Supermodel Gisele Bündchen got everyone&#8217;s attention when she reacted to the news that her ex-husband, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady, was retiring again — this time &#8220;for good.&#8221;
The 42-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/giselle-bundchen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Victoria&#8217;s Secret model&#8217;s</a> response could be found in the comments section of Brady&#8217;s post on Wednesday. In the now-viral<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoHvvZ_ux6e/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> video</a> on Instagram, Brady first thanked fans and everyone who helped him along the way, before he explained that he was retiring from the NFL after 23 seasons in the league.
&#8220;I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning, I figured I&#8217;d just press record and let you guys know first,&#8221; Brady shared, noting his previous retirement announcement on Feb. 1, 2022, before changing his mind.
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In response, Bündchen wrote that she wished her ex only the best.
&#8220;Wishing you only wonderful things in this new chapter of your life,&#8221; the supermodel wrote, as she included a praying hands emoji in her comment.
The retirement announcement comes after a rather tumultuous 365 days for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-opens-up-about-divorce-to-gisele-and-challenges-on-and-off-the-field" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brady</a>, who first announced he was retiring on February 1, 2022, before he reversed course weeks later and said he was coming back to the Buccaneers.
Not long after, reports began surfacing that Bündchen, his wife at the time, was not pleased and had expected the retirement to stick.
Speculation continued for months that the two were headed for divorce. In October, Brady finally confirmed reports that he and Bündchen were officially divorced after 13 years of marriage.
In a lengthy post shared on <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1586010973739290624?s=20&amp;t=Mrpe2gNt_Be3kFBTSdGKvw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a>, the Super Bowl champion wrote that in &#8220;recent days, my wife and I finalized our divorce from one another after 13 years of marriage.&#8221;
&#8220;We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together,&#8221; the 7-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback shared. &#8220;We are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way. We will continue to work together as parents to always ensure they receive the love and attention they deserve.&#8221;
Bündchen and Brady share two kids. She previously made it clear she wanted her husband to be more present following his announcement that he was coming out of retirement in 2022, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gisele-bundchen-breaks-silence-on-tom-bradys-return-to-football-i-would-like-him-to-be-more-present" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a>.
&#8220;Obviously, I have my concerns — this is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present,&#8221; Bündchen previously shared. &#8220;I have definitely had those conversations with him over and over again. But ultimately, I feel that everybody has to make a decision that works for [them]. He needs to follow his joy, too.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-world-reacts-to-news-of-tom-bradys-retirement">Sports World Reacts To News Of Tom Brady&#8217;s Retirement</a>

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A new study has found that continuous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marriage</a>, particularly through the middle decades of life, lowers the risk of developing dementia, Neuroscience News <a href="https://neurosciencenews.com/continuous-marriage-dementia-22373/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
Researchers, predominantly from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, looked at the marital status of adults aged 44 through 68, and whether those adults developed dementia after the age of 70. The study utilized data from 150,000 Norwegians who granted consent for their health information to be used for research. Results indicated adults who remained married during those years of life saw the lowest occurrence of dementia.
Consistent with those results, the data also showed adults who were unmarried and divorced saw the highest rate of dementia. Vegard Skirbekk at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH/FHI), and an author of the study, said, “Being married can have an influence on risk factors for dementia.”
The causes of dementia are still unknown, and researchers have found a number of factors that can influence a person’s risk of developing the disease. Such factors were necessarily accounted for in this study.
At the <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08982643221131926" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study’s</a> conclusion, authors “estimate that, had all participants been continuously married (and shared the same underlying somatic and mental health plus social characteristics of those who marry), 6% of the dementia cases in our study would not have occurred. This is a considerable reduction and is equivalent to the proportion of dementia cases accounted for by smoking and obesity combined, as reported by the Lancet dementia commission in 2020.”
It was found that having children also lowers the risk of developing dementia. Of the unmarried people analyzed, those who had children saw a 60% decreased risk of dementia.
Asta Håberg, a doctor at St. Olav’s Hospital and professor at NTNU, as well as a researcher at NIPH/FHI, commented on the study&#8217;s findings as they pertained to having children.
