Twenty-three years after splitting from former flame, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr has revealed he'd like to reconnect with the Sex and the City star saying "I'll make a point of trying to see her while I'm here. I'd like to".

However, the actor conceded that he wouldn't get in contact with his ex-girlfriend unless he spoke to her husband actor Matthew Broderick beforehand.

Speaking on the Howard Stern radio show, SiriusXm, he said: "I'll ask his permission. I just want to check in for a few minutes. I love Matthew Broderick."

"First of all, I respect both of them so much," he added. "For any situation like this, I think enough time has to pass. You don't have to make a big deal of it when the time is right."

He also hinted of his heartbreak when him and Sarah broke up:

"I've never been the kind of person to acknowledge what's going on with me at the time, and I'd try to make light of it, but sure, when you're with someone for seven years, 18 to our mid-20s, it's kind of a big deal."

Robert Downey Jr wants to 'reconnect' with ex-girlfriend Sarah Jessica Parker