Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski have ended their nine-year marriage, confirming they had quietly separated before going public, a split the couple framed as mutual and amicable.
The two actors released a joint statement announcing the divorce, saying they had been living apart "for a while" before telling the world. PEOPLE magazine reported the confirmation, noting the couple described the decision as one that "proved to be the right move for their family unit." They share two children.
The statement struck a tone more warm than wounded. Seyfried and Sadoski said simply:
"We've got each other forever, and it's GOOD."
That kind of parting line is unusual in Hollywood, where divorce announcements tend to arrive through lawyers or tabloid leaks. Whether the goodwill holds through whatever legal and financial proceedings follow remains to be seen, neither party has disclosed custody arrangements, property settlements, or court filings.
Seyfried and Sadoski first crossed paths starring together in the off-Broadway play "The Way We Get By." Both were in other relationships at the time. Sadoski was married to casting director Kimberly Hope. Seyfried was also in a relationship, though details about that partner were not disclosed.
In a 2018 interview with Porter Magazine, Seyfried said Sadoski "never flirted" with her and "never disrespected his wife" during that initial run. The two reconnected later, after both prior relationships had ended, on the set of the film "The Last Word." Seyfried described falling for him as something that felt "healthy and freeing and clean."
They married in 2017 and were still frequently spotted together as recently as 2025, giving little public indication that a separation was underway.
The split comes amid broader attention to high-profile marriages ending in Hollywood. Lori Loughlin recently ended her nearly 29-year marriage to Mossimo Giannulli, and other long-running celebrity unions have fractured in recent months.
One thread running through recent coverage of Seyfried is her deliberate retreat from Los Angeles. She relocated her life to a 1930s farm in upstate New York, where she cares for rescue animals, goats, chickens, horses, and peacocks among them. She listed her Hollywood Hills property on the market.
In a 2024 Forbes interview, Seyfried called the move "the best decision" for her mental health. She said the quieter setting offered "a more balanced life than the city does."
That shift, from red carpets to rural acreage, tracks with a broader pattern among entertainers who publicly step back from the industry's social machinery. Whether the geographic and lifestyle change played any role in the marriage's end is not addressed in either the joint statement or the couple's prior public remarks. The reporting draws no explicit connection.
Celebrity divorces can carry enormous financial consequences. A South Korean gaming mogul was recently ordered to pay $1.5 billion in a record-setting divorce settlement, a reminder that these proceedings often involve far more than a press release.
Seyfried also drew attention in recent months for comments she made about conservative figure Charlie Kirk following his death. She faced public backlash for the remarks, which she said were based on "actual footage and actual quotes" from Kirk's record.
She did not back down. The Blast reported that Seyfried said she was "not f***ing apologizing" for her position. She called for more "nuance of humanity" in public discourse and said of Kirk, "he was hateful."
The episode put Seyfried squarely at odds with a large segment of Kirk's audience and conservative media. For readers who followed that controversy, the divorce announcement lands in a period when Seyfried's public profile has been shaped as much by political friction as by her acting career.
Other celebrity splits have played out with far more visible emotional fallout. Keith Urban fought back tears performing a breakup ballad months after his divorce from Nicole Kidman, a contrast to the measured tone Seyfried and Sadoski chose for their announcement.
What remains unknown is substantial. Neither Seyfried nor Sadoski has disclosed when the separation began, beyond the vague acknowledgment that it predated the public announcement by some unspecified stretch. The names and ages of their two children have not been made public. No court filings, custody arrangements, or financial terms have surfaced.
The couple's decision to keep the separation private for as long as they did, and to frame the announcement around mutual respect rather than grievance, is a choice. Whether it holds as attorneys and tabloids do their respective work is another matter entirely.
Jack White's third marriage ended when Olivia Jean filed a fault-based divorce in Nashville, a far messier public unraveling than what Seyfried and Sadoski have offered so far.
In Hollywood, the joint statement is the easy part. Everything that follows, the filings, the arrangements, the silence or the noise, tells you whether the goodwill was real or just good PR.
