{"id":890727,"date":"2026-09-13T17:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890727\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T17:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:06:32","slug":"reacher-star-alan-ritchson-and-wife-catherine-ritchson-announce-separation-after-20-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890727\/","title":{"rendered":"Reacher star Alan Ritchson and wife Catherine Ritchson announce separation after 20 years of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reacher star Alan Ritchson and his wife Catherine Ritchson have announced they are separating after 20 years of marriage.<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old actor and Catherine confirmed the end of their marriage in a joint Instagram statement on Saturday, September 12, saying they planned to remain in each other\u2019s lives and focus on raising their three sons.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter twenty years together, Cat and I have decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way,\u201d the post began.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe grew up together. We built a life and a family together. And we are raising three incredible boys who will always be the center of our world,\u201d their statement continued.<\/p>\n

The couple share sons Calem, Edan and Amory.<\/p>\n

They said \u201cnothing can diminish\u201d the two decades they had spent together or \u201cthe love and respect we will always share.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best gift we can give one another \u2014 and our boys \u2014 right now is friendship, grace and a commitment to becoming the strongest co-parents we can be,\u201d they wrote, adding, \u201cWe also want to give each other room to grow into the people we are becoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple restricted comments on the Instagram announcement and appealed for privacy as their family adjusts to the separation.<\/p>\n

They said \u201cchange is hard enough without the whole world weighing in\u201d before asking people to show compassion, particularly for their children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope, especially for the sake of our boys, that you will allow our family to move through this chapter with privacy and compassion. Thanks for supporting us as we continue making the health and happiness of our family our priority,\u201d the statement, signed \u201cCat and Alan\u201d, concluded.<\/p>\n

The public announcement comes after TMZ<\/a> reported, citing legal documents, that Alan had actually filed for divorce in December.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported that \u201che actually filed for divorce in December\u201d and that \u201cthe two reconciled back in March\u201d before announcing their separation on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Alan and Catherine\u2019s relationship stretches back to their teenage years, with the pair first meeting while attending high school.<\/p>\n

They later reconnected while Catherine was studying at the University of Florida and Alan was visiting Miami for a modelling shoot.<\/p>\n

The couple married on May 12, 2006, and largely kept their relationship and family life away from the spotlight throughout Alan\u2019s rise to fame.<\/p>\n

Just last year, Alan publicly celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary with a glowing Instagram tribute featuring footage of the couple on red carpets and spending time with their family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the luckiest man alive. To be able to build the treasure that is our marriage and family is and always will be the greatest privilege and success of my life,\u201d he wrote at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201c@catritchson you are wisdom personified. Strength incarnate. A tantalizing percolation of joy, adventure and love. The boys and I are so beyond blessed to be able to journey with and for you. Happy Mother\u2019s Day\/19th Wedding anniversary momma. You deserve to be revered and celebrated forever and always,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

However, the actor did not publicly post a tribute marking the couple\u2019s 20th wedding anniversary in May this year.<\/p>\n

Catherine had also regularly supported her husband\u2019s career, including celebrating the premiere of Reacher season three in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is SO GOOD! I am SO PROUD!\u201d she wrote on Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n

The separation brings an end to a marriage spanning two decades, with Alan and Catherine making clear their three sons will remain their priority as they move into a new chapter as co-parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reacher star Alan Ritchson and his wife Catherine Ritchson have announced they are separating after 20 years of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,2331,134],"class_list":["post-890727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-culture","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}