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After less than two years together, Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes married spontaneously in the presence of three friends in May 2003 on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, according to The Guardian. At the time, Winslet was two months pregnant with the couple’s only child, a son Joe, who was born that December. “We hadn’t been planning to do it,” Winslet revealed. “But we thought it was rather a good idea, so we just did it.”
Winslet and Mendes shared the same beliefs, as they both realized the value of giving their kids a “normal” childhood. “As a family we do normal things that other families would,” Winslet said, per The Guardian. “It’s important to us that the children are just regular kids, so we go to the park, kick a ball around, go to a museum, watch a movie together or just hang out at home playing Monopoly.”
However, this bond was not enough to keep the couple together for the long haul. In 2010, Winslet and Mendes announced their separation — months after the initial split. “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year,” Keith Schilling, the couple’s legal counsel, said in a statement. “The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.”
While the couple remains committed to co-parenting their son, certain circumstances destroyed their Hollywood happily-ever-after.
Written by: Nicki
