Just five days before Valentine's Day, singer-actress Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and rocker Pete Wentz have announced that after nearly three years of marriage, they're getting divorced.
According to People, the couple, who have a 2-year-old son together, Bronx Mowgli, released a statement through a spokesperson saying, "After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to file for divorce. We remain friends and deeply committed and loving parents to our son Bronx, whose happiness and well-being remains our No. 1 priority. We ask that everyone honor our privacy as we navigate this next phase of our lives."
It seems the pair cited "irreconcilable differences" for their split and that Ash (who is seeking physical custody of their child) plans to drop the Wentz and go back to being Ashlee Simpson.
While there's no doubt that both sides will have support—Ash has her family, including older sister Jessica Simpson (who knows a thing or two about very public breakups) and Pete will have his Fall Out Boy band mates to lean on—it's definitely a bummer that these two couldn't work it out.
The couple had their ups and downs (including rumors of public fights), but we like to remember them as the pair who often made family outings together and wrote sweet messages to one another on Twitter, like when Ashlee tweeted to Pete in January, "@petewentz I already miss your handsome face!"
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