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Robin Williams’ Wife Files for Divorce

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Aw, this is really sad.

After 19 years of marriage, Robin Williams’ wife, Marsha Garces Williams, has filed for divorce from the funnyman, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple have two children together: daughter Zelda, 18, and son Cody, 16.

I just think this really sucks. I like Robin Williams a lot, and he’s just had a really crappy string of years. His career’s tanking, he put in a stay in rehab, and now this? Some years are just like that, I guess. Just bad years. But it’s just disappointing to see a Hollywood marriage last this long and then fall apart. Does anyone stay married anymore? Ever? And why am I all like, “Dude, I have to get married ASAP if I ever want to be happy!” When the evidence points so very clearly to the fact that marriage almost never makes anyone at all happy? Why do we still live in a society that successfully pressures young women to engage in this ancient custom that has, today, virtually no meaning outside the scope of the law and even less sanctity? And why are we wasting so much time trying to prevent gay men and women from participating in the same empty gesture of legal paper-shuffling? Sorry, I didn’t sleep well last night, so today you guys get random disaffected musings on society from me. Enjoy.

I wish all the best to them both.

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  • 1) tom hanks and rita wilson
    2) tim robbins and susan sarandon
    3) kevin bacon and kyra sedwick

    three famous couples who’ve stood the test of time, marriage or no marriage.

    it happens!

  • if you want an example of a hollywood marriage that has stood the test of time, look no further than paul newman and joanne woodward. they met in 1953 and wed in january of 1958. that’s 50 years to you and me, boys and girls. congrats to both of them!

  • There are tons of wonderful marriages.Just don’t look to Hollywood for stability.There lives are chatioc not normally.My parents have been married 48 yrs.I know countless people that have wonderful happy marriages.Also robin williams has battle addiction,that puts a strain on any marriage.

  • let’s not forget…this wife was the nanny that broke up his first marriage! karma has a way of working itself back into one’s life when it is least expected!
    oh-and don;t forget goldie hawn & kurt russell for the list of famous couples that withstood the odds in hollywood.

  • Beet
    you are the one who wants to get married
    I recently warned you
    but you seem not to care for my advice
    Don’t ever say I did not warn you

  • He’d be way too annoying to be married to. My husband sometimes gets on my nerves but he shuts up once in awhile.

  • Wonder which one cheated? After 19 years it has to be the reason. My guess is she dried up and he went looking for water else where.

  • I’ve been with the same man since I was 17 (I’m 37 now). While I know that on some level this is bizarre, it’s also a really good marriage. It can happen. ‘Course I didn’t schtup my husband while I was supposedly babysitting his kids.

  • I saw them together in Rome on the street, a year before he divorced his first wife. When he realized he was recognized, they walked very fast down the street. It’s a shame, but I never thought that being Robin William’s wife would be an easy thing.

  • If Robin Williams is “Robin Williams” all the time, even at home, I can’t understand how anyone would marry him.

  • Dude, cheer up!! Basing your conception of life and love on Hollywood standards is bound to make anyone depressed. Yes, it’s sad that like 1/2 of marriages end in divorce, but that still leaves a LOT of marriages (1/2!) that don’t. I think people pay too much attention to statistics and it gives the impression that everyone’s marriage is doomed to fail, which is not true.

  • I heard the real reason she is divorcing him is because she got sick of him going around the house and always doing that really awful black guy impersonation.

  • My best friends mom went to college with Robin W. She vividly remembers waking up at a party with Robins hand all the way up her shirt. She also said No one could deal with him for longer than 10 minutes if that

  • They have been separated and living in separate homes for over 2 years… he is dating a 27 year old. But this marriage was over years ago evidently.

  • He’s a whore and cheated on his wife before her. Once a cheater, always a cheater. I love karma and I bet his first wife is laughing.