Why Did Mandy Moore Divorce Her Ex-Husband Ryan Adams?
Fans are not sure the next time they will catch Mandy Moore in a movie or TV show on their screens. Following the culmination of This Is Us on NBC earlier this year, there has been a lot of speculation as to what comes next for the actress.
Moore – who is also an accomplished musician – has already confirmed that she is taking a break from acting for an indefinite period of time, in order to focus on parenting as well as her music.
The 38-year-old has always been quite measured with her major career decisions. She previously took a breather from singing and invested more in her work as an actor. She would reclaim her voice in 2020, though, when she released the album Silver Landings, her first in more than ten years.
Moore is mother to one child, and is expecting a second in the coming weeks. She is currently married to fellow musician Taylor Goldsmith, in what is her second marriage. She officially got divorced from her first husband, Ryan Adams in June 2016.
9 Mandy Moore Dated Scrubs Co-Star Zach Braff Before Ryan Adams
In the early years of her acting career, Mandy Moore featured in two episodes of NBC’s medical sitcom Scrubs. Around that same time, she was in a relationship with Zach Braff, who played a main role in the show.
Moore and Braff dated for about two years, before eventually breaking up in 2006 and paving the way for the actress’ future relationship with Ryan Adams.
8 How Did Mandy Moore And Ryan Adams Meet?
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams kept most details of their love life private while they were together. As such, they never officially revealed the exact circumstances under which they first met.
Moore did once admit, however, that she took a keen interest in Adams’ music even before they were together. Most people have speculated, as a result, that their paths would have crossed somewhere inside the world of music.
7 Mandy Moore And Ryan Adams Got Married In March 2009
Things evolved pretty quickly between Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams. The couple announced their engagement in February 2009. Within a month, they were walking down the aisle in a ceremony that took place in Savannah, Georgia.
Both Moore and Adams had not been married before they said their vows to each other.
6 Mandy Moore And Ryan Adams Got Divorced After 15 Years Together
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams remained married for the best part of 15 years after their wedding. But their love was not meant to be forever, and the This Is Us star filed for divorce in January 2015.
Their marriage was officially dissolved in June 2016, although it would later emerge that they had already been legally separated for about six months prior to that.
5 Why Did Mandy Moore And Ryan Adams Get Divorced?
At the time of their divorce, things appeared to be as amiable as can be between Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams. They even released a joint statement saying that the split was “mutual”, “respectful” and “amicable.”
Moore would later change her tune with time. As various women came out with allegations of sexual misconduct against them by the singer, his ex-wife described him as having been “controlling” and “psychologically abusive.”
4 Mandy Moore Started Seeing Taylor Goldsmith Before Her Official Divorce From Ryan Adams
Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith’s love affair began in 2015, before the New Hampshire-born star’s divorce from Ryan Adams was officially finalized.
The former Simon Dawes frontman is about one year younger than Moore, and his relationship history before meeting her remains quite unknown to date. Like Adams before him, Goldsmith connected with Moore thanks to their shared love of music.
3 Mandy Moore And Taylor Goldsmith Said “I Do” In November 2018
Perhaps wary of following a similar path as her first marriage, Mandy Moore took things slower with Taylor Goldsmith than she had with Ryan Adams.
It took about two years of dating before they got engaged, and more than one more year before they finally exchanged their vows in November 2018. The couple’s private wedding ceremony took place in the backyard of Moore’s home in LA.
2 When Is Mandy Moore And Taylor Goldsmith’s Second Baby Due?
Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith welcomed their first baby in February 2021. The couple named their newborn baby boy August “Gus” Harrison Goldsmith.
In June this year, Moore announced on Instagram that they were expecting another baby, due at some point in the fall. She did not specify any dates beyond that, but shared her excitement at the prospect of Gus becoming a big brother.
1 Is Ryan Adams Still Single?
Unlike Mandy Moore, Ryan Adams has not remarried since their divorce was confirmed six years ago. The allegations made against him would have not made it any easier for him to find love as well.
For now, Adams appears to be focused on his career, as he has not been in any publicly-acknowledged relationship since his split from Moore.
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