Jessica Alba She addressed her recent decision to separate from her husband Cash Warren After 16 years of marriage.
“I have been on a journey of self-actualization and transformation for years — both as an individual and in partnership with Cash,” Alba, 43, wrote on Thursday, January 16: Instagram statement. “I am proud of the way we have grown in our marriage over the past 20 years, and now is the time to embark on a new chapter of growth and development as individuals.”
She added: “We move forward with love, kindness and respect for each other and will remain a family forever.” Our children remain our top priority and we ask for privacy this time.
Alba and Warren, 45, have three children: Honor, 16, Haven, 13, and Hayes, 6.
The news broke on January 8 about Alba and Warren They were preparing to file for divorce. A source later said Us Weekly Confronted by Alba and Warren “Trust issues” and “many ups and downs.”
“They have tried therapy and worked on previous issues over the years,” the insider said. we. “There were trust issues in the past which led to many arguments. … The marriage ran its course. Their communication was not great.”
Meanwhile, a second source said we Planned by Alba and Warren He officially filed for divorce “soon.”
The second source added: “Cash was slowly moving things out of their home, but since the fires, they have been spending more time under one roof as a family.” “They're there for each other right now because it's a very stressful time.”
Alba and Warren have been together for more than two decades, meeting on set The Fabulous Four In 2004. They married four years later Alba pregnancy With honorable eldest daughter.
“Whenever I doubted myself for a moment, he was the first to come and say: ‘You can do it, I believe in you,'” Alba He said later we In 2011. “I don’t know what I would do without him there. He is very good with the kids. We are really happy.”
However, over the years, Alba and Warren I faced ups and downs As a couple.
“Everything is rosy for two and a half years. But then, you become roommates,” Alba said with a laugh during a July 2021 appearance. Katherine SchwarzeneggerView social media “before, during and after baby”. “You're just going through the motions. You have responsibilities. It's a lot of, like, checking boxes, right?”
She added: “Obviously we enjoy the camaraderie and comfort, like, 'You're not going anywhere,' and sometimes you don't treat those people the best, right?” You don't look at their feelings the way you look at other people's feelings. So I think that's a constant thing to work on.
At the time, Alba admitted that Warren sometimes received “the short end of the stick” when it came to her time, which they were trying to circumvent.
“The second person among you is examined, and the relationship becomes one-sided,” Alba said. “Because you won't always be on the same page, and you won't always grow at the same pace.”
Last year, Warren offered we Insight into their relationship.
“Unplugging is big. We like to walk. We like to chat. We like to eat good food together. We have a lot of the same interests as He said we Exclusively In July 2024. “We are also still willing to participate. Jessica is on an amazing spiritual journey right now. I'll do sound baths with her. I will learn about crystals. I'm going to read my charts. I will learn more about it alongside her and she always opens me up to new things.