Where is the love? What experts have to say about the growing number of celebrities quitting
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner filed for divorce in early September after just four years of marriage.
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness also split after 27 years of marriage in September.
Ariana Grande and her ex, Dalton Gomez, also finalized their divorce process.
Even Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he will divorce his wife Sophie Grégoire after 18 years of marriage.
Do you see the trend? It seems like more and more celebrities are breaking up. But why?
Lynda Hinkle, a family law attorney practicing in New Jersey, was not surprised by the news that rising FX star Jeremy Allen White Bearand actor Addison Timlin also joined the divorce bandwagon. In fact, the actor recently agreed to take a breathalyzer test as part of the custody agreement between him and his estranged ex-wife.
In a statement to HuffPostHinkle says, “I’m sure the pressure of having an explosive career and a rigorous filming schedule makes any pre-existing challenges that much more difficult, but how sad that one part of his life was flourishing while another part died on the vine.” .
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner filed for divorce in September
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Hinkle also shares that she wasn’t too surprised to hear the news because celebrities get divorced all the time due to their financial ability to do so.
“Unlike many couples I see in middle America who stay together because they can’t maintain the lifestyle they want for themselves or their children without doing so, many celebrities can comfortably date with only a moderate fall. in their wealth,” she said.
That may be true, but the recent spike in celebrity divorces this year reflects a genuine seasonal trend.
Summer was NOT made for love
In 2016, a study by researchers at the University of Washington revealed a steady increase in divorce filings during March and August, after the winter and summer holidays, respectively.
“Holidays and vacations can also be very stressful, especially if there is already discontent in the marriage,” said Julie Brines, associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington. HuffPost of his studio. “These ‘breaks’ from routine during the holidays can raise a couple’s expectations and give them time to reflect on how the marriage is going.”
Seeing this, it would seem that the month of March is “a way out” of the holidays. Brines explained that it could be because couples need time to prepare for divorce.
“You have to get your finances in order, find the right attorney, and then muster up the courage to file the lawsuit,” he says.
“Clients may contact me in advance so we have a game plan, but then they wait to file for divorce or separation until the holidays are over,” Carla Schiff Donnelly, a divorce attorney in Pittsburgh, said of the delay between filing and initial divorce decision.
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth announced their divorce in March after 11 years of marriage
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There are also less common scenarios of couples separating in early summer. This decision could be due to a number of reasons, but one notable factor is that both parties may simply prefer not to spend their vacation near their soon-to-be ex.
“I’ve seen some women schedule a girls’ trip to replace their vacation plans,” Schiff Donnelly said.
Everyone is doing it!
Brines has reason to believe that divorce in Hollywood can be contagious.
“Research suggests that divorce is, in some sense, ‘contagious’ within a social network, so that is a possible mechanism for why we see fairly well-defined ‘peaks’ in divorce over time, although does not explain when Those happen throughout the year,” Brines said.
Randall Kessler, an Atlanta-based divorce attorney with a track record representing real housewives and Cardi B, among others, explains that celebrity divorces never catch him off guard.
“Any relationship is vulnerable and celebrities even more so,” she said in an email. “The pressures they face, the fact that many around them often adore them and their celebrity spouses may see them as normal people and not celebrities, and the demands of always being ‘on’ take a toll on them.”
When asked about the apparent increase in divorce rates lately, Kessler responded by noting that divorce rates have increased steadily since he began his law practice 35 years ago.
“At first, COVID caused a slowdown, but it was brief and then the onslaught hit as people realized they might be stuck, for a while, with someone they wanted to get away from,” she wrote.
Research behind the increase in “gray divorces”
Morghan Richardson, a partner and family law attorney at Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin LLP in Manhattan, said it has probably been one of the busiest seasons for the firm with the rise in divorces.
“In July, I really worried that we wouldn’t be able to keep up the volume. Fortunately, we have more than doubled the size of our marriage apartment! Yes, we were really very busy.”
“Making a marriage last more than a decade in Hollywood seems like a feat, and outwardly they seemed very loyal to each other,” he adds.
Richardson also noted that Jackman and Furness’ split is part of a broader divorce trend, known as “gray divorce.”
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness divorce after 27 years of marriage
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Pew Research data from 2017 reveals that the divorce rate among people age 50 and older nearly doubled between 1990 and 2015. Women, in particular, tend to be the ones seeking divorce. Research by AARP shows that women initiate 66% of documented cases of gray divorces, while only 39% involve men seeking divorce, and just 15% of cases result from both parties taking the initiative. decision to separate.
As for the definitive reason behind this trend, Hinkle believes that many people are realizing that they don’t want to spend the rest of their lives in an unhappy, imperfect relationship.
“The fact is, there was a time when we felt a lot of pressure in our culture to stay together, and the pressure is shifting toward the idea that we have to put ourselves first when relationships no longer serve us,” he said. . “When you’re a divorce lawyer, you just move on.”
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