Elliot Page has filed for divorce from spouse Emma Portner. The Juno actor and Portner secretly wed in January 2018. The pair revealed in a joint assertion they separated over the summer time.
Page Six studies that Web page, 33, filed for a contested divorce on Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court docket. In New York, a divorce is contested if an individual and their partner disagree on a minimum of one facet of divorce on the time of submitting. However in keeping with the estranged couple, there isn’t any animosity.
“After a lot thought and cautious consideration, we’ve got made the troublesome determination to divorce following our separation final summer time,” Web page and Portner inform Yahoo Leisure through a rep. “We now have the utmost respect for one another and stay shut pals.”
Portner, a dancer and choreographer, publicly supported the Umbrella Academy star when he came out as transgender final month.
“Trans, queer and non-binary individuals are a present to this world,” Portner wrote on Instagram. “I additionally ask for endurance & privateness however that you just be part of me within the fervent help of trans life each single day. Elliot’s existence is a present in and of itself. Shine on candy E. Love you a lot.”
In his Dec. 1 announcement, Web page stated he felt “fortunate to be penning this. To be right here. To have arrived at this place in my life.”
“I really like that I’m trans. And I really like that I’m queer. And the extra I maintain myself shut and absolutely embrace who I’m, the extra I dream, the extra my coronary heart grows and the extra I thrive,” he wrote. “To all trans individuals who cope with harassment, self-loathing, abuse and the specter of violence day by day: I see you, I really like you and I’ll do the whole lot I can to alter this world for the higher.”
Portner left a remark, writing, “Love you a lot Elliot.”
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