Meg Ryan Defensive About Break Up

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Breaking up is hard to do, Meg Ryan says, especially under a microscope. <br><br>``It's been very weird to find out how ready people are to think the worst of you,'' the 38-year-old

Thursday, December 28th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Breaking up is hard to do, Meg Ryan says, especially under a microscope.

``It's been very weird to find out how ready people are to think the worst of you,'' the 38-year-old actress said in the January issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Ryan split from husband Dennis Quaid and is now seeing her ``Proof of Life'' co-star Russell Crowe.

``My marriage was breaking up long before it became a matter for public discussion. I will never talk about the reasons why it broke up, and neither will Dennis,'' she said.

Ryan and Quaid, 46, split up in July after nine years of marriage. They have a 7-year-old son.