Alan Ritchson and his wife filed for divorce, reconciled in March, and have now ended it after twenty years
Alan Ritchson has confirmed he and wife Cat are calling time on their marriage after years together.
If you know Alan Ritchson from 'Reacher' or his earlier Hollywood stretches, you'll have seen him swanning about with wife Catherine 'Cat' Ritchson at events for years. Well, after two decades of marriage (plus three sons), they've announced they're drifting apart—at least as husband and wife. The split was officially unveiled in a joint Instagram post on Saturday, 12 September, which arrived after their followers had been sniffing around for any sort of statement.
Here's the actual note from Alan and Cat on Instagram: 'After twenty years together, Cat and I have decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way.'
The context—behind closed doors
The public statement put a fairly grown-up (if sentimental) spin on things, with both pointing out that their shared history still means something. Ritchson and Cat made it clear they're sticking together as committed co-parents for their three boys—Calem, Edan, and Amory—and that 'nothing can diminish' the years they spent building a life. The explanation was heavy on mutual respect, with a big emphasis on friendship and, in their words, 'grace.'
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Worth noting: comments on the post were switched off, which tells you exactly how much they're up for strangers shouting advice. And they did a bit of a plea for privacy, basically saying it’s hard enough splitting up without the entire internet weighing in, thank you very much.
They asked in their message: 'We hope, especially for the sake of our boys, that you will allow our family to move through this chapter with privacy and compassion. Thanks for supporting us as we continue making the health and happiness of our family our priority.'
Actual timeline (it’s a bit messy)
- December (last year): Legal filing for divorce, according to TMZ and their poking about court records.
- March: The couple apparently reconciled—tried again, in other words.
- 12 September: They go public on Instagram with the final split. Joint announcement, united front, the whole 'we're still a family' thing.
The upshot: this wasn’t a sudden eruption, but more a long, private process that only trickled into the public eye after plenty of behind-closed-doors figuring out. They’re not the first Hollywood pair to manage things (relatively) quietly—though asking for space on Instagram is something of a rite of passage these days.