Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet calling it quits after nearly 5 years of marriage
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Lisa Bonet, left, and Jason Momoa arrive at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
HONOLULU (KHON) – Hawaii-born actor Jason Momoa took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that he and wife Lisa Bonet are “parting ways in marriage.”
The couple’s joint statement says, “We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy but so that as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty.”
Read the entire statement below:
We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times… A revolution is unfolding ~and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring
And so~ We share our Family news~
That we are parting ways in marriage.
We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy ~
But so that~ as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty.
The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived.
We free each other ~to be who we are learning to become…
Our devotion unwavering
to this sacred life
& our Children
Teaching our Children
What’s possible ~
Living the Prayer
May Love Prevail
✨ J & L
Momoa recently returned to Hawaii to shoot the sequel to Aquaman, called “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” The film is expected to be released in December. During Momoa’s visit, he filmed a public service announcement urging people to take care of the land for the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Malama Hawaii campaign.
Bonet is well known for playing one of Bill Cosby’s daughters on “The Cosby Show” and its spinoff, “A Different World.” She was previously married to musician Lenny Kravitz.
Momoa and Bonet had been together for 16 years but weren’t officially married until late 2017. They have a son and a daughter together.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Jason Momoa, Lisa Bonet split
“Aquaman” star Jason Momoa and former “Cosby Show” star Lisa Bonet are “parting ways in marriage.” The couple announced their separation Wednesday: “We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy, But so that — as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty.” The former couple married in October 2017 and had two children together; Bonet also has a daughter, Zoe Kravitz, with her ex-husband Lenny Kravitz. “The love between us carries on,” Momoa wrote, “evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived. We free each other — to be who we are learning to become.”
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In announcing their separation, Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet described the “squeeze and changes” of the “transformational times” we’re living in, suggesting that their 17-year relationship and five-year marriage was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Momoa, 42, and Bonet, 54, also said in their statement: “A revolution is unfolding and our family is of no exception … feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring. And so we share our Family news that we are parting ways in marriage.”
It’s not entirely clear what the couple, who share two teenage children, mean by “a revolution is unfolding,” but the “seismic shifts” could refer to the continuing societal changes caused by the global pandemic, when a number of other celebrities saw their relationships end in high-profile breakups.
“The pandemic represented a substantial shock to many aspects of American life,” according to the 2020 American Family Survey, the first major survey of family dynamics since the pandemic began. It’s also well-documented that the pandemic put pressures on personal relationships when couples and families were forced to live for months in lockdown.
Consider the other notable breakups in 2020 and 2021: Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis; Aaron Rodgers and Danica Patrick; Bill and Melinda Gates; Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik; Elon Musk and Grimes; Kanye West and Kim Kardashian; John Mulaney and Annamarie Tendler; Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas; Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez; and Dell and Sonya Curry.
Some of those couples, such as Affleck and de Armas, got together during the pandemic and quarantined together before breaking up. Others, like Lopez and Rodriguez, documented their lives together in quarantine on social media.
And, of course, some quickly moved on after their breakups and found new love elsewhere, adding to that sense that we are living in an era of “seismic shifts.” Affleck and Lopez famously rekindled their love affair from the early 2000s, and comedian Mulaney bounced out of his second stint in rehab in early 2021 and into a new romance with Olivia Munn, with whom he just had a baby boy.
A year since her split from West, Kardashian is dating “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson, while her rapper ex-husband has been linked to several different women over the past year. Rodgers, the controversial Green Bay Packers quarterback, began to secretly date Shailene Woodley during 2020 lockdown, around the same time that he abruptly called things off with Patrick.
For Bonet and Momoa, the “seismic shifts” hit close to home in other ways. Zoë Kravitz, Bonet’s 33-year-old daughter with ex-husband Lenny Kravitz, also ended her 18-month marriage to actor Karl Glusman at the end of 2020, and she’s now reportedly dating actor Channing Tatum.
Even with so much upheaval in celebrity couples, it’s not clear how much turbulence the pandemic has caused to regular people’s relationships.
