It’s always interesting to watch celebrities execute certain strategies when it comes to divorces or breakups. Jessica Alba is in that sort of in-between generation – too old to spill everything on social media, but too young to hire a crisis manager to take everything off her plate. It definitely looks like Jessica Alba and Cash Warren separated months ago and they will likely file for divorce at some point in the near future. There have been rumors circulating for months about their split, but I don’t know how much of that was coming from Alba and/or Warren. I do know that TMZ wouldn’t have gone all-in on their divorce-reporting without a nod from Alba’s publicist or manager, and I know People Magazine wouldn’t have piggybacked on TMZ’s report without a similar go-ahead from Alba’s team. That says, to me, that Alba is ready to end her marriage and she’s making choices about how the news comes out. For now, she also wants to tamp down the speculation that things could get ugly. Behold, a People Mag exclusive:
There’s no “hateful drama” between Jessica Alba and Cash Warren as they reportedly call off their marriage.
According to a report from TMZ on Wednesday, Jan. 8, the pair, who married in 2008 and have three children together, have separated and are preparing for divorce. A rep for Alba has not responded to requests for comment.
A source tells PEOPLE that Alba, 43, and Warren, 45, are still “friends and all about the kids.”
“No matter what’s going on right now, it seems they will remain close,” says the source. “If they’re filing for divorce, it’s not because of some hateful drama. They still look happy together.”
“Jess has mentioned over the years though that it’s hard to keep the spark,” the source adds.
The Trigger Warning actress and Warren first met in 2004, and they share daughters Honor, 16, and Haven, 13, and son Hayes, 7.
Alba shared a photo roundup on Instagram for New Year’s Eve that didn’t feature Warren, and she wrote in the caption about having a year “filled with connection, growth, adventures, laughter, peace, sisterhood, transformation, rebirth, joy and so much love.”
My little contribution to “divorce trendspotting” is that this seems to be more common these days, where a couple is married for ten-plus years and the wife has something like a mid-life crisis in her 40s and just decides that she would either be happier alone or with a jumpoff waiting in the wings. It feels like it’s been happening a lot in recent years, not only in celebrity circles but just with regular, everyday people. I still wonder if that’s what happened with Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth as well! Another trend: I think a lot of women are trying to file for divorce before the MAGA cult takes away no-fault divorces in this country. Anyway, yeah, all of which to say, it does sound like Alba wants out of the marriage and she’s trying to keep things as peaceful as possible. Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s the vibe right now.
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