Actress Leah Remini, perhaps best known for her role in The King of Queens, and her husband Angelo Pagán have announced they're getting divorced.
"Well, here we are. After 28 years together and 21 years of marriage, we have decided to file for divorce," they revealed in a shared statement. "This decision came after a lot of thought and care, and as hard as divorce is, we are approaching this with a positive outlook because we know it’s what’s best for us."
They said that while they were "sad" to be leaving one another, they stressed that it was an amicable split.
"To put it simply, we both changed, as people do, and we got used to playing roles that didn’t fit us anymore," the statement reads. "After a lot of effort and consideration, we’ve decided to take this step, which reflects who we are today. Our bond is still strong—it’s just evolved into something different."
They described their marriage as "a huge success," especially considering how long they were together. As for why they're being so transparent about the divorce, they said it comes down to how they've shared their relationship throughout the years, across both social media and two seasons of a TLC reality series.
"We would love for everyone to have more access to different kinds of relationship stories and not feel so isolated in navigating the changes that millions of couples make every year," they added. "We hope our journey can inspire others to see that relationships—whether they change or end—aren’t failures. We’ll keep sharing snippets of our lives as we navigate this new chapter."
Remini and Pagán met in 1996 and were married by a Scientologist minister in 2003. They share one child, Sofia, who was born in 2004.
She was a member of the Church of Scientology from childhood but left the organization in 2013 and wrote about her experiences in the 2015 memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology. She's been highly critical of the church ever since she left and accused Tom Cruise of staging a "publicity stunt" with his infamous COVID-19 safety rant in 2020.
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