Jenny Mollen is opening up about a different source of frustration from her nearly two-decade marriage to Jason Biggs—and she's using Prince Harry as the comparison.
In a recently resurfaced interview on the What Matters with Liz podcast, which was obtained by Page Six and recorded before the couple publicly announced their separation, Mollen said she often felt overshadowed by the American Pie star's fame. Comparing herself to the Duke of Sussex's famous role as the royal family's "spare," Mollen said she struggled with always being viewed as the less-famous half of the relationship.
"To be the spare and not the heir," Mollen said. "I was the American Pie spare. I relate to Harry. That drove me mad, and I always had this feeling."
According to Mollen, the imbalance began early in the relationship. When she met Biggs in 2007 on the set of My Best Friend's Girl, he was already a household name thanks to the American Pie franchise. While Mollen had a successful acting career of her own, she said his level of recognition often dictated how people treated them in public.
"It drove me crazy to always just be, like, brushed to the side," she said, adding that she frequently felt like "the guest" whenever they attended events together.
Mollen said the dynamic left her carrying what she described as a "chip on my shoulder," particularly because Biggs' success "totally eclipsed" her own. At the same time, she admitted there was an upside to feeling overlooked.
"I felt like nobody was listening," she said, explaining that the perception gave her freedom to speak candidly without worrying about public scrutiny.
The comments arrive during a particularly turbulent period for Mollen. Last month, she and Biggs confirmed they had separated after 18 years of marriage, though representatives for the former couple emphasized that they remain on good terms and are focused on co-parenting their sons, Sid, 12, and Lazlo, 8.
The podcast interview also lands amid heightened attention on Mollen's writing and social media presence. In recent weeks, critics have circulated excerpts from a controversial Substack essay in which she described her sons as "the most emotionally high-maintenance men I've ever dated" and joked that she only wanted them to marry women with "dead mothers."