“Some people have theorized that if you have children, you stay more cognitively engaged. For example, you have to deal with people and participate in activities that you wouldn’t otherwise have to. This stimulates your brain so that it possibly works better. That way you build up a kind of cognitive reserve,” Håberg said.
“Cognitive reserves” are not physically observable in the brain, however scientists understand that there are many things that can build up reserves, which work to prevent dementia. Håberg notes that education is another factor that builds up cognitive reserves.
The results of the study are a part of the research project REFAWOR (Cognitive reserve work and family), which is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The project seeks to study the relationship between lifestyle and developing cognitive diseases, like Alzheimer’s and dementia, amidst the pressing reality of <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-health#:~:text=By%202050%2C%20the%20world's%20population,2050%20to%20reach%20426%20million." target="_blank" rel="noopener">population aging</a> in the decades to come.
It is still unknown what causes this disease that leads to a decline in memory and cognitive function. However, the results of the study lead scientists down more avenues of investigation in order to better understand dementia and how to prevent it.
Håberg sees this study as an exciting opportunity to further investigate the effects that having children has on dementia. At the same time, Skirbekk recognizes further opportunities in understanding the role genetics play in developing dementia. He says that “certain genes increase the risk of dementia,” but it has been observed that people with those genes may never develop cognitive diseases.
The study does not address the biology behind dementia, Skirbekk readily admits. However, “it shows that being married can have an influence on risk factors. You become more cognitively active, you cope better with adversity and are less subject to stress. The partner represents a security that provides a buffer.”

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The Church of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/england" target="_blank" rel="noopener">England</a> said it will allow blessings for same-sex couples who marry, but will not allow its priests to officiate same-sex marriages in its churches and has decided not to redefine Holy Matrimony.
The Wednesday announcement comes after five years of heated debate “expected to be outlined in a report” ahead of the church&#8217;s General Synod that meets next month in London, per the Associated Press.
“This response reflects the diversity of views in the Church of England on questions of sexuality, relationships and marriage. I rejoice in that diversity and I welcome this way of reflecting it in the life of our church,” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, said in a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/anglicanism-england-wales-marriage-religion-5086b3376929156e5f41461193a67aa5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev&#8217;d Stephen Cottrell, also <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64313367" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> BBC Radio 4&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; that &#8220;it&#8217;s not same-sex marriage,&#8221; but marked a &#8220;real step forward&#8221; for the church.
&#8220;What I want to emphasise is that with these proposals, people who have entered into a same-sex marriage or who are in a civil partnership will be welcomed into the Church at a service of dedication and acknowledgment of that relationship,&#8221; Cottrell added. &#8220;That is a change from where we are at the moment.&#8221;
The church&#8217;s compromise <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/bishops-propose-prayers-thanksgiving-dedication-and-gods-blessing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">position</a> will hold that &#8220;same-sex couples would still not be able to get married in a Church of England church, but could have a service in which there would be prayers of dedication, thanksgiving or for God’s blessing on the couple in church following a civil marriage or partnership.&#8221;
As part of the new announcement, the Bishops of the Church of England intend to issue an apology later this week to LGBTQ people over the &#8220;rejection, exclusion, and hostility&#8221; they have faced in churches.
The Church of England will urge all congregations in its care to welcome same-sex couples “unreservedly and joyfully,&#8221; according to its update.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in the U.K. since 2013, but the church&#8217;s teaching has remained unchanged. The new position by the Church of England will also stand at odds with the Church of Scotland, which already allows same-sex weddings.
LGBT activists have argued that the church&#8217;s announcement is insufficient.
“The discrimination embedded into these proposals is what concerns me. It’s very clear that there is a clear distinction in their minds between holy matrimony and civil marriage and that distinction is what causes so many young LGBT people to feel second class,&#8221; Jayne Ozanne, a prominent LGBT campaigner, said, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/18/church-of-england-gay-marriage-ban/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>.
British evangelical leader Ian Paul took the opposing view. He argued that the decision will retain the traditional definition of marriage, but will cause problems as the church is calling leaders to &#8220;bless&#8221; a marriage that opposes church teachings.
