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Kate Walsh: Divorce After 15 Months

Kate Walsh: Divorce After 15 Months

Private Practice star Kate Walsh’s movie exec husband Alex Young has filed for divorce from the actress, reports ET.

The date of separation is listed as November 22, 2008, just before the Thanksgiving holiday. According to the filing papers, Alex cited irreconcilable differences.

Kate and Alex married in September of 2007.

Something crazy must have happened between November 9 and 29 as the couple looked quite happy together in Las Vegas!

UPDATE: Kate’s reps tells JustJared.com, “Papers have been filed to amicably end the marriage of executive Alex Young, and actress Kate Walsh. The couple remain on friendly terms and sincerely hope the media will respect their privacy during this difficult time.”

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122 Comments

# 1

Man, that’s just sad

# 2

Oh gosh!! They seems so happy!!

# 3

Who didn’t see this coming? Hopefully now her ****** show will get canned.

# 4

wow…..didn’t see that one coming. =SS

# 5

What……. A shocker

# 6
Passing Through @ 12/11/2008 at 4:20 pm

ROTFLMAO. NOT a shock. Lesbian rumors float around about her regularly. A ton of industry people were surprised when she married a man. ‘Nuf said.

# 7

I’m soooooooo surprised. :| haha.

# 8

Totally agree with LOL; can’t stand her, her show is one of the worst I’ve ever seen!

# 9

Ahhhhhhhh :(

I met her in November, just around that time. She went to see the movie Australia and we talked after about the movie and so. She even said that I smell good (=

She was easily one of the (two) nicest celebrities I’ve ever met, Emily Deschanel being the second. A true sweetheart, very generous and greatful for how far she’s come in life.

Pic: http://celebsafari.com/post.aspx?RequestID=96F1E1818BD94E42992C5F1EFF117C05_2294&PgID=1

Hey jared! it's me again! @ 12/11/2008 at 4:27 pm

Why do these people even bother getting married? I don’t know them, but I could have predicted a split.
Hollywood folks are too selfish to be married.

Noticed that she wasn’t wearing rings in a People picture the other day and haven’t seen a picture of them together in a while. Figured an announcement was coming soon.

Most people in Hollywood get married because they have the “hots” for each other.

They don’t even know or like each other as people. So sad.

LolaSvelt @ 12/11/2008 at 4:39 pm

Hag got owned!

it’s a joke!!!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Such a shame. But 15 months is longer than many Hollywood marriages. Hope they stay friends.

OMG!
I’m so shocked.
*cries*

damn i thought they sounded deeply in love in their wedding interview, i thought it would last longer than this. but i guess it goes to show, marrying someone so fast doesnt often work out.

I hope Kate gets back together with Dave Annable. They were adorable together. ~Shallow~

larissa(: @ 12/11/2008 at 4:50 pm

I am speechless..
they semeed to be very happy together ):

Very sad news, and very sudden. Hope Kate has all her friends & family with her :(

Ha, I called that one!! Mark my words, Heigl is next!

That’s what you get when you rush into a marriage. I totally expected this to happen. LOL

[☆I n F a m o u s☆] @ 12/11/2008 at 4:55 pm

…`hahah losers.
.
jay-z and beyonce are still together after almost 8 years. lmao

Oho—-I must say I´m not really surprised.

My guess on what caused the split………………Justin Chambers.

What the heck? woah…interesting.

Sad news :(

But given they both have very long-hour jobs - Kate on PrP, Alex as Co-President of Fox Studios - it would impact any marriage, yet alone one that began as things for both of them job-wise went crazy.

Just hope it’s amicable and they stay friends.

I love Kate and I hope she is okay and is being supported by her family and friends in this sad time.

I love Kate and I hope she is okay and is being supported by her family and friends in this sad time.

So sad. Poor Kate. I hope she is okay.

Speechless, just hope Kate is OK. She looked pretty mighty fine over the weekend.

I feel bad for Kate.

Oho—-I must say I´m not really surprised.

My guess on what caused the split………………Justin Chambers.
————————————————————————————–

Justin Chambers? You’re joking right? He’s still very much happily married to his wife Keisha. Just because Justin and Kate are friends doesn’t mean Kate had an affair with him. WTF

Why are you immature people laughing about a divorce? It is not a funny thing.

