Leah Remy announced she and husband Angelo pagon are filing for divorce after more than two decades of marriage the 54-year-old actress took to social media on Thursday August 29th to share the news explaining that the split was a tough decision to make but that the couple no longer fit well here we are after 28 years together and 21 years of marriage we have decided to file for divorce she wrote via Instagram this decision came after a lot of thought and care and as hard as divorce is we are approaching this with a positive outlook because we know it's what's best for us reman said that she and Pagan who tied the nod in 2003 are sad but proud of how we worked through this together noting that they have some figuring out to do as we continue to move forward into our new normal but here's the thing we've been best friends for so many years she continued we are still celebrating holidays together watching our favorite TV shows together and Gathering as a family as for why the pair decided to call it quits reminy said they both changed as people do and we got used to playing roles that didn't fit us anymore after a lot of effort and consideration we've decided to take this step which reflects who we are today our bond is still strong it's just evolved into something different we think a marriage that lasted this long and created so many beautiful memories especially raising our incredible daughter is something to celebrate she said adding from our perspective this marriage was a huge success Remy shared that the pair wanted to be transparent about the split because of how public they have previously been about their marriage whether it was on our specials on VH1 or our reality show Leah Remy it's all relative ran for two seasons on TLC from 2014 to 2015 we are sharing this unknown territory with you all as we take our first steps into this next stage of Our Lives publicly she concluded we would love for everyone to have more access to different kinds of relationship stories and not feel so isolated in navigating the changes that millions of couples make every year we hope our journey can Inspire others to see that relationships whether they change or end aren't failures she added wek keep sharing Snippets of Our Lives as we navigate this new chapter reminy and pag were married in Las Vegas in 2003 by a Scientologist Minister the following year they welcomed daughter Sophia Pagan also has three sons from a previous relationship Angelo Jr Alex and Nico as well as two grandchildren Mila and Marcus the couple first met at a Puerto Rican restaurant and reminy later described the moment on talk show Rupal in 2019 I saw him across the room and was like damn what time do you get off reminy said it was like everything wrong like everything that you should not do as a girl is asked a guy when gets off work hit it real quick and it was a lot of that while Remy previously described meeting Pagan as love at first sight in a 2010 interview with Redbook she explained on the talk show that the relationship hadn't always been smooth sailing over the years it's a beautiful love story because we did have a hard time at the beginning she said we didn't meet under the best of circumstances we got counseling and it was not an easy road so I'm saying these things to be funny once again but the truth of the matter is he is my rock the couple also endured leaving Scientology ol together after Remy called it quits in 2013 after 30 years with the church and Pagan following her lead I was saying family first to Sophia but I wasn't showing that Remy told buzfeed in 2015 of her decision to leave I didn't like the message that sent to my daughter a year after their Scientology exit reminy created and starred in a reality series titled Leah Remy it's all relative