It was absolutely no surprise when Kaley Cuoco announced that she was divorcing Ryan Sweeting after less than two years together. They got together too quickly, they were too in-our-faces, she always tried to convince everyone that she was happy on social media, and Ryan simply never worked. Add all that together and of course you get “divorce.” What was surprising was that in late September, Us Weekly pushed a narrative that Kaley left Ryan because he was (and possibly is) addicted to pain killers. She allegedly gave him an ultimatium and he was all “Nah.” Less than a month after that Us Weekly cover story, Ryan filed paperwork with the court asking for spousal support. It definitely seemed like the “he’s an addict” stories were designed by Team Cuoco to keep Ryan’s hands off her money. But Page Six says Ryan’s alleged addiction issues were truly there and he was in bad shape:
Add a disappearing act to the list of reasons — which already includes alleged alcohol and prescription drug abuse — that convinced “Big Bang Theory” star Kaley Cuoco to file for divorce from her tennis player husband, Ryan Sweeting, on Sept. 25.
“Kaley gave him an ultimatum: ‘If you don’t stay sober, then I’m done.’ He went to rehab, but when he came out he went missing for a period of time . . . like four days,” a source told Page Six.
Sweeting has since shot back at Cuoco. He filed for spousal support on Oct. 15, and also cited “irreconcilable differences,” according to E! News. In addition to asking Cuoco for spousal support he seeks to terminate the court’s ability to award her spousal support, and is asking that she pay for his attorney’s fees. Reports surfaced about Sweeting taking painkillers last year, but a source tells us his addiction issues began well before that.
“He had some drinking issues in college and he was doing painkillers as early as 2013 at least,” said the source.
We hear Sweeting has recently completed another stint in rehab. He has not returned our phone calls. Cuoco’s rep has also ignored our requests for comment.
Going missing for four days after leaving rehab? No bueno. And it would make some kind of sense, timeline-wise, if Ryan had been in and out of rehab in the past six months. So… do you think this is for real? Or is Team Cuoco pushing these stories because she doesn’t want to pay him spousal support or give him any kind of settlement?
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Yeah, hubby goes missing for 4 days? After rehab and ultimatum? Later dude.
yep and that is not the half of it. People around here know that guy. People have seen. If the assertions weren’t true, he’d sue for defamation. instead he asked for spousal support… case closed.
Why should she give him a ticket on the gravy train? They were married for a very short time, and there are no children involved. He is a grown man, albeit an addict by all accounts. He should get a job like every other person has to, to support himself. He is responsible for his own life now, their relationship is over, hence the divorce.
I absolutely agree. Asking for spousal support is ridiculous. He is young, educated, able bodied, and they were married a hot minute. It’s not like he was a housewife/SAHM who sacrificed having a career for 20 years and will therefore have difficulty supporting himself. If anything, being married to her raised his profile, got him some connections and potentially improved his ability to get a job (well, until all the drug issues came up).
Addiction is so sad all around, and hard for everyone involved.
I can’t imagine the stress she felt during those four days, surely fearing the worst. After something like that she must have learned that she can’t live like this, she can’t fix it, and she has to protect her own sanity and well being.
Reminds me of the time my ex husband didn’t come home one night blaming it on a fake DUI. Divorced him 2 months later
Sheesh! Cause a DUI is so much better than any other lie out there. Good for you for dropping him.
Four days..gotta be scary for her unless this was part of a pattern.
Four days is a deal breaker. I just feel like some of this drama could had been avoided if they hadn’t gotten married so quickly. She could had gotten a better feel on him.
I have to wonder if she found out all this once they got married, and was over-compensating with all the “we’re so happy!” statements.
Hopefully if he is having such problems he gets help.
Yeah I could see that. I’m not saying any of these are true but some other theories are:
It’s possible that she was dabbling in it herself. Some people can take a pill now and then recreationally and never become addicted. Also possible that she might have seen him occasionally taking pills but had no idea how deeply addicted he was until it was too late. So many addicts are experts at hiding their addiction, even from the people they are closest to.
