--- description: Since revealing that she had an affair with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher has been on the receiving end of many questions about the fling. title: Carrie Fisher on Affair With Harrison Ford: 'I Was in Infatuation' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Carrie Fisher on Her Affair With Harrison Ford: 'I Was in Infatuation'  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 29, 2016 4:29 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 29, 2016 4:29 PM CUT Since revealing that she had an [affair with Harrison Ford](http://motto.time.com/4572282/carrie-fisher-and-harrison-ford-star-wars-affair/ "undefined") while filming _Star Wars: A New Hope_, [Carrie Fisher](http://motto.time.com/4580591/carrie-fisher-harrison-ford-affair/ "undefined") has been getting many questions about the [three-month-long fling](http://www.today.com/video/carrie-fisher-my-affair-with-harrison-ford-was-a-3-month-1-night-stand-814192195746 "undefined"). And so her Tuesday appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_ was no different. While DeGeneres began by asking the Princess Leia actress about her Coca-Cola drinking habits, she quickly segued into chatting about Fisher’s long-held secret. “I told other stuff to distract people so they wouldn’t figure it out,” Fisher said. “No one thought it was happening at the time – I don’t even know if he did!” She went on to explain that although she had feelings for Ford at the time, the relationship developed out of the on-set atmosphere. “I was in infatuation, probably — love is more mature,” she said. “I was 19\. No one told me about location rules, or lack of rules. But you can do whatever you want, as long as you film the movie.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4584709/carrie-fisher-harrison-ford-affair-ellen-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4584709/carrie-fisher-harrison-ford-affair-ellen-show/"},"headline":"Watch Carrie Fisher on Her Affair With Harrison Ford: 'I Was in Infatuation'","datePublished":"2016-11-29T16:29:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:59.503Z","description":"\"No one thought it was happening at the time\"","url":"https://time.com/4584709/carrie-fisher-harrison-ford-affair-ellen-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Star Wars topic","Ellen Degeneres","TV","harrison ford","carrie fisher","ellen","The Ellen Degeneres Show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4584709/carrie-fisher-harrison-ford-affair-ellen-show/","name":"Watch Carrie Fisher on Her Affair With Harrison Ford: 'I Was in Infatuation'"}}]}] ```