{"id":26619,"date":"2026-08-03T23:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26619"},"modified":"2026-08-03T23:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:40:43","slug":"scott-eastwood-details-grief-after-girlfriends-car-accident-death-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26619","title":{"rendered":"Scott Eastwood Details Grief After Girlfriend\u2019s Car Accident Death in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Scott Eastwood Shares Update on Father Clint Eastwood Six Months After Death of His Girlfriend<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/scott_eastwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">Scott Eastwood<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is reflecting on his late girlfriend&#8217;s tragic passing.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Longest Ride<\/em>\u00a0actor shared rare comments about his grief journey following the 2014 death of his girlfriend <strong>Jewel<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Brangman<\/strong>\u00a0due to a defective airbag that went off when she was in a car accident, detailing the impact the experience had on his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were together for three or four years,&#8221; Eastwood said on the\u00a0Aug. 3 episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tOW7u5XDp3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><em>Armchair Expert<\/em><\/a> podcast. &#8220;They had a recall on the airbag and what would&#8217;ve been a fender bender that probably most people would&#8217;ve survived&#8230;she was essentially shot by the airbag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And because the 40-year-old was on the set of a movie when the tragedy struck, he wasn\u2019t able to rush home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was on another film set at the time,&#8221; Eastwood remembered, &#8220;and being on a film set when someone passes or something happens, it&#8217;s really tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This had happened before, I had lost <strong>Paul Walker<\/strong>\u00a0on <em>Fury,<\/em>&#8221; he continued, referring to the <em>Fast &amp; Furious<\/em>\u00a0actor dying in a 2013 car crash while Eastwood filmed the 2014 action flick, &#8220;and he was one of my close friends. 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