The New York Times reported that 2020 was known as “the year of breakups” and cited a Dating.com survey from September 2020, which reported nearly twice as many breakups between January and September of 2020 when compared with data from 2019.
But other data challenges the narrative that COVID was necessarily bad for relationships. Instead, it suggests that locking down brought many couples closer together and strengthened their bonds, according to a 2021 report from the Cleveland Clinic.
It’s true that the pandemic put stress on relationships because of to financial struggles, unemployment and worries about serious illness due to the coronavirus, said Susan Albers, a psychologist in the clinic’s department of psychiatry and psychology.
The 2020 summary report from the American Family Survey found that the pandemic mostly put stress on marriages when couples were dealing with financial struggles. Out of 3,000 Americans who participated, 37% of married men and women reported that the pandemic increased stress in their marriage when there was economic hardship.
But, a much larger percentage of people in relationships — 56% — reported that the pandemic made them appreciate their partners more, while 47% said it had deepened their commitment to their relationships.
Clearly, Momoa and Bonet felt no need to deepen their commitment to their marriage. That’s why they are calling it quits. Still, the statement from the estranged spouses described a different kind of love and commitment to each other — no doubt involving their children.
Momoa, famous for “Game of Thrones” and “Aquaman,” and Bonet, the one-time “Cosby Show” star, started dating in 2005 after being introduced by mutual friends at a jazz club. They had their first child, Lola, in July 2007, and welcomed their second child, Nakoa-Wolf, in December 2008. They finally tied the knot in October 2017.
“The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived,” the statement said. “We free each other to be who we are learning to become …”
The statement concluded, “Our devotion unwavering to this sacred life and our children. Teaching our children what’s possible. Living the Prayer. May Love Prevail✨ J & L.”
Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa Hadn’t Walked a Carpet Together in Nearly 2 Years Before Split
Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet had been keeping a low profile as a couple prior to news of their split.
The couple — who announced Wednesday that they were “parting ways” after five years of marriage — have not been photographed together in public in nearly two years. They last posed for photos at an event in February 2020.
Momoa, 42, and Bonet, 54, walked the carpet at the Tom Ford AW20 Show at Milk Studios on Feb. 7, 2020 in Hollywood. Momoa went on to pose for photos at film premieres and other events without his wife, appearing solo or with the two children he shares with Bonet: Lola, 14, and Nakoa-Wolf, 13.
Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa
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Momoa attended the No Time to Die premiere in September 2021 with his son and daughter. At the Dune premiere in October 2021, he walked the red carpet by himself.
The Aquaman actor and his wife announced they are ending their marriage in a statement released Wednesday through Momoa’s Instagram. Bonet does not have social media.
Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa
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“We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times… A revolution is unfolding and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring,” the joint statement read. “And so we share our Family news that we are parting ways in marriage.”
“We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy but so that as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty,” they continued. “The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived. We free each other to be who we are learning to become…”
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Momoa and Bonet ended their statement with the message, “Our devotion unwavering to this sacred life our children. Teaching our children what’s possible. Living the Prayer. May Love Prevail✨ J & L.”
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Momoa and Bonet met at a jazz club in New York City in 2005, where they were introduced by mutual friends, and wed in October 2017. Recalling their first date together, Momoa told James Corden in 2017 that he and Bonet “happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
Jason Momoa; Lisa Bonet
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“I actually had dreaded my hair for her,” Momoa said of Bonet. “I had dreadlocks, she had dreadlocks. I literally turned around and I see her and she goes, ‘I’m Lisa.’ I turned around to my friend and I [pretended to scream]. I had f—ing fireworks going off inside, man. I convinced her to take me home, because I was living in a hotel.”
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About a year after he and Bonet tied the knot, Momoa told PEOPLE in 2018 that he and his wife kept their relationship fresh with a little humor.
“Not a lot of people know how absolutely hysterical she is,” he said of Bonet. “She makes me laugh and is just really quirky.”
Momoa added, “My wife is amazing. Her ultimate art form is being a phenomenal mother.”