Actress Natalie Portman and her husband Benjamin Millepied have divorced after 11 years of marriage, just confirmed Us Weekly. “After the news of their affair became public, they tried to work on their marriage, but they are currently separated,” a relative of Portman, 42, and Millepied, 46, told the newspaper.

A divorced couple, who they share a son Aleph (12) and a daughter Amalia (6) reconfirmed speculation about her status on what would have been her 11th wedding anniversary on Friday, August 4, when Portman was seen without her wedding ring during an FC Angel City event in Sydney. Australia.

In June, rumors spread that Millepied was having an affair with Camille Étienne, a 25-year-old climate activist.. At the time, a source shared that Portman remained committed to her marriage despite the alleged infidelity.

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“Natalie thinks that Benjamin’s affair was a short and stupid relationship that meant nothing to him”he pointed to the artist’s close acquaintance and added that Portman felt “humiliated” by the rumours. According to the source, Portman was “ready to see if she could rebuild her confidence” in Millepied to make sure that their children do not “grow up in a broken home”.

However, another source clarified this Portman didn’t know if she and her husband could rebuild their relationship after the scandal. “Right now they are talking together and working on it for the sake of their children,” this person explained, adding that yes Millepied “regrets” his actions.

Portman and Millepied met in 2009 while working on a thriller. the black swanDarren Aronofsky, which arrived in cinemas in 2010.

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied got married in an intimate ceremony

“I met my husband in that movie, so I think I was in dreamland,” Portman said of the film during an interview with SiriusXM Town Hall In 2018, Millepied, a professional ballet dancer, worked with his wife on the film’s choreography.

“He taught me to dance. You know, one of those [historias] romantic… It was definitely exciting and fun. It was beautiful. I don’t know if it was instant. It was like I really got to know him and then I felt, ‘Oh, this is the right person’.”

So Portman and Millepied join a growing list of celebrities who have broken up over the past few months, in what North American media has dubbed the “summer of heartbreak.” Meet other couples who have broken up here. (AND)