“She’s like, ‘Well, if you’re going to share your art, I can share something with you, but it’s very vulnerable for me,’” he told People in July. “She was very scared for me to read the book because we hadn’t met, just as much as I was scared for her to hear a song that I’d written.”
Dan (who shares kids four children Arrow, 12, twins Gia and Coco, 7, and Valentine, 5, with his ex) also showed her some of the band’s unreleased music at the time. Despite her initial fright, Minka—who previously dated Trevor Noah—warmed up to Dan and let him read the novel’s rough draft.
