[post_page_title]Finally free[/post_page_title]
Thankfully, while the press might have trampled over her image, Ryan found the experience to be very freeing. Earlier this year, the actress referred to the media’s stories about her as a “real gift” because they taught her to stop caring about them.
She realized that she would never be able to change what people said about her, so she learned to move on with her life. While she would have preferred the media not to get things wrong about her divorce, she felt strong enough to ignore everything they were saying about her life.