Breaking News: Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds Split
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After more than two years, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have decided to end their marriage, a source close to the couple tells the new Us Weekly, out Wednesday.
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UPDATE: After UsMagazine.com broke the news Tuesday, the couple released the following statement:
"After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage. We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
"They are being very civil about it," the source tells Us of the pair, noting that the spouses separated about two weeks ago.
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Johansson, 26, began dating Reynolds, 34, in 2007; the stars announced their engagement in May 2008 and tied the knot that September in a remote wilderness retreat in Vancouver, B.C.
The source explains that Iron Man 2 star Johansson initiated the split. At issue? "The big problem with their relationship is the distance," says the source. "They spent a lot of time apart when they are working...She's been unhappy for a while."
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Johansson told Glamour last year that she's no expert on relationships. "I don't profess to know anything about marriage that anybody else doesn't know, or how to make it right," she told the mag.
Green Lantern star Reynolds, meanwhile, admitted in the October issue of GQ that things had "changed" since they got married. "I'm a little more guarded, I think. I'm a little bit more wary of having my relationship turning into a soap opera."
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Still, he gushed at the time that marriage was the "best part" of his life.
For more on their sudden split, pick up the new Us Weekly, on stands Wednesday.
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another one bites the dust---, these Hollywood marriages are a joke!!!
That's really unfortunate but I always thought they made an attractive couple but not necesaarily a good couple. She looks better suited with a man similar to Josh Hartnett. Ryan Reynolds looks better suited with someone similar to Jessica Biel.
@sarah- I couldnt agree more!! why are all these couples divorcing and breaking up and using the excuse 'ammicable differences' as the reason? when you say 'I DO' that means your in it for the long haul ; the good, the bad, the uncomfortable, the stressful, the heartache, for people you love dying, the hard work, the sad times, happy times all of it not for a few years and then thats it. that is NOT marriage at all.
Distance? That sounds like something that can be worked out.
RYAN, CALL ME I-LUV-YOU-STILL
Disappointed. Really starting to think "hollywood" thinks about marriage the way most thinks about dating. The reason it's not such a big deal, is b'cause at the end of the day they know they're still going to be rich when they bolt...hence moving on to the next. Surely they could've worked out the distance thing BEFORE marrying. Nobody cheated, no domestic violence, certainly no $ issues. No excuse in my opinion. Oh well.
please they were never gonna last anyway. though some marriages like their's do last for decades. though she's been a diva since she was a teenager just ask Robert Redford who directed her in the movie The Horse Whisperer and also played her father in the film said it on more than one ocassion. they were never going to be the Sophia Loren & Carlo Ponti of their genration and he was 20 years older than her. young stars today for the most part don't realize that a marriage takes work comittment dedication and compromise to survive and thrive
thought they would last...sad:(
They are both very classy. Hopefully they will both be able to move one and be happy. Very sad for both of them.
I really wonder if people actually take their marriage vows to heart. When you enter a committed relationship like that, you make a promise to the other person that even though your marriage might not be perfect, you will work AS HARD AS YOU CAN to grow and learn with them. Marriages nowadays need a lot more work than they did 50 years ago for numerous reasons and some people just don't seem to understand that. "Distance" is absolutely NO reason to get a divorce, honey, you made a promise to him and you broke it, plain and simple. Marriages aren't all about happiness all the time, you have to learn to work through the unhappy parts (unless it involves physical and emotional abuse, of course).
Saleem- you are thinking of Megan Fox.
Sorry to hear this - thought they were both mature enough to go the distance
Too bad they can't keep their marriage and split just for that kind of reason.. They both good looking and sexy, I don't think both of them got into any scandal.. They should try to make it work harder.. They'll have gorgeous baby.. Well, who knows how it turns out later..
Didn't she have a really weird comment about marriage once? I can't remember what it was...something about not being a big believer that it's possible to stay with one person forever/ not possible to be monogamous? Then she goes and gets married...
You can't have a career that keeps you apart. Look at the divorce rate for deployed armed forces. It is over 70%. Some manage the distance but very few succeed. They should have only taken on projects that they could each travel along with their spouses like Brad and Angelina do. Distance makes them used to being without each other. At the end of their lives the awards on the shelves and all the DVDs of their projects won't keep them warm. How sad to see people choosing work over relationships.
ahh excuses... she is too involved with herself and her career to have a man in her life. ps. I love Ryan!! I totally believe it was all her and not him that decided this.
Yeah for some reason I thought it wouldn't last... that's too bad!
I'm not suprised. Whenever I saw them on TV together, she would not even acknowledge he was in the room. He seems like a nice guy and she a nice girl. She's just too into her career to care about anyone else but herself.
thats so true jennan! its the most lame reason i have ever heard! if you really want a person, you will by all means have ways to make ends meet! done. enough said.