{"id":112754,"date":"2025-09-01T21:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112754\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:36:08","slug":"charisma-carpenter-says-she-has-a-crush-on-dermot-mulroney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112754\/","title":{"rendered":"Charisma Carpenter says she has a &#8216;crush&#8217; on Dermot Mulroney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charisma Carpenter has a huge crush on Dermot Mulroney.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d alum, 55, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charisma_carpenter\/video\/7544765812129713439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">took to TikTok<\/a> Sunday while attending GalaxyCon Nightmare Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, to say that the actor, 61, needed to manifest \u201cbeing [her] husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys, I\u2019m in the green room at Nightmare Weekend Cleveland,\u201d she shared with fans, adding that the event is a \u201chorror convention.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I don\u2019t really know why Dermot Mulroney is here, but it doesn\u2019t matter because it makes me so happy that he is. I am literally probably his biggest fan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Charisma Carpenter revealed she\u2019s Dermot Mulroney\u2019s \u201cbiggest fan\u201d in a TikTok confessional. <\/p>\n<p>Carpenter said she \u201cloved\u201d the actor in the 1997 comedy hit \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d \u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably since, I don\u2019t know, way before I was ever married,\u201d she added of Mulroney \u2014 who<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/23\/celebrity-news\/dermot-mulroney-files-for-divorce-from-prima-apollinaare-after-14-years-of-marriage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> filed for divorce<\/a> from his wife of 14 years in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m talking like\u00a0\u2018My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding,\u2019\u201d the actress said of the 1997 hit comedy film. \u201cI just love him in that movie. He\u2019s just a good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mom of one also cited Mulroney\u2019s turn in the Showtime series \u201cShameless\u201d as she gushed over the actor, who she said is \u201cso talented\u201d and \u201cso crushable at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter revealed that her handler encouraged her to approach the \u201cScream 6\u201d actor and tell him she\u2019s a fan.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter gushed that Mulroney is \u201ccrushable\u201d and \u201ctalented\u201d while attending GalaxyCon Nightmare Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio. <\/p>\n<p>She divulged that she met him at the convention and \u201ccrashed\u201d his photo op.  \u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After finally being convinced, she divulged that she \u201cgot so comfortable\u201d that she \u201cended up crashing his photo op\u201d and got a picture with Mulroney \u2014 which she promised she\u2019d share with fans \u201clater.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The actress said she told Mulroney she\u2019d previously auditioned for a role opposite him in \u201cChicago Fire,\u201d which she did not land. \u201cHe was just so sweet and kind,\u201d she recalled, adding that he later said they\u2019d have to \u201cmanifest\u201d working together. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, no no, Dermot, you need to manifest being my husband,\u201d she quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter giggled before confessing she didn\u2019t actually \u201csay that. But that\u2019s what I was thinking,\u201d she added.  <\/p>\n<p>Carpenter said she told Mulroney she once auditioned for a part opposite him, but didn\u2019t get the role.  \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Mulroney told the \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d alum they\u2019d have to \u201cmanifest\u201d working together. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Fans took to the comments thread to react to Carpenter\u2019s awkward confession. \u201cI can feel the fangirl energy through the screen,\u201d one follower wrote, while another added, \u201che\u2019s single now, so go for it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes not compute. Charisma Carpenter is someone people crush on, not someone who crushes on others,\u201d quipped a third, alongside a row of laughing emojis.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter famously played Cordelia Chase in \u201cBuffy\u201d from 1997 to 1999, and its spinoff \u201cAngel\u201d from 1999 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter quipped that he should manifest \u201cbeing [her] husband\u201d \u2014 though she didn\u2019t actually say it.  \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Mulroney filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years in June.  \u00a9Hemdale Film Corp\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>She married Damian Hardy in 2002, and the pair welcomed son Donovan in 2003. However, they divorced in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Mulroney, meanwhile, married Prima Apollinaare in 2008 and filed for divorce from her on June 23, citing \u201cirreconcilable differences.\u201d The estranged couple share kids Mabel, 17, and Sally, 15.<\/p>\n<p>He was also previously married to \u201c40 Year Old Virgin\u201d star Catherine Keener, with whom he shares son Clyde Mulroney. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charisma Carpenter has a huge crush on Dermot Mulroney. 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