Hollywood actor Natalie Portman and Choreographer Benjamin Millipied are to call quits on their marriage of 11 years. This comes following the news of Millipied’s alleged affair in June.
Leading American Entertainment Magazine US Weekly reported yesterday that Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millipied have separated after being married for 11 years. The confirmation of their separation came after Natalie Portman was spotted on their wedding anniversary (4th August) without her wedding ring. She was attending an event by Angel City FC in Sydney, Australia.
The rumors of their separation began after Millipied had a short-lived affair with climate activist Camille Etienne. They allegedly had a fling in June.
There were reports about Portman and Millipied’s marriage being on the rocks after the rumors of the affair surfaced. Natalie Portman knew about the affair. The couple has been making headlines for the past few months, now.
The couple are parents to two children – Aleph, 12, and Amalia, 6.
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Natalie Portman and Benjamin Milipied’s marriage was on the rocks.
US Weekly confirmed the news of the couple’s split after gaining exclusive knowledge about their current equation from an insider close to them. The magazine quoted the source who revealed that after the news of the affair broke out, the couple was trying to focus on their marriage. They were ready to work on it. But at this moment, they have called the shots to head out of it.
The rumors of Millipied’s affair with the 25-year-old Camille Etienne began swirling in June. At that time, a source close to Natalie had confirmed that she would not allow her husband’s infidelity to get in the way of her marriage.
The source told Us Weekly that Natalie believed that her husband’s affair was brief and stupid and that it meant nothing to him. It was clearly humiliating for the Academy Award winner to come across a rumor like this involving her husband. The source also reported that Natalie wanted to work on rebuilding her trust in her husband as she did not want her children to grow u in a broken home.
There were contradictory opinions about Natalie’s marriage from insiders as well. Another source who is close to the couple said that Portman never believed that the couple would be able to recover from the scandal caused by her husband’s extramarital affair. Millipied definitely regretted his actions. The source added, back then, the couple were on talking terms and were ready to sort things.
How did the now estranged couple first meet?
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millipied’s romance was a movie-set love story. The couple met in 2009 on the sets of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. It was this film that earned Portman her Oscar. Millipied was the choreographer of Black Swan.
The couple collaborated on many projects after that. The most notable among them is Vox Lux. The film was released in 2018. Millipied choreographed Portman in the movie and helped her to transform into Celeste, a troubled pop star.
Natalie Portman will be next seen in May December.
May December is an upcoming Netflix film. It is directed by Todd Haynes. Natalie will be portraying the role of an actor who travels to Savannah, Georgia for research. The research is for an upcoming film that would fictionalize a scandal that happened in the town 20 years ago. That scandal involved a Gracie- Atherton Yoo played by Julianne Moore, who was involved in a sexual relationship back then. She is now, married to him. The husband will be played by Riverdale star Charles Melton. The film will stream on Netflix later this year.
Also Read: Natalie Portman opened up about returning to the Star Wars franchise, earlier in May.
