Busy Philipps’s impending divorce appears to be amiable as the Dawson’s Creek star was spotted out with her ex Marc Silverstein on Monday.
The 42-year-old had a light lunch at celeb hot spot Via Carota in New York City just a few days after the former couple announced they were ending their 14-year marriage.
Philipps shared news of their split Friday on her podcast Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best explaining that the divorce has been a longtime coming.
Co-parents: Busy Philipps’s impending divorce appears to be amiable as the Dawson’s Creek star was spotted out with her ex Marc Silverstein on Monday
You wouldn’t know there was a divorce looming by the look of Busy and Marc this week as they grabbed a bite to eat.
Busy sported an ochre and cream gingham maxi dress with white sneakers which she paired with over-sized square sunnies.
The Girls 5Eva star had her signature blonde locks pulled up in a a messy high bun as she walked alongside her former spouse.
Marc rocked his usual salt and pepper scruffy beard with a T-shirt and shorts.
Spotted: The 42-year-old had a light lunch at celeb hot spot Via Carota in New York City just a few days after the former couple announced they were ending their 14-year marriage
Casual glam: Busy sported an ochre and cream gingham maxi dress with white sneakers which she paired with over-sized square sunnies
There was no hand holding or PDA but neither was there any visible drama or animosity from the pair who ‘quietly’ ended things a while ago.
‘It’s been a really long time that Marc and I have been separated and our kids know, our families know, our friends know,’ Busy revealed on her podcast.
Busy explained that the couple had first separated in February 2021 and had been contemplating how to publicly share the news.
She said: ‘Marc and I talked about it, and when we first separated, we couldn’t even think about putting one of those statements out — it made us sick, both of us, truly ill. It’s a journey.
‘The surest way that Marc and I have been able to ensure the privacy of our kids that we love so f***ing much was by not involving the public.’
‘It’s been a really long time that Marc and I have been separated and our kids know, our families know, our friends know,’ Busy revealed on her podcast Friday
The former couple have two children – 13-year-old Birdie and eight-year-old Cricket – as the actress said there is still plenty of love and respect between the two of them and that they are blessed to share the children together.
She concluded: ‘Well we love each other — very much! And we have these beautiful kids together. And there are a lot of things that really work about our relationship.’
Busy and Marc married in June 2007 in a ceremony that was a surprise for their friends and family.
Back in 2018, the Cougar Town actress revealed in her memoir that her best friend Michelle Williams had pulled her from the Brink of divorcing her husband after having an ’emotional affair’ with another dad.
Busy confessed in her book – titled This Will Only Hurt A Little – that her relationship with Marc had hit a rough patch stemming from when their first child was born which led her into seeking comfort and support from someone else.
She wrote: ‘There was a man I was friends with, another dad. We’d been having lunch and stuff. Texting. Talking on the phone a lot.
‘Honestly, I had a crush on him. I like him. Maybe I even loved him? He clearly liked me too.’
The actress wrote that she had felt ‘unsupported’ by her screenwriter husband, even calling him ‘useless’ and claiming he ‘didn’t even try’ to hold Birdie when she was born.
Family first: The former couple have two children – 13-year-old Birdie and eight-year-old Cricket. They are seen at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida last June
