Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten have split, with van Houten confirming on Instagram Stories that they haven’t been together “for years”.
“I don’t usually engage in discussions about my personal life, but because of a number of conclusions in the media last week regarding my relationship with Guy, I wanted to make something clear,” the Dutch actress wrote.
“He and I are great friends and love each other very much but we haven’t been a ‘couple’ for years. (Sorry not to mention it earlier).”
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van Houten ended the post by saying: “I am however, very proud to say we are in a wonderful partnership raising the true love of our lives – our beautiful son and his hamster. The end.”
The Game of Thrones The star posted the statement alongside a photo with Pearce with the image of a hamster superimposed on it.
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Speculation about the state of the couple’s relationship began when Pearce said in an interview earlier this month that his ex-wife Kate Mestitz was the “greatest love of my life”.
In an interview published by The Guardian on January 18, the Australian actor said: “My ex-wife, Kate, was the greatest love of my life, but I’ve moved on from her now and the greatest love of my life is my child, Monte.
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He added later in the interview: “I felt like I messed up my marriage. I don’t feel that way any more, but at the time I was devastated.”
Pearce and Mestitz divorced in 2015.
Pearce, 57, chose not to share he had split from van Houten during the interview.
When asked, “How often do you have sex?” he answered, “Because we’re trying to get Monte to sleep in his bedroom, I’m sleeping above his bunk bed so not a lot at the moment.”
There had been speculation Pearce and van Houten had wed at the end of 2024 when Pearce walked the red carpet at the 34th Annual Gotham Film Awards in New York with a ring on his wedding finger.
Pearce and van Houten began dating after meeting on the set of the movie BrimstoneThey welcomed son Monte in August 2016.
The TV and movie actor has been notoriously private about his personal life throughout his career, but did open up about fatherhood in interviews.
In an interview with The Independent in 2023 he spoke about the impact of becoming a dad.
“After Monte was born, someone said to me, “You realize you’re now living with your heart on the outside?” And it really is true, isn’t it?’ he said.
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