Admitting that she did not speak to her 'Thirteen' co-star for years after working together, the 'Twilight' actress spills on how the two of them reconnected in their early 20s.

• Jun 10, 2021

AceShowbiz - Nikki Reed and her "Thirteen" co-star Evan Rachel Wood feuded for years, but are now closer than ever.

The "Twilight" actress admits there were a couple of years when the two didn't speak after making the intense teen film in 2003.

On the "Story + Rain" podcast series, Reed blamed the "competitive atmosphere" of the industry for their rift, adding, "We were too young to realize this at the time, but there were a lot of people that were kind of pitting us against each other, and making it a competitive atmosphere."

"In hindsight, I'm like, 'Of course, because isn't that the recipe for how to treat all young women in this industry?' "

She decided to reach out to Wood a few years later, when both actresses were in their early 20s.

"I was like, 'Hey, what happened? You know, I love you so much, and I don't know what happened...," Reed recalls. "We sat down together and we had two hours of just, like, vomiting up all of our feelings and emotions about the process. We really connected the dots and moved past it in that one sit-down."

The actress, who wed "The Vampire Diaries" star Ian Somerhalder in 2015 and welcomed a daughter in 2017, claims being a mother helped her bond with Wood when they reconnected. "As adults, to be able to reconnect and talk as moms together now, we're both moms, we have a lot of shared experiences...," she says. "She and I are so close now. We speak weekly, sometimes daily."

Evan is mum to a seven-year-old son she shares with ex-husband Jamie Bell.

"We grew up together and I think like all relationships, we took a little break in the beginning while we figured out who we were, and as you know now, she obviously had a very intense period of time where she was, I think, going through a lot of her own stuff," Reed said.

Earlier this year (2021), Wood accused her former fiance, Marilyn Manson, of "horrifically abusing" her for years.

The "Westworld" star has long spoken about the alleged abuse she was subjected to by a former love, but stopped short of naming the man in question. In a post on her Instagram page on February 1, Evan claimed that Manson - to whom she was engaged for seven months in 2010 - was her abuser.

"The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson," she wrote. "He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent."

Several women have since come forward with allegations of mistreatment and misconduct against the shock rocker, who has denied the claims.