U2‘s Adam Clayton has announced his divorce from wife Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho after 10 years of marriage.A spokesperson for the couple confirmed the news to the Sunday World yesterday (April 29), who said they had parted on good terms and were “amicably divorced”.They will continue to co-parent their six-year-old daughter Alba together.
Clayton is also father to a son, born in 2010, from a previous relationship.In a statement, their spokesperson said: “After more than 10 years of marriage, musician Adam Clayton and lawyer Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho have amicably divorced.“Both will continue to be fully involved in the care of their daughter and they request that the family’s privacy be respected.”The couple met in de Carvalho’s home country of Brazil before marrying in September 2013 at a Dublin registry office after four years together.
They hosted another celebration in Mandelieu-la-Napoule near to Cannes a few days later where Clayton’s U2 bandmates – Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr.
were in attendance.In 2017, they announced the birth of their daughter with a notice in The Irish Times that read (via Daily Mail): “Adam and Mariana Clayton are delighted to announce the birth of their beautiful baby girl Alba.”The Irish musician was previously briefly engaged to supermodel Naomi Campbell in 1994.
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