in the last months of 2000, wright began a relationship with country singer brad paisley. even though wright and her female lover had moved in together earlier that year, and wright admitted she felt no sexual attraction to paisley, she recounted that "he's wickedly smart, which is one of the reasons why i made the decision to spend time with him. i loved brad. i never had the capacity to fall in love with him, but i figured if i’m gonna live a less than satisfied life, this is the guy i could live my life with. if i’m gonna be with a boy, this is the boy." she held him in high esteem and great affection in every way other than sexual attraction. in her autobiography she expressed remorse for how she treated him, and told oprah winfrey that "i have a lot of regret for how that [relationship] began and had a middle and ended. i had no business being in a relationship with him".