“There is going to be no change to the doctrine of marriage. That’s very clear. But the waters have been muddied in quite an unhelpful way. Saying that the doctrine is not going to change and in the same breath saying we want to bless same-sex relationships is entirely incoherent, entirely contradictory,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/18/church-of-england-bishops-refuse-to-back-gay-marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Channing Tatum</a> is reflecting on the failure of his nine-year <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage">marriage</a>, saying the trauma of divorce was enough to make him question whether he should ever tie the knot again.
The “Magic Mike” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actor</a> made some rare statements about his personal life during a recent <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/channing-tatum-magic-mikes-last-dance">interview</a> with Vanity Fair. 
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m ever going to get married again,&#8221; he said.
“Relationships are hard for me,&#8221; Tatum continued. &#8220;Even though I am a bit of a monogamist. In business, I have no real fear of anything being destroyed. But heart things, when it comes to people I love, I have a really hard time. I end up trying too hard, you know?&#8221;
He went on to talk about his relationship with Jenna Dewan, whom he married in 2009 after meeting her on the set of the movie “Step Up.” The pair was one of Hollywood’s “it” couples until announcing their divorce in 2018. They share one daughter.
&#8220;We fought for it for a really long time, even though we both sort of knew that we had sort of grown apart,&#8221; Tatum said of the marriage. &#8220;I think we told ourselves a story when we were young, and we just kept telling ourselves that story, no matter how blatantly life was telling us that we were so different.&#8221; 
The “21 Jump Street” actor also asserted that having a child together added stress to their relationship.
&#8220;Because it is screaming at you all day long,&#8221; he told the publication. &#8220;How you parent differently, how you look at the world, how you go through the world.&#8221;
The initial separation affected Tatum deeply, he said. 
“In the beginning, it was super scary and terrifying. Life just turns on its axis,” he went on. “This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers, and you’re just like, ‘Oh, s***. What now?’&#8221;
But then he gained clarity and perspective.
&#8220;It was probably exactly what I needed. I don’t think I would’ve ever done the work, I think, on myself in the way that I had to do the work on myself to really try to figure out what next. And really, it just started with my daughter. I just dropped everything and just focused on her,&#8221; Tatum continued. 
&#8220;And it was truly the best possible thing that I ever could have done. Because in the alone time that I have with just me and her, we’ve become best friends.&#8221;
The former couple previously explained that nothing monumental happened to make them break up, but rather that they grew apart. 
“We fell deeply in love so many years ago and have had a magical journey together. Absolutely nothing has changed about how much we love one another, but love is a beautiful adventure that is taking us on different paths for now,” a joint <a href="https://twitter.com/jennadewan/status/980976658839736322">statement</a> announcing their split in 2018 said.
“There are no secrets nor salacious events at the root of our decision — just two best friends realizing it’s time to take some space and help each other live the most joyous, fulfilled lives as possible.”

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Miley Cyrus appeared to open up about her failed marriage to actor Liam Hemsworth in her new song — titled &#8220;Flowers&#8221; — in which she references the brief union that lasted less than nine months.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/miley-cyrus">30-year-old</a> pop singer dropped the new song off her upcoming 13-track album titled &#8220;Endless Summer Vacation&#8221; on Friday, just hours before her ex-husband&#8217;s birthday, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/01/13/miley-cyrus-drops-breakup-song-flowers-liam-hemsworth-birthday/11049035002/">USA Today</a> reported on Sunday.
