It is difficult for Meryl Streep and Don Gummer.
The longtime couple broke up and have been separated for years, her spokesperson informed Page Six Oct. 20.
“Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for greater than 6 years,” the rep shared, “and whereas they’ll all the time take care of one another, they’ve chosen lives aside.”
The Oscar winner and sculptor tied the knot in 1978 and went on to welcome 4 youngsters: Henry, 43, Mamie, 40, Grace, 37, and Louisa, 32.
The spouses’ final public look collectively was on the 2018 Academy Awards.
Their love story traces again a long time, with Gummer even attending Streep’s first Oscars present along with her in 1979 as newlyweds. Whereas she did not get to thank him in 1983 when she gained the statue for Sophie’s Alternative, the Mamma Mia! star made it as much as him when she took residence her third trophy in 2012.
“First, I’ll thank Don,” she said, “as a result of once you thank your husband on the finish of the speech they play him out with the music, and I need him to know that every part I worth most in our lives, you’ve got given me.”