{"id":529171,"date":"2026-04-13T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529171\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:05:09","slug":"jennie-garth-details-the-moment-peter-facinelli-marriage-hit-the-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529171\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennie Garth details the moment Peter Facinelli marriage &#8216;hit the fan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennie Garth knew her marriage to Peter Facinelli was over when a couple\u2019s counselor bluntly asked why she\u2019d want to be with someone who didn\u2019t love her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where everything hit the fan,\u201d the \u201cBeverly Hills 90210\u201d alum revealed during a <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairexpertpod.com\/pods\/jennie-garth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">chat on \u201cArmchair Expert,\u201d<\/a> which was released on April 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was echoing,\u201d she added, \u201cI\u2019ll never forget it. That just gutted me, and I was like, \u2018Yeah, no s\u2013t. Give up, it\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennie Garth detailed the end of her marriage to Peter Facinelli in a recent interview. (The two are seen here in an undated photo at a FOX TV party.) Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The couple, photographed in 1998, married in 1995. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Before the couple\u2019s counseling, Garth, 54, recalled Facinelli coming to visit her and their three daughters on a farm in central California when they were separated. <\/p>\n<p>The two entered an RV and \u201cthat\u2019s where he told me he wanted us to get a divorce,\u201d Garth shared, adding that Facinelli, 52, then added, \u201c\u2018Jen, someday you\u2019ll thank me for this.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWhat I Like About You\u201d alum confessed that the comment \u201cinfuriated me, that pissed me off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple, snapped in 2010, share three daughters. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>Garth was blindsided when the \u201cTwilight\u201d actor, seen here at the movie\u2019s 2009 premiere, asked her for a divorce. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>The former couple met in 1995 while filming the TV movie, \u201cAn Unfinished Affair,\u201d and married six years later. <\/p>\n<p>They share daughters, Luca, 28, Lola, 23, and Fiona, 19. Facinelli <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2012\/03\/13\/jennie-garth-peter-facinelli-split\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed for divorce<\/a> in March 2012, and it was finalized the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, who has a memoir called <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0778305635\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FChoose-Me-Chasing-Embracing-Reinvention%2Fdp%2F0778305635%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F04%2F13%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fjennie-garth-details-the-moment-peter-facinelli-marriage-hit-the-fan%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cI Choose Me,\u201d coming out on April 14<\/a>, revealed in a recent interview that she drank so much alcohol and took so many pills <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2012\/03\/29\/peter-facinelli-files-for-divorce-as-jennie-garth-says-i-didnt-want-it-to-happen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following the painful divorce<\/a> that she ended up in the hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/08\/celebrity-news\/jennie-garth-recalls-getting-her-stomach-pumped-of-pills-checking-into-rehab-after-peter-facinelli-divorce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">having her stomach pumped.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The two, photographed in 2010, attended couples therapy after Facinelli asked for a divorce. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The therapist said something that made Garth realize that the marriage was truly over. (The duo in happier times in 2009). WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Following that, she checked into the Canyon Ranch rehab center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI noticed my light really dimming,\u201d Garth told People about the scary incident and its aftermath. \u201cI wasn\u2019t putting off good vibes. I could see it in the mirror. I could look at the negative impact that that kind of grief and anger was having on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDWTS\u201d alum previously detailed the end of her and Facinelli\u2019s marriage in her 2014 memoir,\u00a0<a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0451240278\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThoughts-Hollywood-Blonde-Jennie-Garth%2Fdp%2F0451240278%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F04%2F13%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fjennie-garth-details-the-moment-peter-facinelli-marriage-hit-the-fan%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cDeep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennie Garth knew her marriage to Peter Facinelli was over when a couple\u2019s counselor bluntly asked why she\u2019d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[183320,6491,14196,14193,9401,2755,96,183321,183322,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-529171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-beverly-hills-90210","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-breakups","11":"tag-celebrity-divorces","12":"tag-celebrity-memoirs","13":"tag-celebrity-news","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-jennie-garth","16":"tag-peter-facinelli","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}