After 26 years: Eric McCormack's wife wants a divorce
According to a report, the next failed marriage in Hollywood is here: director Janet Holden Eric wants to separate from actor Eric McCormack. The two met on the set of a series almost three decades ago.
The wife of "Will & Grace" star Eric McCormack wants a divorce after more than two decades. As the gossip portal "TMZ" reports, Hollywood director Janet Holden has filed the relevant documents in court. The reason, according to the report: "irreconcilable differences". However, she did not specify a separation date.
Holden is demanding alimony from her husband after the divorce, in return for which her husband is not to receive any payments from her. The couple have no dependent children. Their only son is already 21 years old.
McCormack and Holden met on the set of the television series "Lonesome Dove" in 1994. McCormack, who was born in Canada, worked there as an actor and Holden as an assistant director. The two married in August 1997 and were last seen together on the red carpet at a party in New York City on July 24.
McCormack is best known for his role as the homosexual lawyer Will Truman in the NBC hit sitcom "Will & Grace", which he played in a total of 246 episodes from 1998 to 2006 and in the new edition from 2017 to 2020. He was nominated for a Golden Globe five times and won an Emmy in 2001. In 2018, McCormack received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Separation year among the stars
Numerous break-ups have already been announced in the world of the film industry this year, some of them surprising. In October, Jada Pinkett Smith announced that she and Will Smith had been separated for seven years. Actress Sophie Turner and musician Joe Jonas recently had to undergo mediation due to disputes over divorce and custody.
Other break-ups in Hollywood this year: Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson, Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness and Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner.
After the news of Eric McCormack's divorce, several celebrity couples are making headlines. For instance, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been separated for seven years, as Jada recently revealed.
Source: www.ntv.de
