After 21 years of marriage, Leah Remini and Angelo Pagán announced on August 29, 2024, that they were divorced.
Leah Remini and Angelo Pagán are doing what’s best for themselves after 21 years of marriage: they are divorcing.
On Thursday, the ex-couple shared a message together on social media. Despite having been married for almost three decades, Remini, 54, and Pagán, 56, stated that they decided to call it quits “after a lot of thought and care.”
The couple stated, “Even though divorce is difficult, we are approaching it with positivity because we know it’s best for us. We are pleased with the way we resolved this together.”
Although Remini and Pagán are “sad” about their marriage ending, they both agreed they will “continue to move forward into our new normal—together still in many ways, and apart in some new ones.”
Remini and Pagán, who have a daughter who is 20 years old, stated that they will still come together as a family and celebrate holidays and watch their favorite TV series together.
The soon-to-be ex-spouses wrote, “To put it simply, we both changed, as people do, and we got used to playing roles that didn’t fit us anymore. Our bond is still strong—it’s just evolved into something different.”
Remini and Pagán praised each other’s marriage as a “huge success.”
They claimed that they made the decision to be open about their divorce since they had discussed a lot of their relationship in public on a number of TV specials.
Remini and Pagán said, “We hope that more relationship stories will be available to everyone and that they won’t feel alone while navigating the changes that millions of couples go through each year.
“We hope that by sharing our story, others will realize that relationships aren’t a failure, even when they change or end.”
The former couple promised to keep sharing “snippets” of their lives as they work through their divorce and find new directions in life.
Sofia Bella, Remini’s daughter with Pagán, is most recognized for her long-running role on King of Queens. In addition, he has three more kids from a prior union.
The couple got married in a Las Vegas ceremony in 2003 after first meeting in 1996.
Pagán quit the Church of Scientology in 2013, the same year that Remini did, following thirty years of membership. Since then, Remini has been a prominent opponent of Scientology, charging the faith and David Miscavige, its founder, with grave power abuses.
Remini and the church are presently engaged in a legal dispute over claims that religious authorities have been harassing Remini and launching “mob-style operations and attacks” as a form of retaliation for years. All accusations have been refuted by the Church of Scientology, which says Remini is “spreading falsehoods and hate speech.”
Produced and co-created, she launched the documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath in 2016. Three Emmy Awards were won by the show.