The lyrics center around someone who thought the person they were with was right for them but who now realizes they are stronger without them. It is set to the melody of Bruno Mars&#8217; ballad &#8220;When I Was Your Man.&#8221;
&#8220;We were good / We were gold / Kind of dream that can&#8217;t be sold,” Cyrus sings in one of the lyrics. &#8220;We were right / &#8216;Til we weren&#8217;t / Built a home and watched it burn.&#8221;
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The later part of the line was an obvious reference not only to the ending of their marriage burning down but the actual destruction of their Malibu home in the 2018 Woolsey wildfire that destroyed their California home, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/13/miley-cyrus-details-liam-hemsworth-marriage-in-new-song-flowers/">Page Six</a> noted.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to leave you / I didn&#8217;t wanna lie / Started to cry but then remembered / I can buy myself flowers,&#8221; Cyrus added in another lyric. &#8220;Write my name in the sand / Talk to myself for hours / Say things you don&#8217;t understand.&#8221;
&#8220;I can take myself dancing / And I can hold my own hand,&#8221; she added in the song. &#8220;Yeah, I can love me better than you can.&#8221;
In another part of the song, the &#8220;Hannah Montana&#8221; star sings about how she has &#8220;no remorse&#8221; and &#8220;no regret&#8221; and forgets &#8220;every word&#8221; her ex-husband ever said.
Miley and Hemsworth were together off-and-on for ten years after first meeting on the set of their film in 2009 &#8220;The Last Song,&#8221; the outlet noted.
They got engageed in 2012 and finally decided to tie the knot in an intimate ceremony with only a small group of close friends and family members in December 2018. Less than nine months later, reports surfaced that the two were separating, Page Six noted. A short time later, Hemsworth filed for divorce. The pair officially became divorced in January 2020, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-miley-cyrus-mom-files-for-divorce-from-billy-ray-after-nearly-30-years-of-marriage-again">reported</a>.

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The institution of marriage, or rather how we view the <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/213677/divorce-rate-dips-moral-acceptability-hits-new-high.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permanency of the institution,</a> has changed dramatically over the past few decades. 
It seems the predominant view is this union before God is not meant to last forever and can be ended over petty disagreements. Rather than being firm in commitments, more people are fickle.
That raises the question — is it ever okay to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-73-is-divorce-ever-ok-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">get divorced</a>?
One reason why more people are changing their minds about marriage could be social media. That isn’t to say social media contributes to divorce, though studies showing it leads to cheating wouldn’t be surprising for obvious reasons. Rather, maybe social media has juvenilized the concept of marriage.
Perhaps some people see wedding photos or engagement posts and think “All my friends are taking pretty pictures on Instagram and on Facebook in white dresses. So when is it my turn to take pictures in white dresses and to caption my Instagram story with my husband ‘my forever date?’”
In other words, marriage for some people in my generation is just kind of a trend. Although the divorce rate for married American women is actually lower than its peak in the 1980s, that stat is still double what it was in the 1960s.
As I discussed on my show today, frivolous reasons are often driving divorce, but perhaps there are some grounds for ending a marriage. 
On today’s episode of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/candace">Candace</a>&#8221; I focused on women, not men.
I started thinking about this topic when I saw a woman posted online about ending her relationship with her husband because he wasn’t concerned that she was 20 minutes late for work one day. Her employer accidentally called him instead of her and he didn’t mention it to her until she brought it up that night. Her main gripe was that he was not concerned about her well-being and that she knew there was “more” out there.
And that’s just what many women tell themselves.
There is something “more” out there they deserve, and it’s better than what they are getting with their current spouse.
That “more” is usually the fictional idea that there exists a Prince Charming, who will never present any squabbles or difficulties you have to work through. Many women who end things think it’s not worth their time to work through issues, and simply end things, knowing they can hop on a dating app, swipe, and find somebody new that very day.
Well, I have news for ladies who believe that.
There is no such thing as a perfect partner. That is a figment of your imagination. You will never find it and will likely find a new reason to end things in your new marriage.
This is not to say there aren’t legitimate reasons for divorce, but I was curious what fans thought about the issue.
So, I asked my followers via Instagram when they knew it was over with their spouses. I wanted to know what their breaking point was.
As is suspected, some answers were rather innocuous.
For example, one lady said she decided to divorce her husband the first time he lied to her. Lying is never okay, but it’s not always grounds for divorce.
Well, unless it’s a really big lie — such as your husband being a fraud and cheating on you with men— then you might be justified in your decision. One Instagram follower told me she divorced her husband after he kept cheating on her with gay lovers. Many women probably wouldn’t give their husbands a second chance after the first time that happened.
