LONDON:

Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson is the first person her friends turn to when they need relationship advice — because the star is always willing to be honest about their problems. The 24-year-old, who married actor Ryan Reynolds last year, is always on call for her pals and is happy to serve up her own form of counselling when it comes to men.

She says, “My friends and I talk about relationships and I probably over-analyse everything. But I usually come back to the same thing, ‘If this person is making you crazy or making you doubt yourself, then get rid of him.’ I always sort of come back to that. Whether or not my girlfriends stay with the guy at the time, they usually end up parting ways in the end. It sounds like I’m breaking up people all over the place.”

And Johansson has some words of advice for women who have just broken up with their partners. She adds, “For a while you feel beaten down — you had to put a lot into it (the relationship) and didn’t get something out of it. Then you realise, ‘I did get something out of it. I learned something about myself, and I feel like a survivor.” — Agencies