Matt LeBlanc’s New Romance
Recently it was announced that Matt LeBlanc and his wife Melissa McKnight are divorcing and now there are rumors that another woman is behind the split.
By: Shannon Gossage
The split was announced last week by LeBlanc’s rep Joe Libonati, but no official reason was given. Libonati called the split "amicable" and said LeBlanc and McKnight remain "devoted parents and friends." Now there are reports that LeBlanc has been secretly romancing his Joey co-star Andrea Anders, who plays his neighbor on the show. It was reported that in January LeBlanc "unexpectedly" announced that he was moving out of the home he shared with McKnight. A source close to McKnight said, "It was very sudden. She was absolutely blindsided by what transpired."
LeBlanc moved out of the couple’s home in Encino, California and into an apartment in Los Angeles near the studio where Joey is filmed. Allegedly in March, McKnight confronted LeBlanc and asked him if he was involved with someone else. He admitted that he was. A source close to McKnight has said that she wanted to work on saving her marriage possibly by going to counseling, but LeBlanc wanted no part of it. Said the source, "She wanted to do counseling or therapy, but Matt just didn’t want to work it out."
The couple was married in 2003 after a five-year courtship. McKnight has two children from a previous relationship and the couple has a two-year old daughter, Marina. In January, LeBlanc publicly apologized to his wife and family for a "close encounter" with a "sexually aggressive stripper." Maybe that was the beginning of the end. There has been no official word from LeBlanc’s camp on whether or not he is actually romancing Anders or for how long. A rep for LeBlanc did release a statement saying, "We’re not interested in having a public discussion about private family matters."
The split was announced last week by LeBlanc’s rep Joe Libonati, but no official reason was given. Libonati called the split "amicable" and said LeBlanc and McKnight remain "devoted parents and friends." Now there are reports that LeBlanc has been secretly romancing his Joey co-star Andrea Anders, who plays his neighbor on the show. It was reported that in January LeBlanc "unexpectedly" announced that he was moving out of the home he shared with McKnight. A source close to McKnight said, "It was very sudden. She was absolutely blindsided by what transpired."
LeBlanc moved out of the couple’s home in Encino, California and into an apartment in Los Angeles near the studio where Joey is filmed. Allegedly in March, McKnight confronted LeBlanc and asked him if he was involved with someone else. He admitted that he was. A source close to McKnight has said that she wanted to work on saving her marriage possibly by going to counseling, but LeBlanc wanted no part of it. Said the source, "She wanted to do counseling or therapy, but Matt just didn’t want to work it out."
The couple was married in 2003 after a five-year courtship. McKnight has two children from a previous relationship and the couple has a two-year old daughter, Marina. In January, LeBlanc publicly apologized to his wife and family for a "close encounter" with a "sexually aggressive stripper." Maybe that was the beginning of the end. There has been no official word from LeBlanc’s camp on whether or not he is actually romancing Anders or for how long. A rep for LeBlanc did release a statement saying, "We’re not interested in having a public discussion about private family matters."
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