--- title: Harrison Ford Breaks Silence Over Carrie Fisher Affair description: In her book, The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher detailed her affair with Harrison Ford on the set of Star Wars when she was 19. canonical: https://time.com/4941312/harrison-ford-carrie-fisher-memoir/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T15:00:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:51:26.635Z og:title: Harrison Ford Breaks Silence Over Carrie Fisher Affair og:description: 'It was strange for me' og:url: https://time.com/4941312/harrison-ford-carrie-fisher-memoir/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8933e95ecb170dc5/69887544ab6d7777f46a7918/star-wars-han-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: star-wars-han-leia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harrison Ford Breaks Silence Over Carrie Fisher Affair twitter:description: 'It was strange for me' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8933e95ecb170dc5/69887544ab6d7777f46a7918/star-wars-han-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harrison Ford Breaks Silence on _Star Wars_ Affair With Carrie Fisher > Sponsored content. 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She was 60. by [Mike Miller / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mike Miller / People Contributor Sep 14, 2017 3:00 PM UTC In what would be her final book, last year’s [_The Princess Diarist_](http://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/princess-diarist-carrie-fisher-ew-review/)_,_ Carrie Fisher [detailed an affair she had with Harrison Ford](http://ew.com/article/2016/11/15/carrie-fisher-harrison-ford-affair-star-wars/) on the set of 1977’s _Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope_ when she was 19. At the time, the 33-year-old Ford was married to Mary Marquardt, with whom he had two children. “It was strange. For me,” Ford, who had yet to comment on the revelation, told [_GQ_](https://www.gq.com/story/harrison-ford-gq-cover-story-2017)in an article published Wednesday. The notoriously private actor kept his answers short while discussing the memoir. Asked if he had any warning that Fisher would include him in the book, Ford said, “Um, to a degree. Yes.” As for his thoughts on the inclusion, Ford offered, “Oh, I don’t know. I don’t know. You know, with Carrie’s untimely passing, I don’t really feel that it’s a subject that I want to discuss.” When asked if it would be alright to ask how he felt about it, Ford quipped, “Yes. You can ask me.” But is it a subject he’d like to broach? “No,” said Ford. Finally, asked whether he’d read the book, the tight-lipped Ford said, “No. I didn’t.” When Fisher, who [died at 60 in December 2016](http://ew.com/movies/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-dies-60/), released the book earlier that year, she [told PEOPLE](http://people.com/movies/what-was-harrison-fords-amazing-reaction-to-carrie-fisher-outing-their-affair-on-star-wars/) she was surprised the revelation caused such a stir. “It was _40 years_ ago,” she explained, adding that the whole experience — making the original film and carrying on their secret romance — “was of a time.” She also recalled warning Ford that she was making the affair public, even sending him a manuscript before publishing. His response, she said, was simply, “Lawyer!” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/movies/harrison-ford-breaks-silence-on-carrie-fishers-memoir-detailing-their-star-wars-affair-it-was-strange-for-me/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:02] [ INAUDIBLE ] [00:05] At [00:08] the [00:10] back. [00:13] [ MUSIC ] [00:16] In [00:18] [ UNKNOWN ] [00:21] bringing, [00:24] with [00:29] friends [00:32] and [00:35] relatives [00:37] in a text. [ MUSIC ] [00:56] Very much so, I mean I did it I didn't think of it as a [00:59] book I thought of it more as a [ UNKNOWN ] So that I [01:01] didn't have to take it seriously when I wrote it. 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