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Bad News: Jon Hamm And Jennifer Westfeldt Have Split Up. Good News: Jon Hamm Is Now Single.

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by Meg Watson  8 September 2015

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Though we’ve already really, really, really confirmed that love is in fact dead this year, the heartache has always had an air of novelty. People are much more sensitive and supportive of the rebound sex a fake frog is having, than the actual separation of two Canadian pop stars after two years of marriage. But, for whatever reason, this one seems much more devastating.

After being together for an epic 18 years, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt have called it quits. Though there have been persistent (and pretty gross) rumours swirling around them for months, they’ve announced the news in a joint statement to New York’s Page Six this morning and confirmed to the world, once and for all, that love is hideous and gut-wrenching and cruel.

“With great sadness, we have decided to separate, after 18 years of love and shared history,” they said. “We will continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible moving forward.”

Though Hamm’s definitely the more recognised of the pair, Westfeldt is also mightily impressive and together they made an incredible power couple on the comedy circuit. Known best for Kissing Jessica Stein in 2001, Westfeldt made her name as both a screenwriter and an actress, and has also had small parts in TV shows such as 24, Greys Anatomy and Girls. In 2012, she also wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy Friends With Kids alongside Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd and Hamm himself.

Despite what you may assume, they didn’t play a couple on screen here; Westfeldt chose to pen herself a few sex scenes with Adam Scott instead because yep, why wouldn’t you?

Though news of the couple’s split is obviously tragic, some are choosing to instead look on the bright side: the idea of hooking up with Jon Hamm is slightly less impossible than it was yesterday.

Although, with Hamm being a hugely unattainable celebrity who is literally on the other side of the world with most of the world begging to sleep with him, it’s still a very, very, very long shot.

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