If you’re a Catholic, it likely would be grounds for annulment in the Catholic Church as well, which means the Church dissolves the union. It’s as if it never happened. But there is a process for that and the reasoning has to meet certain criteria.
Then, another woman messaged me that she divorced her husband after he shot her while she was sleeping, which is a pretty darn good reason to end things.
So yes — there are real grounds for divorce sometimes: Violence, lies so deep you never would have married that person had you known the truth, child endangerment due to a toxic relationship, and more.
Then, again, there are bogus excuses. Maybe those reasons arise because the couple didn’t properly prepare for what the union demands before tying the knot.
One Instagram user said she divorced her husband because his breathing made her want to kill him. Okay, that is a bit harsh — to put it lightly— and not at all justifiable.
My real question is — what were you two doing before you got married?
Did you not spend enough time together that you didn’t realize his breathing would make life so unlivable for you? One time, I was seriously dating a boy and we were sitting on the couch. I realized everything he did — his breathing, sneezing, coughing — drove me nuts and I could never live that long term. We broke up three weeks later.
How could that audience member ever wind up walking down the aisle with a guy who annoyed her so badly? What were they working on before marriage?
Real relationships and marriage require dedication, attention, and sacrifice, day in and out, in order to survive. All long-term relationships do, actually.
Yet it seems many of us don&#8217;t know how to focus on that. That shows a lack of seriousness about committing yourself to something bigger than yourself.
And we have to start getting serious if we care about our children and our society. Many of society’s ills can be traced to the breakdown of the family — which often can be the result of a husband and wife who did not take the wedding vows seriously enough.

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gwyneth-paltrow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gwyneth Paltrow</a> had some fun with singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/katy-perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katy Perry</a> when she warned the young mother that young kids can ruin a marriage and that it&#8217;s &#8220;hard on a relationship.&#8221;
During the 50-year-old actress&#8217; latest &#8220;Goop&#8221; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gwyneth-paltrow-x-katy-perry-our-turning-point/id1352546554?i=1000593400131">podcast</a>, the host was speaking with her guest, 38-year-old pop singer Perry, about how everything changes when children enter the picture in a relationship. Perry is engaged to actor Orlando Bloom and the two share 2-year-old daughter Daisy Dove Bloom.
&#8220;It&#8217;s hard on a relationship,&#8221; Paltrow explained. “Like, I&#8217;ve looked back now on, like, the data set of parents with young kids and it just … ruins the relationship.&#8221;
The host added with a laugh, &#8220;It&#8217;s really hard!&#8221;
The &#8220;Dark Horse&#8221; hitmaker admitted that the dynamics of a relationship do change when kids come into the picture.
However, she slightly disagreed, saying, &#8220;I think if both people in the relationship are willing to do the work then it&#8217;s going to be so much easier.&#8221;
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&#8220;But if one person thinks they don&#8217;t have any work to do then it’s going to be really challenging,&#8221; Perry added.
Paltrow shares two teens with her ex-husband Chris Martin, daughter Apple, 18, and son Moses, 16. She&#8217;s now married to Brad Falchuk, 51, who also co-parents two kids from his previous marriage.
Despite Paltrow&#8217;s comments, she shared earlier in the show that being a mom has been incredibly rewarding.
&#8220;I never felt lonely again after I had her [Apple] … and I had felt profoundly lonely in my life,&#8221; Paltrow shared.
Perry admitted that she dealt with similar feelings and she &#8220;felt really lost&#8221; before Daisy.
The &#8220;Roar&#8221; hitmaker said she always felt that everything she did &#8220;was not enough&#8221; until she became a mom and felt that unconditional love for her daughter.
The pop star revealed in 2022 that she and Bloom left Hollywood to raise their daughter in Kentucky, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-is-not-america-katy-perry-talks-ditching-l-a-bubble-for-kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> reported.
