Chrishell Stause is no longer wearing her wedding ring amid her surprising split from Justin Hartley. https://t.co/fj8578TKZz
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) December 7, 2019
We heard last week that Justin Hartley of This is Us, 42, had filed for divorce from his wife of two years, Chrishell Stause, 38, without discussing it with her first. Chrishell learned about her divorce when she was served with papers, and she’s made that clear in sourced stories to People, ET and Us Magazine. She’s since moved out of the home she shared with him and has done a pap stroll without her wedding ring. She was working a little black dress and had her hair perfectly done, which could be her everyday look, judging by the one episode I saw of her on Selling Sunset. Justin was also seen out without his ring during a photoshoot in LA. Plus he attended an industry Christmas party on Saturday, according to People Magazine. There’s no word on whether he wore his ring to that party, but it’s doubtful. Meanwhile TMZ has some obvious news about the difference in Justin and Chrishell’s separation dates on his divorce filing and her legal response. You may remember that Justin listed their separation as July 8, 2019 while Chrishell learned about hers on November 22 when Justin filed. TMZ states that it’s likely that Justin had some kind of windfall happen in July and that he doesn’t want Chrishell to get a piece of it.
Justin Hartley’s estranged wife thinks the almighty dollar destroyed her marriage.
Sources connected with Chrishell Stause tell TMZ, the “Selling Sunset” star is privately calling BS on the date of separation Justin listed in his divorce filing. TMZ broke the story … Justin claims in his docs he and Chrishell separated July 8, 2019. By contrast, she says they were together right up until the day he filed … November 22, 2019.
We know the 2 were seen out in public together multiple times between July and November, so the early separation date is puzzling. We’re told Chrishell doesn’t think it’s all that puzzling … that the tea leaves point to some sort of deal Justin may have and she believes he just doesn’t want her to get a piece.
A source also tells US that “the divorce filing was a big surprise to everyone around Justin and Chrishell” especially friends. That makes sense, considering that Chrishell didn’t know about it ahead of time. Like TMZ, I found so many photos of Justin and Chrishell at events together in between July and November, dating up until November 14th, a week before he filed. Given how much evidence there is that they were together in public, it will be easy for Chrishell’s lawyers to prove that the separation date was in November. ET Online had more quotes from insiders about how Chrishell was doing in the wake of the divorce. A source told them “Chrishell is still shocked that Justin filed for divorce and is devastated how everything is unraveling,” that she feels like Justin gave up, and that he’s “choosing his career path over their marriage.” She’s handling this well, all things considered, and I hope she gets her cut.
She looks like a Republican politician’s second wife.
What an apt description!
Bwahahahahahaha!
I watched her on selling sunset and she actually seems like a really nice person
So that somehow makes this all okay? He’s still a dirtbag.
I know she’s devastated now, but she deserves to be rid of him. What an asshole to try and essentially steal money from her like that.
It’s his money. He earned it fair and square. It’s not like they have a family and she had to give up work, she’s been working steadily for years. Why should she be entitled to his money? It would be different if he was controlling and made her quit working but by all accounts he’s not.
because they’re married and absent a pre-nup stating otherwise, that’s how marriage works.
He’s lying to the court & on legal documents about the date of separation, which is not acting in good faith. If it’s HIS money, then be honest & figure it out during divorce proceedings. Blindsiding your spouse with divorce papers & then lying in court about it is controlling, so by all the accounts that he’s shown in this divorce, he is controlling.
Fully agree MC2.
how do you know how much she’s given up or sacrificed to support him? so many spouses who are also “in the biz” will give up work to support the person in the couple who makes more money or has a bigger role. in this case, her supporting him. think about Sandra Locke (since Eastwood is the subject of another post today). she worked while in a relationship with Eastwood, but almost exclusively in Eastwood’s movies. he didn’t like her to “be away from” him. so, she gave up work for him, even though she worked “steadily”. as we saw with Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, a LOT of male spouses have an issue with the wife earing more, having a bigger profile, getting better roles etc…so it’s not outrageous to believe that she deliberately didn’t try to become more famous so as not to outshine him.
to boot, as noted, this is a partnership, and if he’s lying about when they split to hide some payout he got, that’s called hiding assets, and you can’t do that in a divorce. as MC2 says, you lay everything out and the judge/mediator/lawyers hash out who gets what.
Caitlin, California is a community property state. So it doesn’t matter that he “earned his money fair and square” – what each person earns during the marriage goes into the pot and then it gets divided when they get divorced.
They started dating in 2014 back when he was a nobody and…two years after he divorced his ex-wife. If he was so stressed about his bank account he would have gotten a pre-nup like most wealthy actor types…
Oh wait, he probably didn’t because back then HE was just doing guest bits in random sitcoms and SHE was the regular on The Young and the Restless. But now that she wants spousal support as now she’s making less, SHES the gold digger?
Thank goodness California is a community property state. She seems sweet and seemed really into him on Selling Sunset…he seems like a d-bag.
Team Chrishell
@Gennessee this isn’t accurate. Justin was a regular on Y&R not Chrishell.. they knew each other because she used to work with his then wife Lindsay Hartley on All My Children. He always made more money than she did. That being said he’s an idiot to not get a prenup but he probably didn’t expect to get This is Us either.
I don’t agree that someone should get spousal support when they’re only married for like a couple of years and she didn’t sacrifice anything to make his career happen either. There’s also no kids.
I remember when j simp did the same
Thing.
I think she is very sweet. And I said it before but this is not a Miranda move. He’s the douche! I hope she gets her break soon. He will be a nobody after this show ends.
Devils advocate for a moment — or she knows exactly why he chose that date but it’s more lucrative to her settlement to go with the blindsided spouse?
Or I’m projecting – when I filed I picked the date of separation that I found on hotel and dinner receipts along with email pics I happened upon. There were sightings and pics of us together after that date because I didn’t have evidence prior.
My point is I don’t see enough for me to label either party as victim or douche.
But his having receipts doesn’t match up with her going so hard on being the innocent victim. Presumably, she would know about the affair she was having as well.
The evidence is not solid enough (and I don’t know them!) for me to pick a side, but she has a great deal to lose by being outed as a cheater after kicking up all this fuss. This points towards money being the issue. If I’m wrong, consider yourself as having a virtual drink (or your liquid pleasure of choice) on me.
I don’t know. I am sure Justin has a good lawyer and there must be a reason he thought he could get away with using that date as the separation date. I am sure more details will follow.
She seems like a really sweet woman. I like him as an actor, but he seems like a jerk IRL. Team Chrishell.
I’ve never done a 180 on someone faster. What. an. ass. I really hope she has good lawyers!