Jessica Alba said she and her estranged husband Cash Warren became “roommates” months before the pair’s rumored split.
On Wednesday, TMZ reported that the couple recently separated and are headed for divorce after nearly 17 years of marriage.
The “Fantastic Four” actress, 43, opened up about married life in a candid interview with podcaster Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt on her “BDA Baby” podcast in April 2024.
“It’s all rosy for 2.5 years, but then after that, you become roommates,” Alba said.
“And it’s just, like, you’re roommates. You’re just going through the motions. It’s the responsibility. It’s a lot of, like, checking the boxes.”
The pair first met on the Vancouver set of the superhero movie “Fantastic Four” in 2004. Alba played Sue Storm, and Warren, 45, worked as an assistant to the director.
The duo tied the knot in May 2008, and have three children: Hayes and daughters Honor, 16, and Haven, 13.
During her appearance on the podcast, Alba said that her eldest daughter, Honor, and middle child, Haven, were both surprises.
However, the duo’s son, Hayes, was a planned pregnancy.
The Honest Beauty founder said the pair were good about keeping their weekly date nights in their calendars, however, that eventually “stops, because of whatever,” she said.
“We have, like, obviously the friendship, the comfort of, like, ‘you’re not going anywhere,’ and so sometimes you don’t treat those people the best, right? You don’t consider their feelings in the way that you would consider other people’s feelings,” she said at the time.
“So that is something that I think is a constant one to work on,” she said, before quipping, “If you’ve figured it out in your relationship, let me know.”
In another interview that year, Alba said the pair did their best at incorporating date night into their routines.
“At different times, there were different things that we needed. Around the time I had the kids, it was like, ‘I need [date night] once a week.’ And he’s been like, ‘I need you to be present on the weekends and not work,’ ” she told People.
She added that they “over-communicate what’s happening before it gets to the point of no return.”
“I don’t think we have a secret at all. We just have to check each other,” she added.
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