NEIGHBOURS star Guy Pearce has split from Game Of Thrones’ Carice van Houten – with his ex-girlfriend revealing the secret break up.
Dutch actress Carice, 48, confirmed the news on Instagram yesterday, confessing the pair haven’t been a couple for “years.”
Taking to her Stories with a photo with her former partner, 57, she wrote: “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.”
Carice, who shares a nine-year-old son, Monte, with Guy, concluded: “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.”
Guy and Carice began dating in 2015, shortly after the musician ended his 18-year marriage to Kate Mestitz.
The couple welcomed Monte in 2016.
Speculation about their split surfaced earlier this month when Guy referred to Kate as the “greatest love of my life”.
He told The Guardian, “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.
In 2018, Guy opened up about the emotional toll of his divorce from Kate, revealing it had led to suicidal thoughts.
He credited Carice and their son for helping him through a “very challenging period” in his life.
The L.A. Confidential actor paid tribute to his family in the liner notes of his album The Nomad, which he described as a “personal and raw” project inspired by the end of his marriage in 2015.
“Especially a big loving thank you to Carice van Houten and our darling boy Monte, whose arrival in our world came right in the middle of this record. You’ve both changed my life forever and for the better,” he wrote.
He wrote: “Especially a big loving thank you to Carice van Houten and our darling boy Monte, whose arrival in our world came right in the middle of this record. You’ve both changed my life forever and for the better.”
Guy previously told the Herald Sun that his latest album nearly had a very different title.
He said, “The Catharsis” was a name he considered after starting to write the songs in the wake of “crying for hours”.
In 2018, Guy revealed to Andrew Denton that his ex-wife Kate was the one who decided to end their 18-year marriage.
Speaking about the public backlash at the time, Guy said he was heartbroken when fans wrongly labeled him a “b*****d” for assuming he had left Kate for his current partner, Carice.
He clarified that their relationship only began months after his separation.
The Priscilla, Queen of the Desert star admitted that he was blindsided by Kate’s decision to end the marriage but said he still loves and respects his ex-wife.
In 2022, Guy spoke to The Independent about how fatherhood had profoundly impacted his life and emotions.
He said: “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?”
Reflecting on the emotional changes he’s experienced, Guy added, “When I started acting, I knew if I needed to cry that it could come out easily.
“Then after 15 years of therapy, I became a far calmer and more satisfied human being, but trying to cry in a scene became impossible.
“Since having my boy though, I cry at the drop of a hat again…”
Earlier that same year, Guy told Who Magazine about the challenges of becoming a father later in life, saying: “Having a young child at the ripe old age of 53 is a lot, but I am focused on spending all the time I can with him and being the best dad I can be.”
The Melbourne-born star, who first rose to fame on Neighbours, also shared his plans to bring his son to Australia one day.
He said: “He’s seen some Australian animals in the zoo in Amsterdam, but it will be great to show him our wildlife back in Australia.”
Carice, known for her role as Melisandre in Game of Thrones, was previously in a relationship with her Black Book co-star Sebastian Koch.
The pair began dating in 2005 but ended their romance in March 2010.
Dutch actress Carice confirmed the news on Instagram yesterday[/caption]
The pair share a nine-year-old son named Monte[/caption]
