Leah Remini introduced she and husband Angelo Pagán are submitting for divorce after greater than 20 years of marriage.
The actress, 54, took to social media on Thursday, August 29, to share the information, explaining that the break up was a tricky choice to make however that the couple “now not match.”
“Nicely, right here we’re. After 28 years collectively and 21 years of marriage, we’ve got determined to file for divorce,” she wrote through Instagram. “This choice got here after a whole lot of thought and care, and as exhausting as divorce is, we’re approaching this with a constructive outlook as a result of we all know it’s what’s greatest for us.”
Remini mentioned that she and Pagán, who tied the knot in 2003, are “unhappy” however “pleased with how we labored via this collectively,” noting that they’ve some “determining to do as we proceed to maneuver ahead into our new regular.”
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“However right here’s the factor: we’ve been greatest buddies for thus a few years,” she continued. “We’re nonetheless celebrating holidays collectively, watching our favourite television exhibits collectively, and gathering as a household.”
As for “why” the pair determined to name it quits, Remini mentioned “they each modified, as individuals do” and “we bought used to taking part in roles that didn’t match us anymore.”
“After a whole lot of effort and consideration, we’ve determined to take this step, which displays who we’re in the present day. Our bond continues to be robust—it’s simply developed into one thing totally different. We predict a wedding that lasted this lengthy and created so many stunning reminiscences, particularly elevating our unimaginable daughter, is one thing to have fun,” she mentioned, including, “From our perspective, this marriage was an enormous success.”
Remini shared that the pair needed to be “clear’ concerning the break up due to how public they’ve beforehand been about their marriage, “whether or not it was on our specials on VH1 or our actuality present.” (Leah Remini: It’s All Relative, ran for 2 seasons on TLC from 2014 to 2015.)
“We’re sharing this unknown territory with you all as we take our first steps into this subsequent stage of our lives publicly,” she concluded. “We’d love for everybody to have extra entry to totally different sorts of relationship tales and never really feel so remoted in navigating the adjustments that hundreds of thousands of {couples} make yearly. We hope our journey can encourage others to see that relationships—whether or not they change or finish—aren’t failures.”
She added: “We’ll preserve sharing snippets of our lives as we navigate this new chapter.”
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Remini and Pagán have been married in Las Vegas in 2003 by a Scientologist minister. The next yr, they welcomed daughter Sofia. Pagán additionally has three sons from a earlier relationship — Angelo Jr., Alex and Nico — in addition to two grandchildren, Mila and Markus.
The couple first met at a Puerto Rican restaurant and Remini later described the second on discuss present RuPaul in 2019.
“I noticed him throughout the room and was like, ‘Rattling! What time do you get off?’” Remini mentioned. “It was like every thing mistaken, like every thing that you shouldn’t do as a lady is ask a man when he will get off work, hit it actual fast, and it was a whole lot of that.”
Angleo Pagán and Leah Remini. (Photograph by Getty)
The couple first met at a Puerto Rican restaurant and Remini later described the second on discuss present RuPaul in 2019.
“I noticed him throughout the room and was like, ‘Rattling! What time do you get off?’” Remini mentioned. “It was like every thing mistaken, like every thing that you shouldn’t do as a lady is ask a man when he will get off work, hit it actual fast, and it was a whole lot of that.”
Whereas Remini beforehand described assembly Pagán as “love at first sight” in a 2010 interview with Redbook, she defined on the discuss present that the connection hadn’t all the time been clean crusing through the years.
“It’s a stupendous love story as a result of we did have a tough time at the start,” she mentioned. “We didn’t meet underneath one of the best of circumstances. We bought counseling and it was not a simple street. So I’m saying these items to be humorous, as soon as once more, however the fact of the matter is he’s my rock.”
The couple additionally endured leaving Scientology collectively, after Remini known as it quits in 2013 after 30 years with the church and Pagán following her lead.
“I used to be saying ‘household first’ [to Sofia], however I wasn’t exhibiting that,” Remini informed BuzzFeed in 2015 of her choice to go away. “I didn’t just like the message that despatched to my daughter.”
A yr after their Scientology exit, Remini created and starred in a actuality collection titled Leah Remini: It’s All Relative.
