Alan Ritchson, the actor behind Prime Video’s“Reacher,”announced that he and his wife Catherine are ending their marriage after twenty years together. The couple has three sons, and in his statement Ritchson said the best thing they can give each other and their boys right now is friendship, grace, and a shared commitment to being strong co-parents.
The timing raised eyebrows: the announcement came the same weekend“Runner,”his new Angel Studios film starring Owen Wilson, opened to more than $6.4 million. So a personal transition and a career milestone landed in the very same news cycle.
Ritchson is known for speaking openly about his Christian faith and has pushed back on critics who claim a Christian actor shouldn’t take violent roles. Whatever your take on Hollywood marriages, his words about choosing grace in the hardest moment are the part worth sitting with. Is there someone in your life you’ve managed to stay kind to after a big change?
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