Divorce can be messy, emotional, and complicated for anyone who has to go through it.
Now imagine you’re dealing with all the ups and downs of the experience, with millions of strangers invested in the matter, and you begin to understand what it’s like for celebrities.
You can probably understand why a lot of celebrities choose not to talk about their divorces after the fact, but it’s not uncommon for celebs to speak up either.
Here are some celebrities who took the opportunity to share their truth and others who took the opportunity to remain silent.
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Katie Holmes hasn’t said much about her divorce from Tom Cruise.
Briefly addressing that period in her life during a 2020 InStyle interview, she simply said, “That time was intense.”
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Adele worked through her divorce through her music and was candid about it when asked in interviews.
In November 2021, she told the trend She said that the breakup of her marriage was nothing short of spectacular. “I was just going through the motions, and I wasn’t happy. Neither of us did anything wrong. Neither of us hurt each other or anything like that,” she said. “It was simply: I want my son to truly love and be loved by me. That’s really important to me… I’ve been on a journey to find my true happiness ever since.”
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Melinda French Gates hasn’t. He told Gayle, “It didn’t happen one moment or one specific thing. There just came a time when there was enough that I realized it wasn’t healthy, and I couldn’t trust what we had.” King in 2022.
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Channing Tatum has been honest but respectful in discussing his split from Jenna Dewan.
“Your life just turns on its axis. This whole plan that you had literally just turns to sand and goes through your fingers and you’re like, ‘Oh, shit. Now what?'” He 2023 told Vanity Fair at the beginning of their split. “Maybe it was what I needed. I don’t think I would have ever worked out, I think I had to work on myself so I had to really try to figure out what’s next.”
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James Marsden said his divorce made him aware of how privileged he is.
“Throughout my life a lot has gone well and come easy to me. Being a white male, you are born with certain unearned privileges. My life has not been filled with sadness and deep struggle,” he admitted in Men’s Health. . health in 2018. “When the divorce happened, it was the first time I felt I lost my balance. It was scary and sad and it made me bring everything back into focus. I needed to focus on What was important. That’s why I am who I am now because of that. I know regret can be a catalyst for good things. Not to sound like a Hallmark card, but it’s true.”
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Kris Humphries welcomed the opportunity to share her side of her reality TV divorce from Kim Kardashian, which she did in 2019 in an essay for Players’ Tribune.
“Look, I should have known what I was getting into. I was definitely naïve about how much my life was about to change. But one thing that really bothers me is that whenever people say My marriage was fake. There’s definitely a lot about it. The world that’s not entirely real. But our real relationship was 100% real,” he explained in his defense. “When it was clear it wasn’t working… what can I say? It sucked. It’s never easy to go through the embarrassment of something like this – with your friends, with your family… but when This coming out publicly, in front of the world, it’s another level. It was brutal.”
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Elon Musk was pretty quiet about his second divorce, even though he tweeted his farewell to his ex. “@rileytalulah it was an amazing four years. I will always love you. You will make someone very happy one day.”
He was very talkative about his first divorce, which he wrote an essay to dispel rumors that infidelity led to the end of that marriage.
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Mel Gibson has never opened up about his separation from his wife of 28 years, Robin Moore.
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Reese Witherspoon has opened up about learnings from her divorce from Ryan Phillippe.
,[You have to] Look at yourself and go, ‘What part of this do I need? Which part of it is my responsibility?'” she told Elle in 2009.
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Jennifer Garner has shared some sage wisdom she gleaned from her divorce from Ben Affleck.
“The main thing is that these are children – and we are fully consistent with what we expect from them. Sure, I lost my dream of dancing with my husband at my daughter’s wedding. But when he You should see their faces when they walk in the door, and if you see that your kids love someone completely and totally, you’re going to be friends with that person,” she told Vanity Fair in 2016. Told.” Pain is equal. No one needs to hate him for me. I don’t hate him. Certainly we don’t need to beat that guy up. Don’t worry – I had my eyes wide open during the wedding I’m taking good care of yourself.”