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“Really, my life is very complicated. I’m going through a really difficult situation,” she said, referring to her divorce.
Ashley praised Luke as a “trooper” for dealing with what he did in their nearly three months together. “Believe me, he went through some things.”
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When Cohen asked if this meant that Michael, 63, wasn’t happy about the relationship, Ashley clarified, “That, and it’s not really about Luke, but we just have a hard time co-parenting and separating.”
“It was my situation with Michael that affected Luke and I,” she added. “And like I said, he was a trooper, but ultimately it’s just not … it’s not there.”
Ashleyannounced she and Michael were splitting last Aprilafter eight years of marriage.
“Almost eight years ago, when Michael and I said ‘I do,’ we anticipated sharing every single day together from that moment forward. Unfortunately, that is not our current reality. We have decided to separate.”
“Pieces of all these may have affected our pure love for each other, but no one reason is the root cause of our mutual decision to go our separate ways.”
She continued, “We are now both at very different stages in our lives and have different goals for our futures. We both want the other to achieve true happiness and fulfillment and feel that we cannot do this together.”
Ashley went on to say that though she and Michael’s “romantic bond is broken, we will always love and respect each other.”
source: people.com
