Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 Reveals 'Awful' Date With Famous Actress

Blink-182 bassists and singer Mark Hoppus is now happily married to his longtime wife Skye. But before he met her, he went on what he calls an "awful" date with prominent actress Melissa Joan Hart.

In Hoppus' new book, "Fahrenheit 182" – a play on the famous Ray Bradbury novel "Fahrenheit 451" – he told the story of how he met Skye, who became the love of his life. And it all started with an "awful" date with actress Melissa Joan Hart.

While Hoppus made it clear that the "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" star was "very nice," they simply didn't click for a number of reasons.

Here's an excerpt from his book via Entertainment Weekly.

Later that night I went on a date with the actress Melissa Joan Hart. She and I had met at the Teen Choice Awards, and she must've found me interesting because she had her publicist reach out to my label's publicist to give me her number. Totally normal courtship. When we got on the phone, I played it cool. "Oh, awesome, yeah, I'll be in L.A. shooting my new music video, so we should have dinner after I wrap." I thought I was so slick using this Hollywood industry jargon, but I doubt it impressed her. I was newly famous, but she had been famous for years.

Melissa and I went to a sushi restaurant in the Valley. It was an awful date. She was very nice, but we weren't connecting. Everything in her life revolved around acting, and it was hard to relate to her about anything else. I'd ask what she liked to eat besides sushi and she'd say, "Well, I'm usually eating whatever catering provides on set." I'd ask what she likes to read, and she'd say, "Well, I'm usually reading scripts for work." And I'm sure from her perspective, all I could talk about was music. We just weren't a great match. It was tough.

After dinner she took me to her house and showed me around. She had a beautiful place nearby with a view that overlooked the city and a huge hot tub. I thought she might be hinting that we should get in the tub. I told her I had an early set time and that I should probably get going. She dropped me back at my hotel.

The story has a happy ending for Hoppus, however, as he revealed that after he returned to his hotel from the failed date, he spent the entire night talking to MTV booker Skye Everly, whom he ultimately married in 2000 and had a son named Jack with just two years later.

Even if the date didn't work out for Hoppus, the rest of his life certainly did.