Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth Announce Divorce

On Friday, Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth announced that they are ending their nearly 12-year marriage.

“We have some personal news to share…,” reads the joint statement posted to Witherspoon’s Instagram. “It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for everything we have created together.”

“Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate this next chapter,” they added. “These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”

Witherspoon, and Toth, formerly a top talent agent who worked with the likes of Robert Downey, Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, got engaged in 2010, before marrying in a March 2011 ceremony in Ojai, California. She’s spoken occasionally about their marriage through the years, including telling Elle magazine the story of how they met in 2012: 

It happened out of the blue. This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] `You don’t know me.’ And I was like, `Yeah, I know. I don’t know you!’ Jim came over and said, `Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone.’ Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That’s just kind of who he is, a really good person.

Together they have son Tennessee James, 10. Witherspoon and her ex-husband, Ryan Phillippe, also share two children, daughter Ava, 23, and son Deacon, 19.