&#8220;I&#8217;m like, living in Kentucky, and I have for almost a month now,&#8221; Perry shared. &#8220;And that&#8217;s quite an amazing experience. Because it reminds you that Hollywood is not America.&#8221;
Related:  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/katy-perry-on-refusal-to-hire-full-time-nanny-would-never-care-for-my-daughter-like-im-meant-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katy Perry On Refusal To Hire Full-Time Nanny: &#8216;Would Never … Care For My Daughter Like I&#8217;m Meant To&#8217;</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gabrielle-union">Gabrielle Union</a> and her first husband were unfaithful to one another, but the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">actress</a> says she feels justified in her behavior.
The 50-year-old discussed her stance during an appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast this week. Union <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage">married</a> ex-NFL player Chris Howard in 2001. They divorced after just four years.
&#8220;In our first marriage, neither one of us felt like the marriage should get in the way of our dating,&#8221; Union <a href="https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/gabrielle-union">explained</a>. 
&#8220;A part of it was like keeping up with his activities, like, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re doing? You&#8217;re going to feel this one,&#8217; and I just felt entitled to it as well,&#8221; she told Shepard. &#8220;I was paying all the bills, I was working my a** off, and I felt like that&#8217;s what comes, the spoils of riches.&#8221;
&#8220;Like my dad before me, whoever has the most gets to do whatever the hell they want is what I thought,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;It was just dysfunctional from day one.&#8221;
Shepard said he could relate to what she was saying as he also had &#8220;complicated&#8221; feelings about cheating on previous partners. The podcast host has been married to actress Kristin Bell since 2013.
&#8220;I wish I had more guilt for some of that,&#8221; Union said of her past infidelity. “It was such a stupid relationship that should have never got out of the dating phase.&#8221;
She also recalled how a therapist &#8220;literally&#8221; told her that she couldn’t fathom how the couple &#8220;made it out of the dating phase&#8221; when she and Howard went to couples counseling sessions.
&#8220;And [the therapist said] we should probably look for a way to amicably dissolve… because you have not one thing in common, no morals, no values,&#8221; Union added. &#8220;The only thing you have in common is other people, so why don&#8217;t you just go be with other people?&#8221;
Union has been married to former NBA star Dwyane Wade since 2014. 
She went on, telling Shepard she was “horny for validation and having certain kinds of guys like me and want me&#8221; while she was married to Howard.
&#8220;In hindsight, yes, I absolutely needed something from them that I was not providing for myself, and neither was my marriage, but I think I provided something for them too,&#8221; Union said.
&#8220;Guys can be just as big as groupies, if not more, than women, so it was a trade off… We were both crappy people going through s*** and clearly not going to enough therapy.&#8221;
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Hollywood star Rita Wilson said she wouldn&#8217;t call &#8220;slowing down&#8221; her movie career to raise her and actor Tom Hanks&#8217; children &#8220;a sacrifice&#8221; and said it&#8217;s more of &#8220;a choice&#8221; to be there at home for them.
In a wide-ranging interview for <a href="https://people.com/music/rita-wilson-says-slowing-down-career-when-kids-were-young-wasnt-sacrifice-but-choice/">People</a> magazine, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rita-wilson">66-year-old</a> actress talked about stepping away from the spotlight to raise her and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-says-hes-made-only-four-pretty-good-movies-during-his-entire-career">Hanks&#8217;</a> two kids and be there for her two stepkids from her husband&#8217;s earlier marriage as well.
&#8220;I slowed down my work because I really wanted to be the mom that was there when they got home, drove the carpool and did all those things,&#8221; Wilson explained.
&#8220;Tom was also working a lot, so we would travel with him,&#8221; she added. &#8220;If both of us were working and not home, my kids would have been affected. I wouldn&#8217;t call slowing down my career a sacrifice, I would call it a choice.&#8221;
Wilson started working in Hollywood at the age of 16 when she landed a role on the TV show &#8220;The Brady Bunch.&#8221; She later appeared on such shows as &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company&#8221; and &#8220;Bosom Buddies&#8221; before she made it to the big screen.
She&#8217;s probably best known for her roles in movies like &#8220;Sleepless in Seattle&#8221; and &#8220;That Thing You Do.&#8221; But as Hanks&#8217; career took off, she said one of them needed to be home. Rita said she feels no regrets about her choice and noted that the two have always been supportive of each other.
