‘The Great Separation’: Summer divorce is a Hollywood epidemic
nypost.comwhose husband Sam Asghari filed for divorce this week.Simultaneously marking the return of the media spectacle of themessy A-list breakup, it’s safe to say ’tis the season of divorce — just in time for hot girl summer.It’s what divorce attorney and author Nicole Sodoma is calling “The Great Separation.”“We are seeing a lot more [divorces],” the North Carolina lawyer, a divorcee herself, told The Post.“I think that people in relationships are holding themselves accountable to what they want.”Her practice, Sodoma Law, saw a 60% uptick in consultations after the pandemic, a trend that has persisted — perhaps with the help of Hollywood.“Summer is often time where people take a minute to look around them and reflect,” Rachel DeAlto, Match’s chief dating expert, told The Post. “Work is a little slower, school is out, and time off gives time to think about their lives.
It’s also when everyone has a bit more fun, and if your relationship isn’t fulfilling it becomes more evident.”There have been more than three dozen blockbuster breakups in 2023, and even Hollywood’s hottest items had fizzled out by summer.In April, actress Reese Witherspoon announced her divorce from Jim Toth after 12 years of marriage, while pop superstar Taylor Swift quietly split from her long-term beau Joe Alwyn the same month.
Weeks later, Jeremy Allen White and Addison Timlin called it quits after just three years, while Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s chaotic divorce unfolded in the public eye.Then, on the same day actors Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello filed for divorce, singer Ariana Grande and her husband of two years, Dalton Gomez, split.
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