Hollywood actor Ryan Phillippe talks about soldiering on following his high-profile divorce from actress Reese Witherspoon last year, in the new issue of W magazine.

Calling it “the worst time in my life,” Phillippe said he was unable to get out of bed for four or five months after the end of his seven-year marriage.

However, almost one year and a half since the breakup, Phillippe realized that “You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day.”

In an older interview last year, the “Crash” star admitted he suffered a breakdown when Witherspoon, who is currently dating fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal, filed for divorce.

He said, “After the divorce I was a physical wreck. I wanted to die. I was ready to kill myself.

“I was not taking care of myself at all. I would wake up and cry and vomit.”

Phillippe and Witherspoon, one of Hollywood’s golden couple, have two kids together, 8-year-old Ava and 4-year-old Deacon.

“I’ve had a lot of upheaval in my personal life. I wanted to take time to make sure that my kids were okay and to build a new life that was going to be suitable to being a single parent. Every once in a while you kind of want to take a step back and refocus to make sure you’re doing it for the right reasons,” Phillippe said.

At the time of their divorce, the media raged with speculation that the main reason of their separation was his alleged affair with Australian actress Abbie Cornish.

“First of all, I wouldn’t answer that, but I would say that things are never as simple as it’s made out to be in the tabloid press. It was unfair for her to be called the names that she was, because it wasn’t about that. I don’t think an outside person can ever cause a divorce. I had difficulties in my relationship, and in my marriage, long before I ever met her,” he explained.