Maren Morris on Post-Divorce Dating: Toddler-Mode Swiping and “Cosplay Intimacy”
As if the dating scene weren’t already a dumpster fire, Maren Morris just confirmed it by admitting she feels like a “knock-kneed toddler” on Raya. In an eye-rolling May 9 interview with The Cut, the 35-year-old country star detailed her post-divorce foray into apps, revealing that progressives on paper often turn out to be “fake liberal men” who specialize in “cosplaying intimacy.” Citing TikTok’s finest emotional red flags—maladaptive daydreaming, limerence and avoidant attachment—Morris confessed that she’d even been introduced to a seemingly decent guy who “completely imploded” in front of his friends, leaving her to wonder if actual intimacy still exists.
Morris’ no-holds-barred confession arrives alongside her new album, Dreamsicle, which drops the same day as the interview. Don’t expect a divorce tell-all: instead, she charts the limbo after the dramatic split from ex-husband Ryan Hurd. “I’m documenting the grief, anger and sadness that follows,” Morris told People Magazine, shunning the cliché breakup record in favor of a raw exploration of vulnerability, female friendships and rediscovering the self.
The timeline reads like a parental playbook gone wrong. Morris and Hurd met in 2013 at a Tim McGraw songwriting session and secretly married in March 2018; their son Hayes arrived two years later. What started as a fairy-tale union dissolved when Morris filed for divorce in October 2023. By January 2024, the papers were signed and sealed. In an August People interview, she admitted that juggling co-parenting alongside a fractured romance feels like defusing a bomb—both of them committed to great parenting, but haunted by the wreckage of unmet expectations.
She’s not sugarcoating the experience. Morris warns fans that dating post-divorce still demands a crash course in emotional literacy—if you can even find someone who isn’t an expert at faking it. And while she’s using TikTok lingo to diagnose potential disasters before they start, the bottom line remains bleak: men apparently have cosplay down to an art form. The whole saga plays out against the backdrop of Dreamsicle’s bittersweet tunes, an album that refuses to offer happy endings but fully embraces the messy aftermath.
If you thought celeb breakups were cathartic, think again. Morris’ journey proves that the real nightmare begins when the ink dries on the divorce decree. Anyway, can’t wait to see how this next round of heartbreak trends ages… said no one ever.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, The Cut
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