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&#8220;Tom and I have always been supportive of each other and what we do,&#8221; Wilson shared. &#8220;I remember doing press junkets back in the day, and interviewers would say to me, &#8216;Gosh, it must be so difficult to be with someone so famous.&#8217; I would think, &#8216;Why are they saying that?&#8217; Then I realized that the question was more about them and how they would feel in that situation than me.&#8221;
&#8220;If you have someone who is happy for your success, and you&#8217;re happy for their success, that&#8217;s not even an issue that comes up,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You know about schadenfreude, when you&#8217;re happy for someone&#8217;s failure? Well, there&#8217;s another concept called freudenfreude, which is when you&#8217;re happy for someone&#8217;s success. I live in the freudenfreude. Somebody else&#8217;s success does not diminish my own.&#8221;
Rita and Hanks have been married for more than 30 years.
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Hollywood star Drew Barrymore said she went through &#8220;excruciating&#8221; pain following her divorce from art advisor Will Kopelman and credits her kids with helping her find sobriety.
In a wide-ranging interview, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yeah-so-drew-barrymore-says-shell-go-years-without-sex-no-problem">47-year-old actress</a> spoke to <a href="https://people.com/tv/drew-barrymore-cripplingly-difficult-year-and-how-she-triumphed-cover-story/">People</a> magazine about fighting for her family after her split from Kopelman in 2016, calling the year that followed &#8220;cripplingly difficult&#8221; and more. At the time of her divorce, their kids were 2 and 3 years old.
&#8220;It just took me down,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-deeply-apologizes-for-offending-people-by-making-light-of-depp-heard-trial">Barrymore</a> shared. &#8220;There are times where you can look at someone you think is a strong person and see them so broken and go, &#8216;How the f*** did they get there?&#8217; And I was that person. I broke.&#8221;
&#8220;It was just trying to numb the pain and feel good — and alcohol totally did that for me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The drinking thing for me was a constant, like, &#8216;You cannot change. You are weak and incapable of doing what&#8217;s best for you. You keep thinking you will master this thing, and it&#8217;s getting the better of you.'&#8221;
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Barrymore, who battled addiction as a child, said she decided to go into therapy, quit drinking, and explained, &#8220;It was my kids that made me feel like it&#8217;s game time.&#8221;
&#8220;After the life I planned for my kids didn&#8217;t work out — I almost think that was harder than the stuff [I went through] as a kid,&#8221; the &#8220;Charlie&#8217;s Angels&#8221; star shared. &#8220;It felt a lot more real because it wasn&#8217;t just me. It was about these kids that I cared so much about. And then I probably cared so much that I was only giving to them and not taking care of myself. It was a messy, painful, excruciating walk through the fire and come back to life kind of trajectory.&#8221;
In December 2021, the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drew-barrymore-sobriety-mental-health/">actress shared</a> that she had not had a drink for two and a half years.
The host of &#8220;The Drew Barrymore Show&#8221; also talked about her divorce, explaining that there had been no singular event that led to it — which in some ways had made the situation even more difficult.
&#8220;There was no scandal. Nothing went wrong, which is cleaner, but makes it harder and more confusing because there isn&#8217;t The Thing to point to. We tried so hard to make it work,&#8221; she added.  &#8220;[A friend] said to me, &#8216;Divorce is the death of a dream.&#8217; That&#8217;s exactly what it feels like, something so final you can&#8217;t get it back.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-refuses-to-buy-her-girls-christmas-presents-heres-why">Drew Barrymore Refuses To Buy Her Girls Christmas Presents. Here&#8217;s Why.</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> has some thoughts on what makes for a long and happy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marriage</a>.
The 76-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">country music</a> legend has been married to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> businessman Carl Thomas Dean since 1966 and says it’s a combination of humor and picking the right partner that has kept them going for 56 years.
&#8220;I like it when people say, ‘How did it last so long?’ I say, ‘I stay going,'&#8221; Parton explained during an interview with <a href="https://etcanada.com/news/952554/dolly-parton-says-warped-sense-of-humour-is-key-to-56-year-marriage-with-carl-dean/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ET Canada</a>.
