The couple was last seen together in public at the 2018 Academy Awards.
Meryl Street and her 45-year-old husband, Don Gummer, have been secretly divorced for more than six years. Page six reported on Friday. Speaking to the outlet, a spokesperson for the Oscar-winning star confirmed the news, saying: “Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been divorced for more than six years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen to live separate lives to lead.” . Notably, Ms. Streep and her husband tied the knot in 1978 and share four children together: Henry, 43, Mamie, 40, Grace, 37, and Louisa, 32.
According to Page sixthe couple was last seen together in public at the 2018 Academy Awards. The actor was nominated in the Best Actress category ahead of Steven Spielberg that year ‘The mail’.
The couple’s love story goes back decades. They were first introduced by her brother Harry in 1978. At the time, Ms. Streep was mourning the loss of her late boyfriend John Cazale, who had died that year from lung cancer. Ms. Streep and Mr. Gummer married that same year and have kept their relationship out of the public eye ever since.
Talking about her marriage in a 2002 interview with FashionMs Streep said: ‘Goodwill and a willingness to bend – and occasionally shut up. There is no road map to raising a family: it’s always a huge negotiation process. But I have a holistic need to work and have tremendous love connections in my life.”
Over the years, the couple has attended countless red carpet events together. At the Academy Awards in 2012, when the actor won Best Actress ‘The Iron Lady’she said in her speech, “First I’m going to thank Don, because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech, they play him off with the music, and I want him to know that everything I appreciate most about our speech lives you have given me.”
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The couple, who both attended Yale University, also saw their daughter enter the world of Hollywood. Their son, on the other hand, pursued music under the stage name Henry Wolfe.
The couple also have five grandchildren together. Their son has two children with his wife Tomaryn Storm Hawker. Their daughter, Mamie Gummer, has two children with her husband Mehar Sethi.
Meanwhile, at work, Meryl Streep was last seen in season three of “Only murders in the building.” According to NBC Newsshe holds the record for the most Oscar nominations of any actor with 21, including for her roles in ‘The Post, ‘Into the Woods’, ‘The Iron Lady’, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, ‘Out of Africa’ And ‘Kramer versus Kramer’.
