Who is Scooter Braun’s ex-wife, Yael Cohen Braun? Justin Bieber’s ex-manager reportedly suffered suicidal thoughts after split

Scooter Braun, 43, opened up about struggling with suicidal thoughts after his split from 38-year-old Yael Cohen Braun. They separated in July 2021 after he filed for divorce in July 2021, citing irreconcilable differences.

After seven years of their marriage, the estranged couple's divorce was legally finalized in September 2022.

Yael Cohen Braun is a health activist. She co-founded a nonprofit charity named Fuck Cancer in 2009.

She tied the knot to Scooter in 2014 and welcomed three kids together. They had Jagger in 2015, Levi in 2016, and their youngest, Hart, in 2018.

Scooter Braun reflected on getting suicidal thoughts after his marriage collapsed

Scooter rose to fame after managing renowned celebrities such as Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and Justin Bieber. While his professional career was thriving, he faced a major setback in life after his split with his ex-wife, Yael Cohen Braun.

On the June 9 episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast, cited by Daily Mail, he confessed to thinking about suicide, sharing,

"It went to a very dark place."

He continued:

"I had a suicidal thought for 20 minutes where I was like, 'If my marriage is going to fall apart, I'm not gonna be with my kids all the time.' I can't control this. I'm not gonna be this perfect image that I've presented to the world. And if I can't be this perfect image, I don't want to be here."

Braun also pointed out how people perceived he was "crushing it," seeing him establish his name in the industry as these popular stars' one-time managers.

Over time, he began getting over those discomforting and intrusive thoughts to end his life. He further explained on the podcast.

"That's not me - I would never leave my kids. I don't wanna leave anybody. Like, what was that?"

Without delving much into his equation with Yael Cohen Braun, Scooter Braun further continued,

"I don't want to go into detail, because I have a lot of respect. We're family forever. It goes both ways. It's not like there was one thing happening. Both people have to play a role in where we got to."

He admitted that,

"Things happened both ways."

Recalling those shocking days, Scooter also revealed that he was asked to join a retreat, The Hoffman Process, to cope with the divorce and continue his life even after his divorce from Yael.

He said:

"They told me that they could get me in two weeks because there was a cancellation. That was the release of Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman album."

Despite a major release, Ariana agreed to release her songs later, waiting for her manager to get back on track.

Braun also detailed his time at the retreat, elaborating,

"It is one week of no phone, no email and intense work on your early childhood to understand why you are the way you are and to give you tools to go out in the world and understand yourself."

While discussing life with the podcast host, Steven Bartlett, Scooter gave him tips for a healthy marriage. He shared things he had ignored during his marriage to Yael Cohen Braun and advised him based on his experiences, E! News reported.

Braun suggested,

"Go on vacations together. That's something that we forgot to do: We did the vacations with the kids, we did the vacations with friends, but we didn't do vacations together, because we had three kids in five years and I think that's something I think about."

He further added,

"Also, just trust that if it's supposed to be, it's supposed to be. My journey was supposed to be exactly the way it was. Even when I found out things and she found out...about ourselves, it was exactly when we were supposed to find out."

Everything we know about Scooter Braun’s ex-wife, Yael Cohen Braun

A look at her childhood

Yael was born in 1986 in South Africa, according to a report by Newsweek. During her childhood years, she and her family relocated to Canada.

A look at her education and professional endeavors

She attended the University of British Columbia for a B.A. in Political Science, according to a HuffPost report. After her graduation, Yael Cohen Braun co-launched her "Fuck Cancer" nonprofit charity. A major inspiration behind her taking this initiative was her mother's breast cancer diagnosis.

Cohen was just 22 when she saw her mother suffering from the disease and undergoing treatment and medical procedures. She designed a t-shirt with "Fuck Cancer" printed on it, after her mom's first operation.

During a conversation with Makers, she spoke about it, saying

"My mother is not the type of woman to say [that] word, never mind wear it. She wore the damn thing day in and day out."

A look at her relationship with Scooter Braun

In July 2014, the duo got married in Whistler, Canada. They experienced parenthood soon, with the birth of their eldest son, Jagger, in 2015.

Yael went ahead to create her parenting blog "Motherlucker" after she welcomed Jagger. Bumble, the popular dating app, reportedly bought her website in 2018. She joined it as its board of advisers

Later, in 2016, the Braun became parents to Levi and Hart in 2018.