&#8220;You know, there’s a lot to be said about that. So, we’re not in each other’s face all the time. He’s not in the business, so we have different interests, but yet we have the things we love to do together,” she continued. “So it was meant to be, I think. He was the one I was supposed to have and vice versa.&#8221;
Parton also echoed the classic marriage advice of having a sense of humor, even when things go wrong.
&#8220;We both have a warped sense of humor. And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you’re married like that. Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can’t take back [you] usually have some crazy way of getting out of it,&#8221; she said.
And the “Jolene” singer said they’re not especially mean to each other. &#8220;We’ve never had, you know, serious arguments to say bad things to each other we have to take back,&#8221; Parton revealed.
According to Parton’s <a href="https://dollyparton.com/life-and-career/carl-dean-husband/4406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, the couple met outside the Wishy Washy laundromat when she was 18 and he was 21. “I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me),” she shared of their first meeting. “He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about.”
He has also admitted feeling smitten at first sight.
“My first thought was I’m gonna marry that girl,” Dean shared during their 50th wedding anniversary vow renewal in 2016, <a href="https://www.etonline.com/news/190615_dolly_parton_and_carl_dean_renew_wedding_vows_for_50th_wedding_anniversary">per</a> Entertainment Tonight. “My second thought was, ‘Lord she’s good lookin.’ And that was the day my life began.”
During a previous interview, the country icon said she loves that Dean isn’t part of the industry.
“We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun,” she <a href="http://www.people.com/article/dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> People Magazine in 2015. “I never know what he’s gonna say or do. He’s always surprising me. My husband is a good man, first of all. He’s a deep person, but he has a great and warped sense of humor. He makes me laugh and entertains me. He’s very secure within himself.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Country singer</a> Kelsea Ballerini recently discussed her reasons for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage">divorcing</a> her husband of five years, essentially saying the shine was gone from their marriage. 
The 29-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">recording artist</a> talked about the decision to split from Australian singer Morgan Evans during an episode of the podcast “Tell Me About It with Jade Iovine.”
Ballerini <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/kelsea-ballerni-says-disservice-stay-141700025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she’s been &#8220;really intuitive and in tune&#8221; with herself, which made her decide to end her marriage. 
&#8220;For a while, it was kind of like, &#8216;OK, this is just a new phase of a relationship,&#8217; because relationships go through seasons, right? And it&#8217;s not always going to be butterflies and rainbows,&#8221; she said. &#8220;For a long time, I was like, &#8216;Oh this is just … the glitter wears off. That&#8217;s what happens.&#8217; And then you get into a phase where you wait for it to come back. And then sometimes it doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;
The “half of my hometown” composer admitted that &#8220;divorce is a b****,&#8221; but also insists she was better off leaving Morgan than continuing to stay in a marriage that made her unhappy.
&#8220;At the end of the day, it is such a disservice and a dishonoring of yourself if you know something is not right and you stay,&#8221; Ballerini explained. &#8220;[Shame] is the one thing that I just refuse to feel. … Judge me for it, fine, that&#8217;s on you.&#8221;
The country star went on to explain how she’s avoided being alone since announcing her divorce this summer. She’s been relying on friends and family to keep her company. 
&#8220;Whether it was my mom or my dad or my friends, I&#8217;ve had my people really rally for me and I&#8217;m not ready to be alone yet,&#8221; Ballerini said. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t think that I&#8217;m avoiding anything, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m definitely in my feels, &#8217;cause I really want to heal properly. … But yeah, I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s what I need right now.&#8221;
Ballerini previously remarked on how much her real life feels like a stereotypical country song.
&#8220;This is what&#8217;s going on, there&#8217;s … in my last song [I sing], &#8216;There&#8217;s no judgment or keeping score,'&#8221; she said while on stage. &#8220;The truth is that this morning I started my day at the courthouse finalizing my divorce and then getting nominated for a Grammy, and then getting the keys to my dream home, and now standing in the circle of the Opry.&#8221;
&#8220;And s***, if that ain&#8217;t country music, I don&#8217;t know what is,&#8221; the singer concluded.

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