GROW UP!

I think perhaps she is swinging on the other side of the fence. I didn’t think this was a real marriage I hate to say it

Ah, poor Kate.

Like someone said upthread, I hope it remains amicable. Nothing is guaranteed in this life, but its sad when something you believe in doesnt work out.

Ellenpompeofansupportskate @ 12/11/2008 at 5:19 pm

I support Kate. This is sad news.

Maria - That is pure fiction. Give us some proof ! Kate has dated guys both in the public eye and not in the public eye.

Before she was in Greys she was engaged to one guy for a long time, and the only two people she has dated in the public eye have been Justin Kirk (from Weeds) and Dave Annable (from B&S) - who always spoke fondly of her after they split.

I love Kate. I hope she is ok.

So sad :(
Not long ago there was all those pregnancy rumors floating around Kate. I hope nothing horrible happened with them losing a baby and then drifting apart. **** like that breaks couples up especially with both of them having jobs with very long working hours.

So sad! I hope she’s okay! They were so cute together but kate has great friends and family too look after her!
Ps the person who met her after austraila, wat did she think about it? I’d love to hear it :)!

This is so sad and unexpected.
I hope that kate is somewhere around people that she loves and that she knows that we support her whatever happened!

And thanks #36!

:(
I really hope Kate is okay.

Bella:

She loved it. Said it was amazing. When she signed my autograph book she wrote “To Robert - Australia Rocks!” =D

And I asked if Hugh Jackman deserves and Oscar and she said: “Oh yeah, definitely” :)

:(

Huggs for Kate.

Hope Dave Annable comforts Kate lol. But seriously, this is sad news. Any sane man would be lucky to have a hot woman such as La Walsh.

Robert that’s awesome thanks so much for sharing! Kate obv has amazing taste!! That’s so cool wat she wrote! She’s adorable!

Well the marriage lasted 15 months which is longer than many a Hollywood marriage between two people in the industry !

I feel for Kate during this tough time. I was a bit surprised when she got married too. I have been picking up on a lesbian vibe from her for a long time now.

Bella,

Of course. Gotta let the world know that she’s a sweetheart. Can’t believe people write so much negative stuff without knowing her.

Oh also, when I met her, she didn’t have any make up on and she pointed that out, she said she looked aweful, so I said, “What? Are you kidding? You always look amazing” :)

Thanks for letting us know Robert #49 :) Everyone who meets her says she’s a sweetheart.

It’s only the sad and jealous that write complete crap (see #48)

katwright @ 12/11/2008 at 6:05 pm

Oh Kitty Kat! I know she will come thru it. 100% support for her. At least they didn’t have children who would suffer from that.

Anne,

My pleasure.

You see to me, if I hear bad stuff from people (who have proof) who are in the business, that automatically lowers my support towards them. Because if an actor truly is a monster to his fans, I really don’t want to support him and give him my money :(

Oh man, that’s really sad. They were such a cute couple. I wish Kate enough strength to get through this tough time.

This is really sad. The only thing I can say right now is obviously they have their own personal reasons for ending their marriage, and I support her 100%.

I am so surprised this marriage didn’t last till the end of PP. He obviously married here for his half of the TV money. She must have figured it out. Good for her.

#55- I think he has his own money because he is president on Fox. I think you’re confused with Ellen Pompeo’s husband. Anyway this is too bad. Any divorce is sad. They were married long for holleywood. I actually thought she was pregnant.

I’m incredibly sad. Hope Kate is surrounded by family and friends to get her through this time. Love you Kate. Hugs.

I love Kate Walsh. I am very sad by this news. I got your back Kate.

Dang, Kate is running out of time if she wants to have children.

NO!!! Why? I liked them together… :(

Oh my god!! No way they were so cute together! Poor Kate!
I’m really sad now

She’ll be alright, she seems like a strong woman.

Kate is DEF. NOT LESBIAN. So let’s stop spreading the lesbian rumors.

Yeah and Kate was engaged for a long time to John Dennis, a man my mom knows, my mom tells me he’s sort of a jerk. He left his wife and they have two daughters. So much for Minnesota Nice. But anyways she has only played lesbian parts we all know she isn’t lesbian.

Very sad news. I wish Kate & Alex all the best for the future.
Nice to hear that they will still remain friends.

Aww, Kate. I’m sure she’s doing fine; the recent pictures show her smiling and going about her business as normal. I hope she gets through all of this okay without a lot of media coverage and rumors and whatnot. She’s amazing.

*sniffles*
Poor Kate & Alex…
I hope they’re both okay…
they were such a cute couple…
Kate seems strong these past few weeks though… so…
*sniffles* It’s still sad!

Wow. Saying “that really sucks” or “this is really sad” doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Kaaaate :(

OMG OMG nooooo!
this sucks so bad!
Poor Kate! They looked so in love. :(

That’s just a terrible mess!

WHAT!

are you freaken kidding me?

wtf!!!!

ARRH what happened?!

I thought they were soulmates? ha ha ha ha ha Yeah right! Marriage among celebs…What a joke.

That’s really sick.

Wow, how sad. It’s really terrible how all these celebrities get married and then get a divorce so fast.

I don’t know her well. Sorry I don’t watch her show or Grey’s Anatomy. I am saddened by this. I am going through a divorce as well. It is tough. She will get through it. I wish her the best.

ha, of course they’re getting a divorce, that’s what happens when you get married for publicity

How is this a Shock? LOL

gosh i dont know how ppl can be gloting abt this!
U ppl are sick!
Kate i hope u are ok, i wish u the best!

I am shocked…
What the hell happened???
Hope Kate will be ok!

DontKissMeKate @ 12/12/2008 at 3:06 am

I have met Kate on a number of occasions. All I can say she is an absolute nightmare (with a capital “C-U-*-*!”) He is lucky to be rid of her. She treated him like crap (with a capital “S-H-*-*.”

I feel so sorry for Kate. Shes such a down to earth person. Kate’s strong though, she’ll get through this okay.

‘DontKissMeKate’

And you know that she treated him badly how?
Stop making up bullsh*t

Everyone that has met her has commented about how nice and friendly she is, and even if she was an ‘absolute nightmare’ to you, you probably deserved it for being such a ar$ehole.

=]

#81….you make me laugh….no one could ever believe you!

I can’t believe it. They seemed to happy, starting to think Kate joking about them having problems wasn’t a joke. I really never saw this coming but she seems to be dealing with it well by the look of pics over the last few days. Hope she finds someone who truly makes her happy, she deserves it

gosh. thought this was one of the marriages tht would last. guess it didnt. really sad…kate didnt seem like those ppl.

Kate Walsh is a cow @ 12/12/2008 at 4:59 am

FINALLY!!!!! I WAS SURE!

Seriously? What happened? there wasn’t any rumors at all (last thing I read they were trying to have a baby) and they seemed so in love…
this is happening too fast…
So…they filed together for divorce? other news says he filed for it…
I hope it is at least a mutual decision…
this is so surreal!

I’m in shock!
they look so happy together.
well, after all they’re just normal people.
anyway, I hope she’s fine.
I don’t agree with a few people here.
I think they where a cute couple and the most important is that they are happy together. I hope they’re both okay after the divorce.
Is it officialy over?
It’s not just a rumor or anything?
I love her show <3 :)

Any divorce is sad, but they must have had their reasons. I hope she can move on & find someone that can make her really happy. As for the lesbian rumours I think that is just wishful thinking for a lot of the gay population!

That so sad! I was shoked when I read it!
Poor Kate, I hope her family and friends support her over the holidays! That’s especially sad…
I support her 100% no matter what!

rebound marriages never last

she is not attractive //to bony nad stretched out..she has teh confidence only a lesbian attracting other women would…because she looks like a man and so teh very femme lezy will go for that look….no offense meant, but she just doesnt appeal and I have no clue when she has her own show, which I never saw anywya…only seen her on just jared..ahahh

just jealous @ 12/12/2008 at 8:57 am

To Miapocca - really I think you may just be a tad jealous. Kate Walsh is a stunningly beautiful woman. She looks nothing remotley like a man. To say she has no appeal is just ridiculous. I would kill to look like she does at 41! Your comment regarding her own show which btw is called Private Practice, is a really great show which is also very popular. You shouldn’t make comments about a program you have not even seen!! All of that is irrelevant. She is getting divorced which is hard enough without people like you making stupid comments about her appearance. Like I said I think you are just jealous.

Well said #94. Kate is a stunningly beautiful, funny and talented lady who headlines her own show. Everyone who meets her says the same thing.

Sandra Oh’s marriage lasted just 2 years as well and she moved on. This is very sad news but Kate will move on too.

Kate Walsh Fansite @ 12/12/2008 at 9:27 am

OMG this is sad

so sad! :’( .. hope kate is okay!
- kate you’re amazing. I love you!<3

I love Kate and wish her all the best for the future.

i think they got serious way too quickly as soon as you heard about the relationship next thing you know there talking marriage. i think it was too much too soon

ok…maybe it was too much too soon…but they seemed so happy just a month ago…I wonder what could have happened…

me loves kate @ 12/12/2008 at 1:11 pm

Kate i hope u r ok.
love ya! you are wonderful and if a guy doesnt wanna be with u is his loss.

I have to wonder if he was cheating or something like that. She did seem so happy. Its his loss, Kate is beautiful and truly amazing anyone would be lucky to have her.

Kate will rebound - she’s a strong personality with a fantastic sense of humor and is very down-to-earth. Sad news, but that is life.

To the people commenting that Kate is not a nice person. She’s actually one of the LEAST self centered Actress’ around these days. She’s one of the sweetest people I have ever met. And other people agree. So stop BSing that she was so bad towards Alex, we all know how much she loved him. I know eventually she’ll find someone else to love!

I’d think that people who get married for the first time when they’re in their mid/late 30s would know that all the romantic stuff doesn’t last, but maybe the fact they live in Hollywood cancels out the maturity factor. Anyone who’s been married knows that those butterfly feelings don’t last very long. Still, it’s hard for me to see how someone that age, even someone who doesn’t have a realistic view of marriage, can go from being in love and romantic and all over each other to a divorce a little over a year later.

What worries me is that Kate was on such a high last year, with her marriage and a new level of fame and all, and now . . . I just hope she doesn’t turn to something destructive to help her through.

oh my goddd. yeah, there were those vegas pics, but he was barely with her in any of her public appearances besides that.

they seemed to rush into it however. only about three-four months before they were engaged, she was spotted with dave annable. he’s much hotter than alex anyway.

oh well kate, his loss.

stalk you later.

I am shocked; really…. I thought they were so happy!!
Well, it is his loss.

Well, they were probably both happy to find someone who doesn’t love them for their money, i guess? We’ll never know. And i know ‘normal’ people who married this quick..and got divorced even quicker. It happens, and for Hollywood 15 months is a good time i guess..remember Britney Spears one day marriage?
And if they don’t get along anymore, just let them get a divorce. I love Kate Walsh regardless.

Honestly, i didn’t even give them a year! So it doesn’t really shock me, neither do i care very much. As long as it doesn’t keep Kate from going ‘Private Practice’ But-they want people to respect their privacy, so PLEASE let’s do that and let’s not come up with outragous rumors like ‘they probably lost the baby’ (she wasn’t pregnant) or that she is a lesbian (you wished!)

When two people divorce, neither one of them is innocent in most cases (excluding wife beating man and such, of course)

Yeah something crazy must have happend…they seemed so happy just a month ago…

Annoyedfan @ 12/13/2008 at 11:18 am

He is ABC TV executive and have alot to do getting her up there on the front by giving her the opportunity to have her own TV show and I think even get the network to sign her on for that 1st season. Now she’s successufl and her series get to 2nd season she dumped the guy like ‘ I can take it from here’ like ‘you’re no use of me anymore’ ya how convinient. Ya well, I don’t really know her and she seems like a plastic to me , putting up front, ‘oh love me, love me’ front you know what I’m talking about. You’re an actress you have to make fans love you. With that said, ya, I don’t know her but so do the people who seem to go ‘oh poor Kate, I hope she’s ok, she’s so nice’ ha? you live with her? you’re her friend? you know her true character? No, you’re sold by her interviews and her sexy pictures and the characters she play on TV show you love, that is all, but do you really KNOW HER? Cut the crap wiht this annoyance as if you really know the real her, oh poor Kate, she better off with the man’. The fact that she got married at 40 tell you she’s the type who wouldn’t make a sacrifice for anyone but herself. Geez even on her wedding photos shown of her expression of second thought of that marriage. Go looked and listen to her interview with Ellen about her marriage, she din’t even know why she married him!!

