Rachel Bilson clears up ‘Giving Up’ commentary on Bill Hader breakup

“I had to be alone with this whole house and your thoughts, I had to watch everything,” she shared. “It gave me time to really do something for myself.”

As for the reason for the breakup? “I think the stress of the world situation has led to this,” Rachel said. “No one knew how to be or how to react and I think that was just a result of that. The stress of it all.”

But Cardigan The actress came out of that difficult period with a new outlook on life.

“I was happy to be forced to sit in pain or hurt, you know,” she shared. “All the feelings that came with it because I had to go through it.”