel a little bit more spread out.”

As of now, particulars on Ritter’s Yellowjackets visitor spot have remained hush-hush. Lynskey was nominated final yr for an Emmy within the Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series class for her position as Shauna within the sequence, which additionally stars Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Liv Hewson, Courtney Eaton, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole and newcomers Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell.