Actress Amanda Seyfried shared a post calling for divorce to be treated as a normal life transition, like a wedding or a “graduation.”
The 40-year-old “Mamma Mia!” star is getting pushback for the Instagram Story she shared on Sunday, which said, “The most radical thing we can do is make divorce boring. Make it normal. Make it accessible. Because the system thrives on confusion and stigma, on making you believe you’re the first one to ever walk this road. But when divorce becomes just another life transition – like a wedding, like a graduation – the patriarchy loses one of its most effective weapons.”
Right after that, Seyfried shared a black-and-white photo of her with her current husband, Thomas Sadoski, hugging each other. The couple confirmed they were headed for divorce in September after nine years of marriage.
“We have been separated for a while, and it’s proven to be the right move for us and our family unit. We’ve got each other forever—and it’s GOOD,” Seyfried and Sadoski told People in a statement about their marriage ending.
They have two children, a six-year-old and a nine-year-old.
Attempts to “normalize” divorce have become a bit of a trend in Hollywood. Last month, “Spider-Man” actor Tobey Maguire officiated his ex-wife’s wedding just weeks after their divorce was finalized.
And in July, Frankie Muniz of “Malcolm in the Middle” fame posted a video of himself, his soon-to-be ex-wife, and their son dancing to an upbeat song while announcing their divorce, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
Commenters called the spectacle sad and strange, especially with a small child taking part in the upbeat announcement of his parents’ split. Muniz quickly pulled the clip down under an avalanche of backlash.
Muniz’s almost-ex, Paige Price, shot back at the critics, insisting that two adults who can still function as a team shouldn’t be mocked for their choices.
“Frankie, I am so sorry that you felt the need to delete an old fun video of our family because people are so cruel to you. This world is so f*cked … divorce is bad, sure — it’s not like we’re excited about it … but we’re two adults who know how to be on the same team. I can’t believe people could scrutinize that,” Price wrote under the revised version of their divorce announcement.
