Carice Van Houten announced on Wednesday through her Instagram story that she had split from Guy Pearce. The Dutch actress claimed that the pair haven't been a couple for years.
On Wednesday, the Game of Thrones actress who played the role of Melisandre announced her split from her long-time partner, Guy Pearce after almost 10 years of being together. On her Instagram story, she posted,
"I don't usually engage in discussions about my personal life, but because of a number of conclusions in the media last week regarding my relationship with Guy, I wanted to make something clear, He and I are great friends and love each other very much, but we haven't been a couple for years. I am however, very proud to say we are in a wonderful partnership raising the true love of our lives - our beautiful son and his hamster. The end."
This comes after Guy Pearce, on 18 January in an interview with The Guardian, revealed that his ex-wife was the greatest love of his life. He stated:
"My ex-wife, Kate, was the greatest love of my life, but I’ve moved on from her now and the greatest love of my life is my child, Monte,”
Pearce and van Houten share a son, Monte who is nine years old.
Here's all we know about Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten's relationship over the years: From beginning to date to their split
Pearce met van Houten in 2015 during the shoot of the movie Brimstone, after his split from his wife, Kate Mestitz who was a psychologist by profession. Their son, Monte was born in 2016. Pearce took it to X to announce the birth of his son where he also tagged van Houten, by tweeting:
"A cute little package arrived and told us his name’s Monte Pearce. We think we’re gonna keep him. Placenta smoothie anyone?”
After his split from his ex-wife, Pearce claimed that he was facing a very tough time and had suicidal thoughts which he credited van Houten for pulling him out of that dark spot.
In 2022, to The Independent, he revealed that becoming a parent has changed his perspective on life.
"After Monte was born, someone said to me, "You realise you’re now living with your heart on the outside?" And it really is true, isn’t it?"
To Who Magazine, he admitted the joy of being a father and also mentioned the challenges of having a young child in his 50s.
The 48-year-old actress through her Instagram revealed that she and Guy Pearce weren't together anymore.

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