To Annoyedfan - Get your facts right before you say anything, ok?
1st of all- Alex is not an executive from ABC.. he is co-president of production of 20th Century Fox.. and she got her own show because of her own hard work.. her character on GA was so popular, they decided to give her her own show.. do not talk about something you dont know..
and, in fact, there are people here that know her, she’s human, so she has a lot of friends and people that know her, so they could have met her..
we, fans, are saying that we support her, because we do.. we love her.. we don’t need to know her in person to love her and support her..
why dont you just find something to do in your life and STOP talking about things you don’t even know..
he has nothing to do with ABC, and he works with production of films, btw..
you idiot! get a life..

This is a shocking news!!!
I didn’t see this coming at all! She seemed so happy when she talked about him just few weeks ago…so…there are 2 options:
she is a really good actress and was acting even when she was interviewed and talked about him sounding truly happy , but things were not this perfect and somthing had started to go wrong
or things were actually good just few weeks ago and something big happened that make them go wrong…it must have been something really bad because,,,you don’t decide to divorce from one day to another like that….
I hope she will be ok!
#110: we don’t know her…but you don’t know her either…so…shut up!

If it’s ended as amicably as they say, maybe the relationship just fizzled out and they realised they were better off as friends. There doesn’t have to be a big drama about it. Most marriages end over little trivial things. I wish them both the best and hope they both recover from it.

And word to Hayley’s post - Alex has nothing to do with ABC TV, he is responsible for the big franchise movies of 20th Century Fox (Die Hard, X-Men Wolverine etc). The cynics could at least get their facts straight before writing utter crap !

princess424 @ 12/18/2008 at 7:53 pm

yes is so bad!
i dont understad why
they lokked so happy together
but
she is so busy with the show
maybe he ’s not agree with that
or maybe that he wants to have kids and she’s not
because is a perfect moment is her professional carrer
and she has to work a lot for be there. so
I think that they have to talk more or take advices no
so quicly take a decision because they were so happy in Vegas!

wear but kate im sorry I hope you be fine!

GOD Bless Ypu!

What’s with all this “Poor Kate?” Crap. Hardly anyone mentioned Alex. How do you think he feels? Kate is not the only person that was in that marriage. Alex was too and I think he deserves some support. I really like Kate too, but Alex is human as well.

Considering the barrage of slanders Alex as released to the press since he filled, it is really poor Kate. The guy is an idiot that too 5 days to get that he was dumped, and has been working the press to get sympathy. In short a moron.

Kate counter-filed on Xmas Eve giving the date of separation 5 days earlier than Alex.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20249076,00.html

Which lends weight to the rumor that Alex saw those pap pics of Kate leaving her lawyers a few months back and filed first just to get the upper hand and sympathy vote. Seems to have backfired given Kate’s counter-file and on Xmas Eve too. He must have really done something to piss her off!

#116 - And how do you know that Alex released all the trash to press? Do you have any proof that it was him? No? Then shut up and stop making up trash gossips.

#118
Who else would come up with the dumb Star article but a paranoid husband? There is medication for his problem.

Now, if only Natalie Coughlin will break-up with that jer, Hall, who’s she’s engaged, It will REALLY make my day! As for Kate, don’t feel too sorry for her. Remember, she still has two to ns of money, that $4.5 million home they lived in, and, of course, her career. I hope it will keep her warm on cold nights.

Now, if only Natalie Coughlin will break-up with that jerk, Hall, who’s she’s engaged to, It will REALLY make my day! As for Kate, don’t feel too sorry for her. Remember, she still has two tons of money, that $4.5 million home they lived in, and, of course, her career. I hope it will keep her warm on cold nights.

giantressFAN @ 01/25/2009 at 3:40 pm

I’m a HUGE kate walsh fan, but know this was a fake marriage. I’m actually glad it ended because I can’t see her pretending to be something she’s not. Now if you will excuse me I have to get myself ready so that I can seduce her. *puts on lip gloss*

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