
Jessica Alba spoke about her recent decision to separate from her husband Warren Cash after 16 years of marriage.
“I’ve been on a journey of self-realization and transformation for years — both as an individual and in partnership with Cash,” Alba, 43, wrote in a Thursday, Jan. 16, post. Instagram statement. “I am proud of how we have grown in our marriage over the past 20 years and now it is time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals.”
She added: “We move forward with love, kindness and respect for each other and we will forever be family. Our children remain our highest priority and we ask for privacy this time.
Alba and Warren, 45, share three children: Honor, 16, Haven, 13, and Hayes, 6.
News broke on January 8 that Alba and Warren were preparing to file for divorce. A source later said Us every week that Alba and Warren faced “trust issues” and “many ups and downs.”
“They have tried therapy and worked through past issues over the years,” the source said. We. “There have been trust issues in the past which led to many arguments. …The marriage ran its course. Their communication hadn’t been great.
A second source, meanwhile, said We that Alba and Warren had planned to officially file for divorce “soon”.
“Cash has slowly moved things out of their house, but since the fires they have been spending more time under the same roof as a family,” the second source added. “They are there for each other right now because it’s a very stressful time.”
Alba and Warren were together for over two decades and met on the set of Fantastic Four in 2004. They married four years later in the middle Alba’s pregnancy with her eldest daughter Honor.
“Every time I doubt myself for a second, he is the first to come and say: ‘You can do it, I believe in you'”, Alba said later We in 2011. “I don’t know what I would do without him there. And he’s so good with kids. We are really happy.
However, over the years, Alba and Warren faced their ups and downs as a couple.
“Everything has been rosy for two and a half years. But after that you become roommates,” Alba said with a laugh during a July 2021 appearance on Catherine SchwarzeneggerThe social media show “Before, during and after baby”. “You’re just going through the motions.” You have the responsibilities; It takes a lot of checking boxes, doesn’t it? »
She added: “We obviously have the friendship, the comfort of ‘You’re not going anywhere,’ and so sometimes you don’t treat these people in the best way, right? You don’t consider their feelings the same way you would those of others. So that’s something that I think we need to constantly work on.
At the time, Alba admitted that Warren sometimes received “the short end of the stick” when it came to his time, which they tried to work around.
“The second one of you is being examined, so it’s a one-sided relationship,” Alba said. “Because you won’t always be on the same page and you won’t always grow at the same pace.”
Last year, Warren proposed We a glimpse into their relationship.
“Unplugging is huge. We like to take walks. We like to chat. We like to eat good food together. We share so many interests,” he said. said We exclusively in July 2024. “We are also still willing to participate. Jessica is currently on an amazing spiritual journey. I will do sound baths with her. I’m going to learn more about crystals. I’m going to have my cards read. I will learn it alongside her and she always opens me up to new things.