James McAvoy and Wife Anne-Marie Duff Divorcing After 9 Years of Marriage

Couple has one child together

By Lily Harrison May 13, 2016 9:21 PMTags
James McAvoy, Anne Marie Duff, British Academy Film AwardsJonathan Short/Invision/AP

After 9 years of marriage, E! News has learned that James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are splitting.

The couple released a joint statement to announce their divorce news, saying: "It is with tremendous sadness that we have come to the decision to divorce. We enter this next phase with continued friendship, love and respect for one another and the shared focus of caring for our son. We ask that you respect our and, most importantly, our child's privacy during this time."

The X-Men: Apocalypse star married the actress in a private, low-key ceremony on Oct. 18, 2006 and the couple welcomed a son, Brendan, back in 2010.

Duff and McAvoy first met when they were both working on the British series, Shameless.

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Both have kept their relationship largely out of the public eye over the years, in fact, back in 2007 McAvoy explained the reasoning for remaining so private in an interview with The Washington Post.

"We don't talk about each other much and we don't turn up together at lots of events. We both really rejoice in having a normal life."

Earlier this week, McAvoy was on The Graham Norton Show alongside his X-Men co-star Jennifer Lawrence, Johnny Depp, Jack Whitehall and will.i.am.

During the hilarious interview, McAvoy (who was wearing his wedding ring) joked about bursting into J.Law's bathroom while the two were on set as part of a prank.

Check out the video above for the full, explicit story behind his on-set hijinks.

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