Courteney Cox Still Has 'Strong Feelings' for Arquette

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted Mar 15th 2011 02:20PM

Courteney Cox isn't exactly headed to cougar town following her 2010 separation from David Arquette. Cox opened up in Harper's Bazaar's April issue, admitting that she still has "strong feelings" for Arquette.

"If [the marriage] doesn't work out, I will have huge waves of pain about failing in that department," Cox told the mag.

Cox and Arquette announced their trial separation, after 11 years of marriage, in October of last year. Following the announcement, Arquette was not at a loss for words, calling into Howard Stern's radio show and other media outlets to talk about everything from his post-separation conquests to his sex life with Cox.

But Cox isn't holding anything against her talkative husband, who landed himself in rehab after his string of public admissions. Cox believes that Arquette's breakdowns were a display of his "showmanship" rather than a genuine outpouring of emotion. "He was on the show for entertainment," she said.

Check out photos from Cox's Harper's Bazaar shoot after the jump!

"I feel like we've been extremely successful at marriage," Cox said. And that's exactly why she's not ready to sign any papers to legally divorce Arquette.

But Cox does recognize that a change needs to come for the couple to get their footing back and to be better parents to their 6-year-old daughter, Coco.

"The thing is, when you get older, it's more about compatibility than it is about love," she told Harper's Bazaar. "I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding. I want to be calm. I want to change a lot."

Unlike her fame-making, type-A 'Friends' character, Monica Geller, Cox insists that "it's nothing with David" but that she needs to find peace for herself.

We hope Cox finds the serenity she's looking for.

For the full interview, photos and video, go to Harper's Bazaar.

Tags: courteney cox, david arquette

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Tuesday 15 March

By pamliska

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I can certainly relate to wanting peace in your life as you get older. All the drama gets old and you want the people in your life to be able to take care of themselves. She put herself out there as the "go to" gal so to speak and in the end it wears you down. There is a time when you just want to look out for you and the people closest to you, namely your children.

Thursday 17 March

By joyousfool

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It is ironic: Interviews like this one--in which Cox is not certain about how things will evolve in her marriage, and expresses a somewhat confused set of emotions--somehow provide a greater sense of truth and "reader satisfaction" than those that list facts and give pat conclusions. I admire both Courteney and David for their courage: To reveal one's pain and confusion, as well as hopes for the future, is a brave move. I wish more of us (especially celebrities, who, willingly or not, do serve as models of behavior for many folks) could articulate "not knowing."

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