Say it isn’t so!
One day after their ten year wedding anniversary, celebrity couple Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have called it quits.
In a joint statement to People Magazine, the actor couple revealed that although they are divorcing, their main focus was their children’s happiness and privacy.
“After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce,” their statement read, “We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time. This will be our only comment on this private, family matter. Thank you for understanding.”
Their split, however, is not totally unexpected.
The couple set rumour mills into overdrive when paparazzi spotted removal trucks outside their family home last week, and the couple today confirmed that they had been living apart for “several months”.
Ben and Jen, who were dubbed ‘Bennifer’, met on the set of 2003 movie, Daredevil, and have three children together, Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3.
But they’re not the only Hollywood couple whose romance hasn’t ended with a cliché Hollywood ending.
Here’s just a few.
Ben Affleck and wife, Jennifer Garner, announced their split on the 1st of July.
Penn and Theron reportedly got engaged secretly on a trip to Paris in December 2013, however Charlize ended the relationship, sources tell US Weekly.
Gwyneth Paltrow and husband Chris Martin have announced their “conscious uncoupling” in 2014 after eleven years of marriage, shocking Hollywood.
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins were together for 23 years and though they were never married, they enjoyed one of the most enduring relationships in Hollywood. But things came to an end in December 2009.
The 1999 breakup between Demi Moore and Bruce Willis seemed to come without warning. After three kids and 15 years together the pair decided to split and go their separate ways.
They were Hollywood’s golden couple; Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston seemed like the perfect sandy-haired, sun-kissed duo but they called it quits in 2005. Brad now has six children with Angelina Jolie.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams made the world fall in love with their romance when they starred in 2004’s The Notebook together. The pair dated for a few years after the movie but they called cut on their relationship to the dismay of romantics everywhere.
Kooky couple Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy were together for nearly five years, but they never married. Despite seemingly happy together the goofy match went their separate ways in 2010.
Even though we will always secretly pine for Kate Winslet to make an honest man out of Leonardo Di Caprio we were sad to hear of her split with her director hubby, Sam Mendes. After nearly seven years together, this power couple in both Hollywood and London called it quits and Kate has now gone onto marry third husband, Ned Rocknroll.
After nearly 20 years together actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright called time on their relationship in 2009.
Actor-turned-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger made major headlines when the world learned of his affair – and illegitimate child – with the family housekeeper. Shortly after Arnold’s 25 year marriage to Maria Shriver ended. The power couple pair divorced on July 1, 2011.
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis called it quits in June 2012. Although the pair were together for 14 years and had two children together, they never officially tied the knot.
Reese Witherspoon met Ryan Phillippe on her 21st birthday day and bragged he was her birthday present. The pair wed in 1999 and had two children, though the marriage went sour after seven years due to rumours of infidelity on Ryan’s part.
Heidi Klum and Seal were well known to the world for their public displays of affection and renewed their wedding vows each year on their anniversary. Four kids later and seven years as a married couple, the pair shockingly split in January 2012.
