Christina Hendricks and husband Geoffrey Arend gave enthusiasts a small glimpse into their private marriage sooner than Us Weekly broke the news of their split in October 2019.
The estranged couple tied the knot in October 2009 after being offered by way of her Mad Men costar Vincent Kartheiser in 2007.
“Twelve years in the past we fell in love and become partners. We joined our two wonderful households, had numerous laughs, made superb pals and were blessed with improbable alternatives,” they mentioned in a joint commentary to Us in October 2019. “Today we take our subsequent step together, but on separate paths. We will all the time be grateful for the love we’ve shared and will at all times paintings in combination to raise our two beautiful canine.”
The remark continued: “We will probably be taking time to rediscover ourselves in this transition and we thanks to your patience and reinforce in giving us the house to do so.”
Years earlier, Hendricks raved about meeting Arend for the first time. “Geoffrey walked in and I used to be like, ‘Who is that this man?’ He had wonderful hair and was once all disheveled — he was operating past due and everyone was once looking forward to him. He simply got here in with this very high energy,” the actress advised Cosmopolitan UK in the March 2012 factor. “He used to be just fascinating, funny and very magnetic. I got his quantity that evening underneath the pretense of, ‘We could just be buddies.’ And in fact, I instantly went house and Googled him.”
The pair mostly saved to themselves right through their dating but infrequently opened up about their quirky connection.
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“When I first began relationship my husband, I had this bizarre fascination with the circus and clowns and previous carnival issues and sideshow freaks and all that. About a month after we started dating, he purchased me this superb black-and-white photograph ebook on the circus in the 1930s, and I started sobbing. Which freaked him out,” Hendricks admitted in the May 2010 issue of Esquire. “I thought, ‘Oh, my God, I mentioned this 3 or four weeks ago and mentioned it briefly, however he was actually paying attention to me.’ And he if truth be told went out and researched and discovered this factor for me. It used to be wonderful.”
Scroll to revisit Hendricks and Arend’s 10-year marriage before their cut up.
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