Rachel Zoe and Husband Rodger Berman Break
Up, Divorcing After 26 Years of Marriage.
Rachel Zoe shared that she and husband Rodger
Berman broke up and came to "the mutual decision to end our marriage" after 26 years.
Rachel Zoe is moving onto a new project without Rodger Berman.
The fashion designe rand her longtime husband—who share sons Skyler
and Kaius —have broken up, she shared in a statement posted on Instagram Sept. 9.
"After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision
to end our marriage," Rachel wrote. "We are incredibly proud of the loving family we
have created and our countless memories together. Our number one priority has
been and will always be our children."
Despite their split, Rachel said she and
Rodger "are committed to co-parent our boys and to continue to work together
within the many businesses we share."
Signing off the statement "with love
and gratitude" from the former couple, the Style A to Zoe author added, "We
ask for privacy during this time as we navigate this new chapter."
Rachel first met Rodger in 1991, when they were attending George
Washington University in Washington, D.C. They tied the knot seven years later.
Their romance and working relationship were heavily documented on Rachel's Bravo
series The Rachel Zoe Project, which centered around her career as a celebrity stylist
alongside Brad Goreski and Jeremiah Brent.
After the series ended its five-season run
in 2013, the reality star pivoted her focus to expanding her fashion empire—including
her clothing line and online publication The Zoe Report—with support from Berman, who
is currently the co-CEO of Rachel Zoe Inc.
"The idea is that you're dependent, but you're
independent; there's the life you share, and there's the life that's yours," Rachel
shared of their approach to marriage in joint People interview in 2021. "That really takes
the pressure off of the other, because if you're solely dependent on the other for your happiness
and your purpose, that can't really work."
Rodger added at the time, "I always find
that the best relationships are the ones that you really root for the other person
and you really try and help them in achieving their goals. Ultimately, your happiness
is the other person being happy, right?"