According to foreign media reports, Brad Pitt’s divorce from Angelina Jolie has grabbed headlines and become the focus of public attention in recent days, but it’s not just Pitt who is splitting up.
Watts and Schreiber released a joint statement announcing their split on Monday, local time. The two are not registered as married, but have lived together since 2005 and have two sons together: Alexander “Sasha”, 9, and Samuel, 7.
The statement reads, “Over the past few months we have agreed that the best way forward for us as a family is to live separately. With love, respect and friendship for each other in our hearts, we will raise our children together and expand a new chapter in our relationship. Thank you all for your interest and support, and we ask that the media look out for our children and respect their privacy.”
While not as high-profile as Pitt and Jolie But Schreiber and Watts are also a well-known Hollywood couple. Watts started out playing mostly small roles, then shot to prominence with “KingKong” (KingKong), and her performance in “Mulholland Drive” (MulhollandDrive) is also noteworthy. Schreiber has been in a number of great films, and is best known for his role as Sabertooth Tiger in the X-Men series, and in recent years he has also received 2 Emmy nominations for the American series “Scavenger” (RayDonovan).
The two met in 2005 at the 2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art Charity Ball in New York City and lived together after a few weeks of phone conversations. Watts and Schreiber have been living in New York with their two children, and passersby can often see the two running with their children in Central Park. Despite living together for 11 years, the two have not officially tied the knot.
It’s worth noting that the biopic featuring famed boxer Chuck Wepner, in which Schreiber and Watts play Wepner and his second wife, will be released next spring, and the pair also promoted the film earlier in the month at the Toronto and The two also promoted the film at the Toronto and Venice film festivals earlier this month.