Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Says He Once Went on an ‘Awful’ Date With Melissa Joan Hart

When one door closes, another one opens in the world of romance. Mark Hoppus learned that after going on an unsuccessful date with Melissa Joan Hart.

The Blink-182 rocker opened up about the dinner with the Sabrina the Teenage Witch star in his upcoming memoir, Fahrenheit-182, according to People. In the book, he says the two had sushi together in the San Fernando Valley, but the spark just wasn’t there. “It was an awful date. She was very nice, but we weren’t connecting,” he wrote. “Everything in her life revolved around acting and it was hard to relate to her about anything else.”

As examples, Hoppus said that Joan said she ate whatever was catered on set when asked about her favorite foods, and that she likes to read scripts when asked what she likes to read. “I’m sure from her perspective, all I could talk about was music,” he explained. “We just weren’t a good match. It was tough.”

However, when he returned home for the evening, he had a voicemail from an MTV talent executive named Skye who he had a crush on. She previously rejected his romantic advances, but when he called her back that night, they talked all night long. Less than a year later, in 2000, they tied the knot. The longtime couple share 22-year-old son, Jack.

Things also worked out for Hart in the romance department, as she married her husband Mark Wilkerson in 2003. They have three sons: 19-year-old Mason, 17-year-old Braydon and 12-year-old Tucker.

Hoppus’ Fahrenheit-182 is out April 8.