Busy Philipps jokingly calls ex-boyfriend Colin Hanks a 'psychopath' on Twitter

Busy Philipps and Colin Hanks dated back in college while attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.  

And on Sunday, Busy tagged Colin on Twitter after discovering an InStyle article titled: If Your Ex Wants to Be Friends With You, Science Says They Might Be a Psychopath. 

The study published by Personality And Individual Differences found that people who stay friends with their exes tend to 'score higher on measures of dark personality traits.' 

Former flame: Busy Philipps and Colin Hanks dated back in college while attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (Photo taken April 2017)

Former flame: Busy Philipps and Colin Hanks dated back in college while attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (Photo taken April 2017)

'Cc': On Sunday, Busy tagged Colin on Twitter after discovering an InStyle article titled: If Your Ex Wants to Be Friends With You, Science Says They Might Be a Psychopath

'Cc': On Sunday, Busy tagged Colin on Twitter after discovering an InStyle article titled: If Your Ex Wants to Be Friends With You, Science Says They Might Be a Psychopath

The article went on to say that those with psychopathic tendencies often list 'sex and practicality' as reason to stay in contact with an ex. 

As for Busy and Colin, their continued friendship most likely falls under the more popular reason of 'sentimentality and nostalgia.'

While co-hosting LIVE with Kelly Ripa in January 2017, Philipps talked about her past and present relationship with Hanks. 

'He was my college boyfriend,' she said. 'We are very very close friends now. His wife and I are very tight. He and my husband hangout. We go on vacation together.' 

'He was my college boyfriend,' Busy told Kelly Ripa while hosting LIVE. 'We are very very close friends now. His wife and I are very tight. He and my husband hangout. We go on vacation together' (Photo taken December 1999)

'He was my college boyfriend,' Busy told Kelly Ripa while hosting LIVE. 'We are very very close friends now. His wife and I are very tight. He and my husband hangout. We go on vacation together' (Photo taken December 1999)

Busy is currently married to screenwriter Marc Silverstein. 

The couple share two daughters—Birdie, nine, and Cricket, age five. 

As for Colin, he married publicist Samantha Bryant in 2010. 

The couple also share two daughters—Olivia, seven, and Charlotte, age five. 

Power couple: Busy is currently married to screenwriter Marc Silverstein
Happily wed: As for Colin, he married publicist Samantha Bryant in 2010

Moved on: Busy is currently married to screenwriter Marc Silverstein. As for Colin, he married publicist Samantha Bryant in 2010 

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Busy Philipps calls ex Colin Hanks a 'psychopath' on Twitter

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