Eric McCormack and spouse Janet Leigh Holden McCormack have damaged up and can divorce.
Janet filed for divorce from the Will & Grace alum, 60, on Wednesday, November 22, within the Los Angeles County Superior Court docket, Us Weekly can affirm. She cited irreconcilable variations as the rationale for his or her break up, however a date of separation was not listed. TMZ was first to report the break up.
The courtroom paperwork not that Janet requested Eric pay each spousal help and her lawyer charges. She requested that no help be awarded to Eric and needs an equal division of property.
The pair welcomed son Finnigan in July 2002. He’s 21 now, so the divorce is not going to contact on custody particulars.
Eric and Janet married in 1999, 5 years after they first met whereas filming Lonesome Dove.
“I met my wife, Janet, in 1994 on the set of a TV series. She was the assistant director,” the actor informed The Guardian in 2007. “I was just coming out of a relationship, and not to be trusted. I’d been dating actresses but Janet was different. She wore jeans, drove a pick-up truck … At first she wasn’t too keen. She knew actors are a lot of work: it would be like taking your work home with you. But I managed to convince her.”
The Canadians (each maintain twin citizenship in Canada and the U.S.) needed to maintain their romance on the down low since they had been coworkers. “We had a secret affair the first season. I mean, dating crew!” he added. “Actually, it was much worse for her, because she wasn’t supposed to give any of the actors preferential treatment.”
He shared a photograph from their early days through Instagram in April 2020. “This is the first shot Janet & I took at the #LonesomeDove Season 1 Wrap Party, circa Dec ’94. Just so happens this was our ‘coming out’ party,” he captioned the snap. “No one on the show knew we’d been dating for months.🤯And *today* is my wife’s birthday! 🍰Happy Birthday, @janetmccormack #gratitude.”
The couple have remained fairly low-key, avoiding the Hollywood limelight, however they had been sometimes noticed all year long at a pair purple carpet advantages. Janet and Eric had been regulars on the Elton John AIDS Basis’s annual Academy Awards viewing occasion, which they attended in March. They had been additionally seen smiling on the July opening night time of Broadway’s The Cottage, wherein McCormack starred, in New York Metropolis.