Makes sense. She really didn’t have much fine to find out much about him at all. Heck I’m still finding out things about my husband and we’ve been together more than 20 years!
I’m not really a fan of hers but I feel bad for her.
Very possibly. She may not have realized how deep his problems ran. Addicts can be very adept about hiding their addiction. Maybe she indulged a bit herself too, so she didn’t see his behavior as strange. But if it was all just occasional recreation to her and he didn’t stop…… well yeah. I can see how the “we’re so happy!” over-compensation would happen. Trying to convince herself that she didn’t make a huge mistake and not wanting everyone to point at her and say “I told you so!” Nobody wants to admit to their poor life choices as they’re happening.
Lucy2: Never believe the ones that tell you how happy they are. When you are truly happy, you don’t have to broadcast it to prove it to yourself and others, it just shows and glows. It seems as time goes on the smear campaign is getting uglier. Oh and we were so in love, oops I must have been in the zone when I said that…
Oh I know, there are so many people, regular and celebrity, who try SO HARD to convince everyone how happy/in love/successful they are, and usually they’re trying to convince themselves more.
Agree with both of you. I know one couple (my cousin and her husband) who have a TERRIBLE marriage (bc she tells me what happens behind the scenes) and then she gets on FB proclaiming how happy and in love they are. It’s so gross and everyone can see through that BS. Same goes for celeb couples, you’re not convincing anyone.
I generally don’t believe in ultimatums but when dealing with an addict, they often become a necessity.
It’s very easy for me to believe that this narritive is true, particularly because he’s an athlete who was injured. That type of a scenario so often opens up the door to a painkiller addiction.
I was wondering about that myself, some of those medications for injuries can be very dangerous and addictive.
Um, both? This could totally be the truth and it’s being pushed by her team to give her an out. The chain events seem oddly specific to be completely made up, and she’s probably still loathe to admit she made a big mistake in getting married so quickly.
I can understand that the painkillers stuff is bad but what’s with the “he had some drinking issues in college” thing?? Dude is 30!
I think they are trying to indicate that he has addictive tendencies. I agree, though. A lot of people drank too much in college.
Drug addicts disappear for days at a time getting high.
Feel sorry for the loved ones who have no ideal if they’re dead or alive.
its a drag.
tall dark & handsome, w/ a little too much ‘dark’.
I hope the court decides she doesn’t have to pay him any spousal support or legal fees. It’s not like he was a working, on demand professional player and left his career to be at her beck and call; the man simply didn’t work already! So, he can keep on not working and living off of what he lived before.
She used him for press. Even if he didn’t work she was stupid to marry him and she owes him. If the tables were turned (rich guy, trophy wife) i’d say the same thing.
I’ll never forget how my friend put on FB how her husband didn’t come home one night and she was worried sick he was dead on the side of the road—the next evening he texts her and tells her he is never coming home (yup left her for a waitress; they had two small kids). They are up to some kind of no good if they don’t come home or say why they aren’t.
Those two deserve each other. I really am just commenting to say that sequinned dress is adorable!
Given how she manipulates the media, I would not believe a single thing coming out of her camp. In fact, I would tend to believe the exact opposite is true, even though I intellectually would think the truth is somewhere in the middle.
If rumours/blind items about her are to be trusted, Cuoco is a piece of work.
She glorified her marriage right up until the end, even at the time we now hear he was in rehab. Well, she was lying. Why should we believe her this time? Just another narrative that suits her right now. Some of it could be true, but who knows.
Oh please, he was such an addict and now she’s the victim? Give me a break! she was pathetic after superman and just wanted to get hitched. Not saying he deseserves aliimony, but Yeah he deserves a pay out for all the press she got.
I never understood having to pay the other’s attorneys fees. That seems so wrong . It’s like “I’m going to get the best attorney you can afford to screw you out of as much money as possible and then to top it all off you are going to have to foot the bill.”
Does no one have any pride anymore even?