Zac Affleck isn’t staying quiet after Jen Affleck filed for divorce. On Friday, November 6, he posted a TikTok montage apologizing to his estranged wife, saying“I married my dream girl, and I messed it up.”He also admitted,“I was supposed to protect your heart and I failed.”The filing came in early November, about five months after the couple announced they were expecting their fourth child.
The two met on the Mormon dating app Mutual and married in 2019, sharing three kids along the way. Zac said Jen first asked for a divorce about a year ago, after her run on Dancing with the Stars, and described himself as young and immature at the time. The couple has been candid about marital struggles since The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered in 2024, which means fans have watched the tension build in real time.
Now the focus shifts to what happens next: coparenting three kids with a fourth on the way, all while the internet weighs in on whether a TikTok apology counts. So we want to know: do you think a public apology is for the partner or the audience? Sound off in the comments.
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