Nicolas Cage explains why his relationship with Sarah Jessica Parker was doomed

Nicolas Cage has divulged on his short-lived romance with Sarah Jessica Parker, admitting he could pin-point to the exact moment he knew their relationship didn’t stand a chance.

The Oscar winner, 61, recalled making a faux pas when meeting the “Sex and the City” alum’s mother in the early 1990s.

“I cared about Sarah, but I don’t think I passed the mom test,” the actor told E! News.

“I recall sitting down with her and her mother for dinner at the Russian Tea Room, and I don’t know if it was my blue Vanson Leather motorcycle jacket (which I still have) or my sinusitis, but I didn’t hear from her again.” 

Cage’s admission comes just days after the “And Just Like That” star revealed that she had dated the “National Treasure” actor around the time of their 1992 romcom “Honeymoon in Vegas.”

During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” Sunday, host Andy Cohen quizzed the actress, 60, on her former fling.

“Did you date Nic Cage?” the Bravo honcho, 57, asked his longtime friend.

“Um, yes, I did,” she answered. “Yes, I did.”

“Oh wow,” said Cohen, joking that they had “some talking to do.”

Parker and Cage first sparked dating rumors in 1991 while filming their romantic comedy.

However, the pair’s romance didn’t stand the test of time as Parker soon found love with Matthew Broderick the following year.

The actress, who played Carrie Bradshaw in “SATC,” went on to tie the knot with the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” star in May 1997.

The pair are now parents to three kids: son James, 22, and twin daughters Tabitha and Marion, 16.

Elsewhere during her appearance on “WWHL,” Parker was asked “how and when” she knew that Broderick was “the one.”

The actress admitted that she knew she loved him “pretty early” on after “just spending a little bit of time with him.”

“I remember I had to leave to go on location to shoot a movie. We were on East 10th Street [in New York City], and I was getting in a car to go away for a while. I remember thinking, ‘I love him,’” she said.

Parker revealed that she said those three magic words to Broderick first, adding she had “nothing to lose.”

Luckily enough, Broderick immediately said the words back.

Cage, for his part, had said “I do” a total of five times.

The “Wicker Man” star was married to actress Patricia Arquette from 1995 to 2001, followed by Lisa Marie Presley from 2002 to 2004.

He then tied the knot with Alice Kim later that year, before their divorce in 2016. The exes share son Kal-El, 19.

Cage went on to wed Erika Koike in 2019, however, their romance crumbled that year.

Cage is currently married to Riko Shibata, and the couple welcomed daughter August, now 2, in September 2022.

The actor is also a father to son Weston, 34, whom he shares with ex-girlfriend Christina Fulton.