Months before her separation from her husband Cash Warren, Jessica Alba She and Warren “became roommates,” she said.
Alba, 43, opened up about her marriage in a Frank conversation With podcasts Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt In April 2024.
“Everything is rosy for two and a half years, but after that, you become roommates,” Alba revealed on Schwarzenegger's “BDA Baby” radio show. “And it's like you're roommates. You're just going through the motions. It's responsibility. It's a lot of things, like checking boxes.”
TMZ reported on Wednesday, January 8, that Alba and Warren, 45, recently split and are… Preparing to file for divorce. Us Weekly I have contacted their representatives for comment.
husband Met on set of The Fabulous Four in 2004, with Alba as the leading lady and Warren as a production assistant. They tied the knot four years later.
During their 2008 vows, Alba Nine months pregnant With their daughter Honor, now 16 years old. The couple went on to welcome daughter Haven, 13, and son Hayes, 6.
When Schwarzenegger asked Pratt, 35, how Alba manages to find balance amid her heavy responsibilities — and making sure “your husband feels cared for” — Alba expressed amazement.
“If you've discovered that in your relationship, let me know,” she joked, adding: “You know, I think (Warren) is probably getting the short end of the stick. … It's tough. It's impossible.”
Alba said that she and Warren had previously tried to schedule regular date nights where “we wouldn't have our phone and we would just talk. But then that stopped for whatever reason, so we're not consistent.”
Schwarzenegger-Pratt advised listeners that it's important to “reach out when you're unhappy and eliminate it immediately rather than letting it kind of fester — and then you have hostility and then it blows up.”
Alba also noted that she and Warren “got through it” because they were together for so long, and joked: “He stole my 20s and 30s.”
“Obviously we enjoy the camaraderie and comfort, like saying you're not going anywhere,” she added. “And so sometimes you don't treat these 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, and it's a constant thing to work on.”
She said couples should avoid discussing topics like children's schedules while spending time together.
“That date night, or that time, is a time where you shouldn't talk about the annoying things you talk about during the week anyway. It's time to get past that and check in a different way. But it's hard. It's really hard.”