You'd think that being a handsome, accomplished actor with legions of women who ogle and adore you from afar might be enough to bring some men out of the post-split funk.

For Ryan Philippe, that knowledge didn't help him in the slightest.

He's said after his divorce from Reese Witherspoon, there were "four or five months of not being able to get out of bed". He also calls it the "darkest, saddest time of my life".

It certainly shows how devastating divorce can be not just for women, but for men as well.

Nowadays Philippe has managed to recover some. He has a new film out, entitled Stop-Loss, and he calls the divorce recuperation a process, saying he "gets less and less sad about it every day".

Neither he nor Reese have said publicly why they divorced. All he said about it was the reason was "far more complicated and far less interesting" than what people have speculated.

A likely reason was simply the pull of their careers and the time spent apart while shooting movies. Some have said it has to do with Ryan's interest in his Stop-Loss costar Abbie Cornish, but Ryan has denied that on several occasions. He is rumored to be dating Cornish, however. Reese is currently dating Jake Gyllenhall.

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Remember, this guy is a Hollywood star with millions of dollars who seemed to go through a fairly amicable split — no disputes over money or child custody. He admits to having suicidal thoughts after the divorce was final. Describing himself as a "physical wreck," he said he wasn't taking care of himself at all, he'd wake up crying and vomiting, and he wanted to die.

Pretty powerful, really, that he'd even admit that. It doesn't seem that men are as apt to share their grief, which is perhaps why there is this prevailing view that men aren't as affected by divorce as women.

In the rest of the interview he goes on to talk about his kids and career, saying that having children has made him a better actor. How so you might ask? Well, he can now cry on command. He says that having kids has made his life "fuller and more complicated", and he's experienced many highs and lows.

At least he's mindful of the changes kids can make in you if you let them. I'm encouraged by men like this stepping out — soon people will realize divorce is a painful process for everyone involved.

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