John Mellencamp is the primary to confess he didn’t deal with his ex-fiancée Meg Ryan with the respect she deserved.

“She’s an awesome lady. I’m only a s–tty boyfriend,” the “Hurts So Good” singer advised Esquire whereas collaborating within the journal’s “What I’ve Discovered” interview collection Tuesday.

Nonetheless, Mellencamp added, “I like Meg Ryan. I went together with her for 10 years. She doesn’t love me a lot.”

The rock star, 71, and the “When Harry Met Sally” actress, 61, began courting in 2011 following their respective divorces from mannequin Elaine Irwin and actor Dennis Quaid.

“We have been so f–king misplaced,” Mellencamp recalled of the start of their romance.

“We didn’t know how you can do something. I’ve by no means checked out of a lodge on my own. Her and I went to a grocery retailer, they usually wished our bank card, and we checked out one another and mentioned, ‘Right here it’s,’ they usually mentioned, ‘No, you’ve received to place it on this factor,’ and we went, ‘Then what occurs?’ We laughed at how silly we’re, so exhausting we cried.”

The pair broke up in 2014 because of the distance between them (Mellencamp lived in Indiana whereas Ryan was primarily based in New York).

The “Jack & Diane” crooner infamously proclaimed on “The Howard Stern Present” in 2017 that the “Sleepless in Seattle” star hated him “to dying,” however they reunited later that 12 months.

The celebs introduced their engagement in 2018, solely to separate once more the next 12 months.

Mellencamp feels Ryan has come quite a bit farther than he has since they went their separate methods for the ultimate time.

“I feel she’s discovered how you can do all the things, and I’ve discovered how you can do nothing,” he candidly confessed to Esquire.

The Grammy winner has been married 3 times and has 5 youngsters, together with former “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Teddi Mellencamp.

Ryan, for her half, has two youngsters, together with actor Jack Quaid.