A Shocking update for all you Mad Men Fans. Your favorite TV show lead Jon Hamm and his life partner, film-maker and actor Jennifer Westfeldt, have ended their relationship!
In a joint statement given to People magazine the couple announced, “With great sadness, we have decided to separate, after 18 years of love and shared history”.
Hamm, 44, and Westfeldt, 45, first met in 1997 and became known as one of Hollywood’s most stalwart couples.
A jobbing actor before being cast as the talented but troubled advertising executive Don Draper on Matthew Weiner’s period drama Mad Men, Hamm went on to win eight Emmy nominations and worldwide recognition for his dark portrayal.
Hamm and Westfeldt established a production company, Points West Pictures, in 2009 and stayed together as Hamm’s fame skyrocketed during his eight years on Mad Men despite recent rumors about a split.
The news of the divorce came as a shock as only in March of 2015, it became public knowledge that Hamm had completed a course of rehab for alcoholism with the full support of Westfeldt.
The couple were last seen together publicly in July in New York City, People reported. “We will continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible moving forward,” Hamm and Westfeldt said in their joint statement.
